Resizing an image in asp.net without losing the image quality

I am developing an ASP.NET 3.5 web application in which I am allowing my users to upload either jpeg,gif,bmp or png images. If the uploaded image dimensions are greater then 103 x 32 the I want to resize the uploaded image to 103 x 32. I have read some blog posts and articles, and have also tried some of the code samples but nothing seems to work right. Has anyone succeed in doing this?

Solution 1:

This is the code I use. It supports rotation, and also sets the image resolution to the JPEG standards of 72dpi@24-bit color (by default GDI+ saves images at 96dpi@32-bit color). It also fixes the black/gray border problem that some people experience when resizing images.

/// <summary>
/// Resizes and rotates an image, keeping the original aspect ratio. Does not dispose the original
/// Image instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="image">Image instance</param>
/// <param name="width">desired width</param>
/// <param name="height">desired height</param>
/// <param name="rotateFlipType">desired RotateFlipType</param>
/// <returns>new resized/rotated Image instance</returns>
public static Image Resize(Image image, int width, int height, RotateFlipType rotateFlipType)
{
    // clone the Image instance, since we don't want to resize the original Image instance
    var rotatedImage = image.Clone() as Image;
    rotatedImage.RotateFlip(rotateFlipType);
    var newSize = CalculateResizedDimensions(rotatedImage, width, height);

    var resizedImage = new Bitmap(newSize.Width, newSize.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
    resizedImage.SetResolution(72, 72);

    using (var graphics = Graphics.FromImage(resizedImage))
    {
        // set parameters to create a high-quality thumbnail
        graphics.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
        graphics.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
        graphics.CompositingQuality = CompositingQuality.HighQuality;
        graphics.PixelOffsetMode = PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality;

        // use an image attribute in order to remove the black/gray border around image after resize
        // (most obvious on white images), see this post for more information:
        // http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/imgresizoutperfgdiplus.aspx
        using (var attribute = new ImageAttributes())
        {
            attribute.SetWrapMode(WrapMode.TileFlipXY);

            // draws the resized image to the bitmap
            graphics.DrawImage(rotatedImage, new Rectangle(new Point(0, 0), newSize), 0, 0, rotatedImage.Width, rotatedImage.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel, attribute);
        }
    }

    return resizedImage;
}

/// <summary>
/// Calculates resized dimensions for an image, preserving the aspect ratio.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="image">Image instance</param>
/// <param name="desiredWidth">desired width</param>
/// <param name="desiredHeight">desired height</param>
/// <returns>Size instance with the resized dimensions</returns>
private static Size CalculateResizedDimensions(Image image, int desiredWidth, int desiredHeight)
{
    var widthScale = (double)desiredWidth / image.Width;
    var heightScale = (double)desiredHeight / image.Height;

    // scale to whichever ratio is smaller, this works for both scaling up and scaling down
    var scale = widthScale < heightScale ? widthScale : heightScale;

    return new Size
                   {
                       Width = (int) (scale * image.Width),
                       Height = (int) (scale * image.Height)
                   };
}

Solution 2:

I had the same problem a while back and dealt with it this way:

private Image RezizeImage(Image img, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
{
    if(img.Height < maxHeight && img.Width < maxWidth) return img;
    using (img)
    {
        Double xRatio = (double)img.Width / maxWidth;
        Double yRatio = (double)img.Height / maxHeight;
        Double ratio = Math.Max(xRatio, yRatio);
        int nnx = (int)Math.Floor(img.Width / ratio);
        int nny = (int)Math.Floor(img.Height / ratio);
        Bitmap cpy = new Bitmap(nnx, nny, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
        using (Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(cpy))
        {
            gr.Clear(Color.Transparent);

            // This is said to give best quality when resizing images
            gr.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;

            gr.DrawImage(img,
                new Rectangle(0, 0, nnx, nny),
                new Rectangle(0, 0, img.Width, img.Height),
                GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
        }
        return cpy;
    }

}

private MemoryStream BytearrayToStream(byte[] arr)
{
    return new MemoryStream(arr, 0, arr.Length);
}

private void HandleImageUpload(byte[] binaryImage)
{
    Image img = RezizeImage(Image.FromStream(BytearrayToStream(binaryImage)), 103, 32);
    img.Save("IMAGELOCATION.png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif);
}

I just read that this was the the way to get highest quality.

Solution 3:

The code associated with the actual resizing of the bitmap is as follows.

public static Bitmap ResizeBitmap( Bitmap originalBitmap, int requiredHeight, int requiredWidth )
{
   int[] heightWidthRequiredDimensions;

   // Pass dimensions to worker method depending on image type required
   heightWidthRequiredDimensions = WorkDimensions(originalBitmap.Height, originalBitmap.Width, requiredHeight, requiredWidth);


   Bitmap resizedBitmap = new Bitmap( heightWidthRequiredDimensions[1],
                                      heightWidthRequiredDimensions[0] );

   const float resolution = 72;

   resizedBitmap.SetResolution( resolution, resolution );

   Graphics graphic = Graphics.FromImage( (Image) resizedBitmap );

   graphic.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
   graphic.DrawImage( originalBitmap, 0, 0, resizedBitmap.Width, resizedBitmap.Height );

   graphic.Dispose();
   originalBitmap.Dispose();
   //resizedBitmap.Dispose(); // Still in use


   return resizedBitmap;
}


private static int[] WorkDimensions(int originalHeight, int originalWidth, int requiredHeight, int requiredWidth )
{
   int imgHeight = 0;
   int imgWidth = 0;

   imgWidth = requiredHeight;
   imgHeight = requiredWidth;


   int requiredHeightLocal = originalHeight;
   int requiredWidthLocal = originalWidth;

   double ratio = 0;

   // Check height first
   // If original height exceeds maximum, get new height and work ratio.
   if ( originalHeight > imgHeight )
   {
       ratio = double.Parse( ( (double) imgHeight / (double) originalHeight ).ToString() );
       requiredHeightLocal = imgHeight;
       requiredWidthLocal = (int) ( (decimal) originalWidth * (decimal) ratio );
   }

   // Check width second. It will most likely have been sized down enough
   // in the previous if statement. If not, change both dimensions here by width.
   // If new width exceeds maximum, get new width and height ratio.
   if ( requiredWidthLocal >= imgWidth )
   {
       ratio = double.Parse( ( (double) imgWidth / (double) originalWidth ).ToString() );
       requiredWidthLocal = imgWidth;
       requiredHeightLocal = (int) ( (double) originalHeight * (double) ratio );
   }

   int[] heightWidthDimensionArr = { requiredHeightLocal, requiredWidthLocal };

   return heightWidthDimensionArr;
}
}

This blog post contains full source code for image resizing, and compression (if required)

http://blog.bombdefused.com/2010/08/bulk-image-optimizer-in-c-full-source.html