[DUG] Resizing images

[Kyley Harris]

seeing as you have delphi.. Get the GraphicsEx.pas and use their stretch
routine. Fast and very high quality. :D

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Alister Christie <
alister at salespartner.co.nz> wrote:

> The GiMP is always handy for image manipulation.  Generally I draw my
> images in a really old version of Corel Draw, then use GiMP for
> transparance, shadows and so on.
>
> Alister Christie
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>
> John Bird wrote:
> > Resizing images for Images, bitButtons and icons - I guess we all do
> this.
> >
> > I have used IrfanView and Photofiltre for resizing images, and
> > noticed they tend to alter the edge pixels around an image - I guess
> > it averages the pixel colours on a sharp edge if resizing
> > smaller. This is a problem with images with a background surround -
> > these pixels are not the transparent background colour any more and
> > create a ragged edge noticeable when the image is on a darker background.
> >
> > How do others resize images properly?
> >
> >
> >
> > (Example is the Analogue clock with the image background some are
> > using- over a dark background you may see there are a fewer light
> > pixels around the edge that shouldn't be there)
> >
> >
> > John
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Kyley Harris
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