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 < alis...@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 > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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