[JAVA2D] How to make scaling look nicer

[Travis Reeder]

I am doing the following:

RenderedOp src = JAI.create("fileload", inputFile);

           int src_w = src.getWidth();
           int src_h = src.getHeight();
           // now gotta figure out how to scale based on the pixel
width passed in.
           double scale;
           if(maxW > 0){
               scale = (double)maxW/(double)src_w;
           }
           else{
               scale = (double)maxH/(double)src_h;
           }
           ParameterBlock pb = new ParameterBlock();
         pb.addSource(src);                   // The source image
         pb.add((float)scale);                        // The xScale
         pb.add((float)scale);                        // The yScale
         pb.add(0.0F);                       // The x translation
         pb.add(0.0F);                       // The y translation
pb.add(Interpolation.getInstance(Interpolation.INTERP_BICUBIC)); //new
InterpolationBicubic(4)); //;
    // Create the scale operation
    RenderedOp im = JAI.create("scale", pb, null);
Is there anyway to make the scaled picture (making it smaller) look
clearer?  The image quality just gets terrible after scaling.
Travis

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