I'm trying to create a thumbnail image on the client side using javascript and a canvas element, but when I shrink the image down, it looks terrible. It looks as if it was downsized in photoshop with the resampling set to 'Nearest Neighbor' instead of Bicubic. I know its possible to get this to look right, because this site can do it just fine using a canvas as well. I've tried using the same code they do as shown in the "[Source]" link, but it still looks terrible. Is there something I'm missing, some setting that needs to be set or something?
EDIT:
I'm trying to resize a jpg. I have tried resizing the same jpg on the linked site and in photoshop, and it looks fine when downsized.
Here is the relevant code:
reader.onloadend = function(e)
{
var img = new Image();
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var canvasCopy = document.createElement("canvas");
var copyContext = canvasCopy.getContext("2d");
img.onload = function()
{
var ratio = 1;
if(img.width > maxWidth)
ratio = maxWidth / img.width;
else if(img.height > maxHeight)
ratio = maxHeight / img.height;
canvasCopy.width = img.width;
canvasCopy.height = img.height;
copyContext.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
canvas.width = img.width * ratio;
canvas.height = img.height * ratio;
ctx.drawImage(canvasCopy, 0, 0, canvasCopy.width, canvasCopy.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
};
img.src = reader.result;
}
EDIT2:
Seems I was mistaken, the linked website wasn't doing any better of a job of downsizing the image. I tried the other methods suggested and none of them look any better. This is what the different methods resulted in:
Photoshop:
Canvas:
Image with image-rendering: optimizeQuality set and scaled with width/height:
Image with image-rendering: optimizeQuality set and scaled with -moz-transform:
Canvas resize on pixastic:
I guess this means firefox isn't using bicubic sampling like its supposed to. I'll just have to wait until they actually add it.
EDIT3:
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Thanks @syockit for an awesome answer. however, I had to reformat a little as follows to make it work. Perhaps due to DOM scanning issues:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('img').on("load", clickA);
function clickA() {
var img = this;
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
new thumbnailer(canvas, img, 50, 3);
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
}
function thumbnailer(elem, img, sx, lobes) {
this.canvas = elem;
elem.width = img.width;
elem.height = img.height;
elem.style.display = "none";
this.ctx = elem.getContext("2d");
this.ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
this.img = img;
this.src = this.ctx.getImageData(0, 0, img.width, img.height);
this.dest = {
width: sx,
height: Math.round(img.height * sx / img.width)
};
this.dest.data = new Array(this.dest.width * this.dest.height * 3);
this.lanczos = lanczosCreate(lobes);
this.ratio = img.width / sx;
this.rcp_ratio = 2 / this.ratio;
this.range2 = Math.ceil(this.ratio * lobes / 2);
this.cacheLanc = {};
this.center = {};
this.icenter = {};
setTimeout(process1, 0, this, 0);
}
//returns a function that calculates lanczos weight
function lanczosCreate(lobes) {
return function (x) {
if (x > lobes)
return 0;
x *= Math.PI;
if (Math.abs(x) < 1e-16)
return 1
var xx = x / lobes;
return Math.sin(x) * Math.sin(xx) / x / xx;
}
}
process1 = function (self, u) {
self.center.x = (u + 0.5) * self.ratio;
self.icenter.x = Math.floor(self.center.x);
for (var v = 0; v < self.dest.height; v++) {
self.center.y = (v + 0.5) * self.ratio;
self.icenter.y = Math.floor(self.center.y);
var a, r, g, b;
a = r = g = b = 0;
for (var i = self.icenter.x - self.range2; i <= self.icenter.x + self.range2; i++) {
if (i < 0 || i >= self.src.width)
continue;
var f_x = Math.floor(1000 * Math.abs(i - self.center.x));
if (!self.cacheLanc[f_x])
self.cacheLanc[f_x] = {};
for (var j = self.icenter.y - self.range2; j <= self.icenter.y + self.range2; j++) {
if (j < 0 || j >= self.src.height)
continue;
var f_y = Math.floor(1000 * Math.abs(j - self.center.y));
if (self.cacheLanc[f_x][f_y] == undefined)
self.cacheLanc[f_x][f_y] = self.lanczos(Math.sqrt(Math.pow(f_x * self.rcp_ratio, 2) + Math.pow(f_y * self.rcp_ratio, 2)) / 1000);
weight = self.cacheLanc[f_x][f_y];
if (weight > 0) {
var idx = (j * self.src.width + i) * 4;
a += weight;
r += weight * self.src.data[idx];
g += weight * self.src.data[idx + 1];
b += weight * self.src.data[idx + 2];
}
}
}
var idx = (v * self.dest.width + u) * 3;
self.dest.data[idx] = r / a;
self.dest.data[idx + 1] = g / a;
self.dest.data[idx + 2] = b / a;
}
if (++u < self.dest.width)
setTimeout(process1, 0, self, u);
else
setTimeout(process2, 0, self);
};
process2 = function (self) {
self.canvas.width = self.dest.width;
self.canvas.height = self.dest.height;
self.ctx.drawImage(self.img, 0, 0);
self.src = self.ctx.getImageData(0, 0, self.dest.width, self.dest.height);
var idx, idx2;
for (var i = 0; i < self.dest.width; i++) {
for (var j = 0; j < self.dest.height; j++) {
idx = (j * self.dest.width + i) * 3;
idx2 = (j * self.dest.width + i) * 4;
self.src.data[idx2] = self.dest.data[idx];
self.src.data[idx2 + 1] = self.dest.data[idx + 1];
self.src.data[idx2 + 2] = self.dest.data[idx + 2];
}
}
self.ctx.putImageData(self.src, 0, 0);
self.canvas.style.display = "block";
}
});
I have a feeling the module I wrote will produce similar results to photoshop, as it preserves color data by averaging them, not applying an algorithm. It's kind of slow, but to me it is the best, because it preserves all the color data.
https://github.com/danschumann/limby-resize/blob/master/lib/canvas_resize.js
It doesn't take the nearest neighbor and drop other pixels, or sample a group and take a random average. It takes the exact proportion each source pixel should output into the destination pixel. The average pixel color in the source will be the average pixel color in the destination, which these other formulas, I think they will not be.
an example of how to use is at the bottom of https://github.com/danschumann/limby-resize
UPDATE OCT 2018: These days my example is more academic than anything else. Webgl is pretty much 100%, so you'd be better off resizing with that to produce similar results, but faster. PICA.js does this, I believe. –
For resizing to image with width less that original, i use:
function resize2(i) {
var cc = document.createElement("canvas");
cc.width = i.width / 2;
cc.height = i.height / 2;
var ctx = cc.getContext("2d");
ctx.drawImage(i, 0, 0, cc.width, cc.height);
return cc;
}
var cc = img;
while (cc.width > 64 * 2) {
cc = resize2(cc);
}
// .. than drawImage(cc, .... )
and it works =).
Fast and simple Javascript image resizer:
https://github.com/calvintwr/blitz-hermite-resize
const blitz = Blitz.create()
/* Promise */
blitz({
source: DOM Image/DOM Canvas/jQuery/DataURL/File,
width: 400,
height: 600
}).then(output => {
// handle output
})catch(error => {
// handle error
})
/* Await */
let resized = await blizt({...})
/* Old school callback */
const blitz = Blitz.create('callback')
blitz({...}, function(output) {
// run your callback.
})
History
This is really after many rounds of research, reading and trying.
The resizer algorithm uses @ViliusL's Hermite script (Hermite resizer is really the fastest and gives reasonably good output). Extended with features you need.
Forks 1 worker to do the resizing so that it doesn't freeze your browser when resizing, unlike all other JS resizers out there.
I'd highly suggest you check out this link and make sure it is set to true.
Controlling image scaling behavior
Introduced in Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 3.6 / Thunderbird 3.1 / Fennec 1.0)
Gecko 1.9.2 introduced the mozImageSmoothingEnabled property to the canvas element; if this Boolean value is false, images won't be smoothed when scaled. This property is true by default. view plainprint?
- cx.mozImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
I converted @syockit's answer as well as the step-down approach into a reusable Angular service for anyone who's interested: https://gist.github.com/fisch0920/37bac5e741eaec60e983
I included both solutions because they both have their own pros / cons. The lanczos convolution approach is higher quality at the cost of being slower, whereas the step-wise downscaling approach produces reasonably antialiased results and is significantly faster.
Example usage:
angular.module('demo').controller('ExampleCtrl', function (imageService) {
// EXAMPLE USAGE
// NOTE: it's bad practice to access the DOM inside a controller,
// but this is just to show the example usage.
// resize by lanczos-sinc filter
imageService.resize($('#myimg')[0], 256, 256)
.then(function (resizedImage) {
// do something with resized image
})
// resize by stepping down image size in increments of 2x
imageService.resizeStep($('#myimg')[0], 256, 256)
.then(function (resizedImage) {
// do something with resized image
})
})
Fast image resize/resample algorithm using Hermite filter with JavaScript. Support transparency, gives good quality. Preview:
Update: version 2.0 added on GitHub (faster, web workers + transferable objects). Finally i got it working!
Git: https://github.com/viliusle/Hermite-resize
Demo: http://viliusle.github.io/miniPaint/
/**
* Hermite resize - fast image resize/resample using Hermite filter. 1 cpu version!
*
* @param {HtmlElement} canvas
* @param {int} width
* @param {int} height
* @param {boolean} resize_canvas if true, canvas will be resized. Optional.
*/
function resample_single(canvas, width, height, resize_canvas) {
var width_source = canvas.width;
var height_source = canvas.height;
width = Math.round(width);
height = Math.round(height);
var ratio_w = width_source / width;
var ratio_h = height_source / height;
var ratio_w_half = Math.ceil(ratio_w / 2);
var ratio_h_half = Math.ceil(ratio_h / 2);
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var img = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, width_source, height_source);
var img2 = ctx.createImageData(width, height);
var data = img.data;
var data2 = img2.data;
for (var j = 0; j < height; j++) {
for (var i = 0; i < width; i++) {
var x2 = (i + j * width) * 4;
var weight = 0;
var weights = 0;
var weights_alpha = 0;
var gx_r = 0;
var gx_g = 0;
var gx_b = 0;
var gx_a = 0;
var center_y = (j + 0.5) * ratio_h;
var yy_start = Math.floor(j * ratio_h);
var yy_stop = Math.ceil((j + 1) * ratio_h);
for (var yy = yy_start; yy < yy_stop; yy++) {
var dy = Math.abs(center_y - (yy + 0.5)) / ratio_h_half;
var center_x = (i + 0.5) * ratio_w;
var w0 = dy * dy; //pre-calc part of w
var xx_start = Math.floor(i * ratio_w);
var xx_stop = Math.ceil((i + 1) * ratio_w);
for (var xx = xx_start; xx < xx_stop; xx++) {
var dx = Math.abs(center_x - (xx + 0.5)) / ratio_w_half;
var w = Math.sqrt(w0 + dx * dx);
if (w >= 1) {
//pixel too far
continue;
}
//hermite filter
weight = 2 * w * w * w - 3 * w * w + 1;
var pos_x = 4 * (xx + yy * width_source);
//alpha
gx_a += weight * data[pos_x + 3];
weights_alpha += weight;
//colors
if (data[pos_x + 3] < 255)
weight = weight * data[pos_x + 3] / 250;
gx_r += weight * data[pos_x];
gx_g += weight * data[pos_x + 1];
gx_b += weight * data[pos_x + 2];
weights += weight;
}
}
data2[x2] = gx_r / weights;
data2[x2 + 1] = gx_g / weights;
data2[x2 + 2] = gx_b / weights;
data2[x2 + 3] = gx_a / weights_alpha;
}
}
//clear and resize canvas
if (resize_canvas === true) {
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
} else {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width_source, height_source);
}
//draw
ctx.putImageData(img2, 0, 0);
}
I know this is an old thread but it might be useful for some people such as myself that months after are hitting this issue for the first time.
Here is some code that resizes the image every time you reload the image. I am aware this is not optimal at all, but I provide it as a proof of concept.
Also, sorry for using jQuery for simple selectors but I just feel too comfortable with the syntax.
$(document).on('ready', createImage);_x000D_
$(window).on('resize', createImage);_x000D_
_x000D_
var createImage = function(){_x000D_
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');_x000D_
canvas.width = window.innerWidth || $(window).width();_x000D_
canvas.height = window.innerHeight || $(window).height();_x000D_
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');_x000D_
img = new Image();_x000D_
img.addEventListener('load', function () {_x000D_
ctx.drawImage(this, 0, 0, w, h);_x000D_
});_x000D_
img.src = 'http://www.ruinvalor.com/Telanor/images/original.jpg';_x000D_
};html, body{_x000D_
height: 100%;_x000D_
width: 100%;_x000D_
margin: 0;_x000D_
padding: 0;_x000D_
background: #000;_x000D_
}_x000D_
canvas{_x000D_
position: absolute;_x000D_
left: 0;_x000D_
top: 0;_x000D_
z-index: 0;_x000D_
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<html>_x000D_
<head>_x000D_
<meta charset="utf-8" />_x000D_
<title>Canvas Resize</title>_x000D_
</head>_x000D_
<body>_x000D_
<canvas id="myCanvas"></canvas>_x000D_
</body>_x000D_
</html>My createImage function is called once when the document is loaded and after that it is called every time the window receives a resize event.
I tested it in Chrome 6 and Firefox 3.6, both on the Mac. This "technique" eats processor as it if was ice cream in the summer, but it does the trick.
This is a javascript function adapted from @Telanor's code. When passing a image base64 as first argument to the function, it returns the base64 of the resized image. maxWidth and maxHeight are optional.
function thumbnail(base64, maxWidth, maxHeight) {
// Max size for thumbnail
if(typeof(maxWidth) === 'undefined') var maxWidth = 500;
if(typeof(maxHeight) === 'undefined') var maxHeight = 500;
// Create and initialize two canvas
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var canvasCopy = document.createElement("canvas");
var copyContext = canvasCopy.getContext("2d");
// Create original image
var img = new Image();
img.src = base64;
// Determine new ratio based on max size
var ratio = 1;
if(img.width > maxWidth)
ratio = maxWidth / img.width;
else if(img.height > maxHeight)
ratio = maxHeight / img.height;
// Draw original image in second canvas
canvasCopy.width = img.width;
canvasCopy.height = img.height;
copyContext.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
// Copy and resize second canvas to first canvas
canvas.width = img.width * ratio;
canvas.height = img.height * ratio;
ctx.drawImage(canvasCopy, 0, 0, canvasCopy.width, canvasCopy.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
return canvas.toDataURL();
}
I just ran a page of side by sides comparisons and unless something has changed recently, I could see no better downsizing (scaling) using canvas vs. simple css. I tested in FF6 Mac OSX 10.7. Still slightly soft vs. the original.
I did however stumble upon something that did make a huge difference and that was using image filters in browsers that support canvas. You can actually manipulate images much like you can in Photoshop with blur, sharpen, saturation, ripple, grayscale, etc.
I then found an awesome jQuery plug-in which makes application of these filters a snap: http://codecanyon.net/item/jsmanipulate-jquery-image-manipulation-plugin/428234
I simply apply the sharpen filter right after resizing the image which should give you the desired effect. I didn't even have to use a canvas element.
Try pica - that's a highly optimized resizer with selectable algorythms. See demo.
For example, original image from first post is resized in 120ms with Lanczos filter and 3px window or 60ms with Box filter and 0.5px window. For huge 17mb image 5000x3000px resize takes ~1s on desktop and 3s on mobile.
All resize principles were described very well in this thread, and pica does not add rocket science. But it's optimized very well for modern JIT-s, and is ready to use out of box (via npm or bower). Also, it use webworkers when available to avoid interface freezes.
I also plan to add unsharp mask support soon, because it's very useful after downscale.
If you're simply trying to resize an image, I'd recommend setting width and height of the image with CSS. Here's a quick example:
.small-image {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}
Note that the height and width can also be set using JavaScript. Here's quick code sample:
var img = document.getElement("my-image");
img.style.width = 100 + "px"; // Make sure you add the "px" to the end,
img.style.height = 100 + "px"; // otherwise you'll confuse IE
Also, to ensure that the resized image looks good, add the following css rules to image selector:
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic: introduce in IE7image-rendering: optimizeQuality: introduced in FireFox 3.6
As far as I can tell, all browsers except IE using an bicubic algorithm to resize images by default, so your resized images should look good in Firefox and Chrome.
If setting the css width and height doesn't work, you may want to play with a css transform:
If for whatever reason you need to use a canvas, please note that there are two ways an image can be resize: by resizing the canvas with css or by drawing the image at a smaller size.
See this question for more details.
i got this image by right clicking the canvas element in firefox and saving as.
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function () {
console.debug(this.width,this.height);
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas'), ctx;
canvas.width = 188;
canvas.height = 150;
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.drawImage(img,0,0,188,150);
};
img.src = 'original.jpg';
so anyway, here is a 'fixed' version of your example:
var img = new Image();
// added cause it wasnt defined
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var canvasCopy = document.createElement("canvas");
// adding it to the body
document.body.appendChild(canvasCopy);
var copyContext = canvasCopy.getContext("2d");
img.onload = function()
{
var ratio = 1;
// defining cause it wasnt
var maxWidth = 188,
maxHeight = 150;
if(img.width > maxWidth)
ratio = maxWidth / img.width;
else if(img.height > maxHeight)
ratio = maxHeight / img.height;
canvasCopy.width = img.width;
canvasCopy.height = img.height;
copyContext.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
canvas.width = img.width * ratio;
canvas.height = img.height * ratio;
// the line to change
// ctx.drawImage(canvasCopy, 0, 0, canvasCopy.width, canvasCopy.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
// the method signature you are using is for slicing
ctx.drawImage(canvasCopy, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
};
// changed for example
img.src = 'original.jpg';
Looking for another great simple solution?
var img=document.createElement('img');
img.src=canvas.toDataURL();
$(img).css("background", backgroundColor);
$(img).width(settings.width);
$(img).height(settings.height);
This solution will use the resize algorith of browser! :)
So something interesting that I found a while ago while working with canvas that might be helpful:
To resize the canvas control on its own, you need to use the height="" and width="" attributes (or canvas.width/canvas.height elements). If you use CSS to resize the canvas, it will actually stretch (i.e.: resize) the content of the canvas to fit the full canvas (rather than simply increasing or decreasing the area of the canvas.
It'd be worth a shot to try drawing the image into a canvas control with the height and width attributes set to the size of the image and then using CSS to resize the canvas to the size you're looking for. Perhaps this would use a different resizing algorithm.
It should also be noted that canvas has different effects in different browsers (and even different versions of different browsers). The algorithms and techniques used in the browsers is likely to change over time (especially with Firefox 4 and Chrome 6 coming out so soon, which will place heavy emphasis on canvas rendering performance).
In addition, you may want to give SVG a shot, too, as it likely uses a different algorithm as well.
Best of luck!
The problem with some of this solutions is that they access directly the pixel data and loop through it to perform the downsampling. Depending on the size of the image this can be very resource intensive, and it would be better to use the browser's internal algorithms.
The drawImage() function is using a linear-interpolation, nearest-neighbor resampling method. That works well when you are not resizing down more than half the original size.
If you loop to only resize max one half at a time, the results would be quite good, and much faster than accessing pixel data.
This function downsample to half at a time until reaching the desired size:
function resize_image( src, dst, type, quality ) {
var tmp = new Image(),
canvas, context, cW, cH;
type = type || 'image/jpeg';
quality = quality || 0.92;
cW = src.naturalWidth;
cH = src.naturalHeight;
tmp.src = src.src;
tmp.onload = function() {
canvas = document.createElement( 'canvas' );
cW /= 2;
cH /= 2;
if ( cW < src.width ) cW = src.width;
if ( cH < src.height ) cH = src.height;
canvas.width = cW;
canvas.height = cH;
context = canvas.getContext( '2d' );
context.drawImage( tmp, 0, 0, cW, cH );
dst.src = canvas.toDataURL( type, quality );
if ( cW <= src.width || cH <= src.height )
return;
tmp.src = dst.src;
}
}
// The images sent as parameters can be in the DOM or be image objects
resize_image( $( '#original' )[0], $( '#smaller' )[0] );
Credits to this post
I've put up some algorithms to do image interpolation on html canvas pixel arrays that might be useful here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170104190425/http://jsperf.com:80/pixel-interpolation/2
These can be copy/pasted and can be used inside of web workers to resize images (or any other operation that requires interpolation - I'm using them to defish images at the moment).
I haven't added the lanczos stuff above, so feel free to add that as a comparison if you'd like.
Source: Stackoverflow.com