So what do you do if all the browsers (actually, Chrome 5 gave me quite good one) won't give you good enough resampling quality? You implement them yourself then! Oh come on, we're entering the new age of Web 3.0, HTML5 compliant browsers, super optimized JIT javascript compilers, multi-core(†) machines, with tons of memory, what are you afraid of? Hey, there's the word java in javascript, so that should guarantee the performance, right? Behold, the thumbnail generating code:
// 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;
};
}
// elem: canvas element, img: image element, sx: scaled width, lobes: kernel radius
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(this.process1, 0, this, 0);
}
thumbnailer.prototype.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(self.process1, 0, self, u);
else
setTimeout(self.process2, 0, self);
};
thumbnailer.prototype.process2 = function(self) {
self.canvas.width = self.dest.width;
self.canvas.height = self.dest.height;
self.ctx.drawImage(self.img, 0, 0, self.dest.width, self.dest.height);
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";
};
...with which you can produce results like these!
so anyway, here is a 'fixed' version of your example:
img.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
new thumbnailer(canvas, img, 188, 3); //this produces lanczos3
// but feel free to raise it up to 8. Your client will appreciate
// that the program makes full use of his machine.
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
};
Now it's time to pit your best browsers out there and see which one will least likely increase your client's blood pressure!
Umm, where's my sarcasm tag?
(since many parts of the code is based on Anrieff Gallery Generator is it also covered under GPL2? I don't know)
† actually due to limitation of javascript, multi-core is not supported.
WebKit now supports the CSS directive:
image-rendering:-webkit-optimize-contrast;
You can see it working in action using Chrome and the last image on this page:
http://phrogz.net/tmp/canvas_image_zoom.html
The rules used on that page are:
.pixelated {
image-rendering:optimizeSpeed; /* Legal fallback */
image-rendering:-moz-crisp-edges; /* Firefox */
image-rendering:-o-crisp-edges; /* Opera */
image-rendering:-webkit-optimize-contrast; /* Safari */
image-rendering:optimize-contrast; /* CSS3 Proposed */
image-rendering:crisp-edges; /* CSS4 Proposed */
image-rendering:pixelated; /* CSS4 Proposed */
-ms-interpolation-mode:nearest-neighbor; /* IE8+ */
}
Best Answer
It seems that you are right. No option scales the image better:
http://www.maxrev.de/html/image-scaling.html
I've tested FF14, IE9, OP12 and GC21. Only GC has a better scaling that can be deactivated through
image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast
. All other browsers have no/poor scaling.Screenshot of the different output: http://www.maxrev.de/files/2012/08/screenshot_interpolation_jquery_animate.png
Update 2017
Meanwhile some more browsers support smooth scaling:
ME38 (Microsoft Edge) has good scaling. It can't be disabled and it works for JPEG and PNG, but not for GIF.
FF51 (Regarding @karthik 's comment since FF21) has good scaling that can be disabled through the following settings:
Note: Regarding MDN the
optimizeQuality
setting is a synonym forauto
(butauto
does not disable smooth scaling):OP43 behaves like GC (not suprising as it is based on Chromium since 2013) and its still this option that disables smooth scaling:
No support in IE9-IE11. The
-ms-interpolation-mode
setting worked only in IE6-IE8, but was removed in IE9.P.S. Smooth scaling is done by default. This means no
image-rendering
option is needed!