Resize PNG images via C#
Build your own .NET apps to resize PNG image files using server-side APIs
Aspose.Imaging for .NET
Overview
How to Resize PNG Files Using C#
Constructing a website is a complex endeavor where each element holds significance. A crucial aspect in the process of populating web pages revolves around resizing images. Often, the need arises to resize their dimensions and prepare images or photos in varying resolutions. For instance, pages featuring image galleries with previews require small thumbnail files, while pages showcasing main images demand high-resolution versions. For larger files, resizing is essential to reduce total pixel count, thus diminishing file size without significantly compromising image quality. During image resizing, you can also choose the degree of data compression to strike a balance between image size and quality. Reduced image sizes lead to quicker loading times from the internet, enhancing the user browsing experience on your website. In order to merge PNG files, we’ll use Aspose.Imaging for .NET API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use image manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.Imaging and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.
Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Imaging
Steps to Resize PNG via C#
You need the aspose.imaging.dll to try the following workflow in your own environment.
- load PNG file with Image.Load method;
- resize image;
- save resized image to disc in the supported by Aspose.Imaging format.
System Requirements
Aspose.Imaging for .NET is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.
- Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Windows Application, ASP.NET Web Application.
- Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Aspose.Imaging for .NET referenced in your project.
Resize PNG images - .NET
About Aspose.Imaging for .NET API
Aspose.Imaging API is an image processing solution to create, modify, draw or convert images (photos) within applications. It offers: cross-platform Image processing, including but not limited to conversions between various image formats (including uniform multi-page or multi-frame image processing), modifications such as drawing, working with graphic primitives, transformations (resize, crop, flip&rotate, binarization, grayscale, adjust), advanced image manipulation features (filtering, dithering, masking, deskewing), and memory optimization strategies. It’s a standalone library and does not depend on any software for image operations. One can easily add high-performance image conversion features with native APIs within projects. These are 100% private on-premise APIs and images are processed at your servers.Resize PNG via Online App
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PNG What is PNG File Format
PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. This file format was created as a replacement of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and has no copyright limitations. However, PNG file format does not support animations. PNG file format supports loseless image compression that makes it popular among its users. With the passage of time, PNG has evolved as one of the mostly used image file format. Almost all Operating Systems have support for opening PNG files. For example, Microsoft Windows viewer has the capability to open PNG files as the OS has by default the support available as part of installation.
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