We tried boost gil resize example to experiment with scaling down a jpeg image file. For some images, this causes the size of the file to increase. We are using bilinear_sampler algorithm.

Our aim to reduce the input image size so as to save storage/network bandwidth. Quality can be compromised to a certain extent. Which algorithm/method should we use?

The code fragment is given below:-

boost::gil::rgb8_image_t img;

boost::gil::read_and_convert_image(InStream, img, T());
float width = (float)(img.width() * Ratio) / 100;
float height = (float)(img.height() * Ratio) / 100;
boost::gil::rgb8_image_t resizedImg(width, height);
boost::gil::resize_view(const_view(img), view(resizedImg), boost::gil::bilinear_sampler());
boost::gil::write_view(OutStream, boost::gil::const_view(resizedImg), T());

Thanks,

   Lloyd