php GD image resizing to smaller new image -> blurring problem

Question

I am downscaling images from 200px wide to 190px wide, with this class

here is what i get

img 1 = original - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - img 2 = smaller

I've tried a few different widths but i get the same loss of sharpness/blurring with all image sizes. I have quality set to 100 (max)

Answer 1

Which method are you using imagecopyresampled or imagecopyresized? imagecopyresampled gives better results. Also consider Imagemagick library if possible: http://pecl.php.net/package/imagick

Answer 2

$compression=75

Change that to 90 and see if results are satisfactory. In any case, the images will be blurry but increasing $compression (should actually be called $quality) should help a tad bit.

Answer 3

have you tried using timthumb?

http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/source/browse/trunk/timthumb.php

Working on the same-ish problem, using this as a base.