[comp.graphics] Algorithm for Scaling bitmaps

jan@swivax.UUCP (Jan Wielemaker) (12/09/88)

I'm searching for an algorithm to scale arbitrary bitmaps  by  arbitrary
scale  factors  (e.g.  0.26,  1.7, 13, etc.). I've seen some pretty good
results with FrameMaker on SUNS, but as  I  need  it  to  operate  in  a
program  of  mine  that is of no use.  The best is a C-function that can
scale SUN PixRects, but a description of a good algorithm or a reference
to a publication would be of great help as well.

	Thanks --- Jan Wielemaker

cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen) (12/10/88)

If you get a response to this question, could you please post it. I too would
be interested.

Chris Christensen

markv@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mark VanMeeter) (12/13/88)

>I'm searching for an algorithm to scale arbitrary bitmaps  by  arbitrary
>scale  factors  (e.g.  0.26,  1.7, 13, etc.). I've seen some pretty good
>results with FrameMaker on SUNS, but as  I  need  it  to  operate  in  a
>program  of  mine  that is of no use.  The best is a C-function that can
>scale SUN PixRects, but a description of a good algorithm or a reference
>to a publication would be of great help as well.

The following reference may be of use......

Schreiber, W.  and Troxel, D.
``Tranformation Between Continuous and Discrete Representations
of Images: A Perceptual Approach'', IEEE Transactions on Pattern
Analysis and Machine Intelligence, March 1985
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Mark VanMeeter