How to resize images proportionally / keeping the

Question

I have images that will be quite big in dimension and I want to shrink them down with jQuery while keeping the proportions constrained, i.e. the same aspect ratio.

Can someone point me to some code, or explain the logic?

Answer 1

Here's a correction to Mehdiway's answer. The new width and/or height were not being set to the max value. A good test case is the following (1768 x 1075 pixels): http://spacecoastsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sportsballs1.png. (I wasn't able to comment on it above due to lack of reputation points.)

  // Make sure image doesn't exceed 100x100 pixels
  // note: takes jQuery img object not HTML: so width is a function
  // not a property.
  function resize_image (image) {
      var maxWidth = 100;           // Max width for the image
      var maxHeight = 100;          // Max height for the image
      var ratio = 0;                // Used for aspect ratio

      // Get current dimensions
      var width = image.width()
      var height = image.height(); 
      console.log("dimensions: " + width + "x" + height);

      // If the current width is larger than the max, scale height
      // to ratio of max width to current and then set width to max.
      if (width > maxWidth) {
          console.log("Shrinking width (and scaling height)")
          ratio = maxWidth / width;
          height = height * ratio;
          width = maxWidth;
          image.css("width", width);
          image.css("height", height);
          console.log("new dimensions: " + width + "x" + height);
      }

      // If the current height is larger than the max, scale width
      // to ratio of max height to current and then set height to max.
      if (height > maxHeight) {
          console.log("Shrinking height (and scaling width)")
          ratio = maxHeight / height;
          width = width * ratio;
          height = maxHeight;
          image.css("width", width);
          image.css("height", height);
          console.log("new dimensions: " + width + "x" + height);
      }
  }

Answer 2

2 Steps:

Step 1) calculate the ratio of the original width / original height of Image.

Step 2) multiply the original_width/original_height ratio by the new desired height to get the new width corresponding to the new height.

Answer 3

actually i have just run into this problem and the solution I found was strangely simple and weird

$("#someimage").css({height:<some new height>})

and miraculously the image is resized to the new height and conserving the same ratio!

Answer 4

If the image is proportionate then this code will fill the wrapper with image. If image is not in proportion then extra width/height will get cropped.

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function(){
            $('#slider img').each(function(){
                var ReqWidth = 1000; // Max width for the image
                var ReqHeight = 300; // Max height for the image
                var width = $(this).width(); // Current image width
                var height = $(this).height(); // Current image height
                // Check if the current width is larger than the max
                if (width > height && height < ReqHeight) {

                    $(this).css("min-height", ReqHeight); // Set new height
                }
                else 
                    if (width > height && width < ReqWidth) {

                        $(this).css("min-width", ReqWidth); // Set new width
                    }
                    else 
                        if (width > height && width > ReqWidth) {

                            $(this).css("max-width", ReqWidth); // Set new width
                        }
                        else 
                            (height > width && width < ReqWidth)
                {

                    $(this).css("min-width", ReqWidth); // Set new width
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

Answer 5

The resize can be achieved(maintaining aspect ratio) using CSS. This is a further simplified answer inspired by Dan Dascalescu's post.

http://jsbin.com/viqare

img{
     max-width:200px;
 /*Or define max-height*/
  }

<img src="http://e1.365dm.com/13/07/4-3/20/alastair-cook-ashes-profile_2967773.jpg"  alt="Alastair Cook" />

<img src="http://e1.365dm.com/13/07/4-3/20/usman-khawaja-australia-profile_2974601.jpg" alt="Usman Khawaja"/>

Answer 6

This totally worked for me for a draggable item - aspectRatio:true

.appendTo(divwrapper).resizable({
    aspectRatio: true,
    handles: 'se',
    stop: resizestop 
})