In 2019 we have written some really interesting blog articles that you might not have had the chance to read. Sometimes the articles we think are most interesting do not always get the most interest. So, if you are looking for a few really interesting articles to read over Christmas, here is a list of our favourite articles with lots of tips to try in 2020.
Downsampling by averaging
All the techniques for downsampling involve tradeoffs in terms of speed, quality, and memory usage. They also tend to do better on some types of image compared to others. One of the simplest, but still very effective methods is to use averaging-find out how we use averaging in our PDF Viewer.
JPG versus PDF for Document Display
A brief overview of the pros and cons of each of these file formats.
Image scaling in Java
In this article, we show you how to scale an image in Java in three simple steps.
Using super-resolution imaging to improve scaling
See how super-resolution compares against the bicubic resolution with code and picture examples.
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JDeli super-resolution
Java bicubic
Why we wrote our own Java jpeg2000 libraries
Find out why we created our Java Image library, JDeli which is an effective ImageIO replacement and what benefits it has over this alternative.
How to read and write EMF and WMF files in Java
In this article, we explain how to read and write Windows and Enhanced Metafiles in Java in just a few lines of code, using our Java Image Library JDeli.
For example, here is how to convert EMF to SVG in Java:
EmfDecoder.toSVG(new File("infile.emf"),new File("outfile.svg"));
How to setup PDF to HTML5 conversion to the cloud
Want to try running your software in the Cloud in 2020? Find out how we used Docker to get our PDF to HTML5 or SVG converter on cloud platforms such as AWS, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
IDRsolutions develop a Java PDF library, a PDF forms to HTML5 converter, a PDF to HTML5 or SVG converter and a Java Image Library that doubles as an ImageIO replacement. On the blog our team post about anything interesting they learn about.
