Re: JPG Image Load,Resize,Save with 100% Python?

From: Derek Ledbetter (derekledbetter_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 02/12/04

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    On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 5:25:47 -0800, Ingo Linkweiler wrote
    (in message <c05dj3$q37$04$1@news.t-online.com>):

    > I am looking for a 100% python lib/script which can load a jpg image,
    > detect its size, resize and save it as new file.

    Note that decoding, resizing and recompressing a JPEG hurts the
    quality. See:
        http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/ 

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