C#: Resize An Image While Maintaining Aspect Ratio and Maximum Height
// also vertically long images caused by trying to maintain the aspect
// ratio on images who's height is larger than their width
public void ResizeImage(string OriginalFile, string NewFile, int NewWidth, int MaxHeight, bool OnlyResizeIfWider) { System.Drawing.Image FullsizeImage = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(OriginalFile); // Prevent using images internal thumbnail FullsizeImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone); FullsizeImage.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone); if (OnlyResizeIfWider) { if (FullsizeImage.Width <= NewWidth) { NewWidth = FullsizeImage.Width; } } int NewHeight = FullsizeImage.Height * NewWidth / FullsizeImage.Width; if (NewHeight > MaxHeight) { // Resize with height instead NewWidth = FullsizeImage.Width * MaxHeight / FullsizeImage.Height; NewHeight = MaxHeight; } System.Drawing.Image NewImage = FullsizeImage.GetThumbnailImage(NewWidth, NewHeight, null, IntPtr.Zero); // Clear handle to original file so that we can overwrite it if necessary FullsizeImage.Dispose(); // Save resized picture NewImage.Save(NewFile); }