please help me with image.GetThumbnailImage (it create very low quality image) - asp.net

Question

i use this code to create thumbnails
System.Drawing.Image.GetThumbnailImageAbort abort = new System.Drawing.Image.GetThumbnailImageAbort(this.ThumbnailCallback);
System.Drawing.Image image2 = image.GetThumbnailImage((int)Math.Round((double)wid / difference), (int)Math.Round((double)hei / difference), abort, IntPtr.Zero);
image2.Save(str2, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
image2.Dispose();
but i get this very low quality image
but it is suposed to be like this one
what i am making wrong
or how can achieve this

Answer 1

Your problem is not really with the GetThumbnailImage() method, but instead in how you are saving the file. You need to specify the quality level of the JPEG you are saving, or it seems it always defaults to a very low value.
Consider this code as a guide (it's from an old .NET 2.0 project; the code still works fine compiled against 4.0, but there may be a more direct method in 4.0; I've never had reason to check)
ImageCodecInfo[] encoders = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
ImageCodecInfo jpegEncoder = null;
for (int x = 0; x < encoders.Length; x++) {
if (string.Compare(encoders[x].MimeType, "image/jpeg", true) == 0) {
jpegEncoder = encoders[x];
break;
}
}
if (jpegEncoder == null) throw new ApplicationException("Could not find JPEG encoder!");
EncoderParameters prms = new EncoderParameters(1);
prms.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter(System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder.Quality, 80L);
bitmap.Save(fileName, jpegEncoder, prms);

Answer 2

Here is another solution that should always work without fetching out the encoder. It resizes keeping relation between width & heigh ... modify for your needs.
/// <summary>
/// Resize an image with high quality
/// </summary>
public static Image ResizeImage(Image srcImage, int width)
{
var b = new Bitmap(width, srcImage.Height * width / srcImage.Width);
using (var g = Graphics.FromImage((Image)b))
{
g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
g.DrawImage(srcImage, 0, 0, b.Width, b.Height);
}
return b;
}