resized

Resized is the past participle of the verb resize, used to describe something that has been scaled to different dimensions. In digital media, resizing refers to altering the width and height of an image, video frame, or graphical element. For raster images, resizing requires resampling, which computes new pixel values through interpolation. Common methods include nearest neighbor, bilinear, bicubic, and Lanczos resampling; the method chosen affects sharpness and artifacts. For vector graphics, resizing is resolution-independent and can be performed without quality loss, since coordinates define shapes independent of display size. Resizing can maintain the original aspect ratio (uniform scaling) or change it (non-uniform scaling). It is frequently used to create thumbnails, adapt assets for multiple devices, and optimize load times by decreasing resolution.

Quality considerations: downscaling generally preserves detail, while upscaling can improve display size but may blur or smear details. When resizing raster images, some projects choose to re-save with different compression settings to balance quality and file size. In metadata and file naming, "resized" may indicate that the image is a derivative of another version, often with a dimension suffix (for example, image_resized_1024x768.jpg). In software workflows and libraries, resize operations are implemented as functions or filters that output a new image with the requested dimensions.