Last updated: November 29, 2024

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# Is your image scaling software up to scratch?

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**Felix Geisendörfer**

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Most image scaling software has a flaw that can impact the quality of the results in varying degrees. For further details, you should read[this article⁠](http://www.ericbrasseur.org/gamma.html?i=1).

To test if your software is suffering from this flaw, take this exploit image:

![Original Image](/_next/static/immutable/media/2010-10-gamma.3rt5c89l4tfrj.png)

When you resize it to 50%, you will probably see this:

![Resized badly](/_next/static/immutable/media/2010-10-gamma-sucks.24n16uuxbra28.png)

However, if your software is working correctly, you should see:

![Resized properly](/_next/static/immutable/media/2010-10-gamma-rules.3o3vru3l3ccvn.png)

Up until today, Transloadit was suffering from the aforementioned flaw, but we have fixed it. If you want to take advantage of the new gamma correction, simply specify `correct_gamma: true` in your image resize Assembly Step. Check the [docs](/docs/robots/image-resize.md) for more information.

[#image-processing-service](/blog/tags/image-processing-service.md)[#image-resize-robot](/blog/tags/image-resize-robot.md)

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