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Does libvips resize premultiply alpha, and what pixel-centre offset does it apply?

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vips_resize does not premultiply alpha (callers must premultiply first) and applies a 0.5*(1-1/scale) centre-sampling shift except for nearest-neighbour.

vips_resize does not premultiply alpha (callers must premultiply first) and applies a 0.5*(1-1/scale) centre-sampling shift except for nearest-neighbour. Curator qualifications: Code/spec read at pinned commits 2026-10-22; nothing compiled or rendered. premultiply.c details from producer reading. Limitations: Code/spec read at pinned commits 2026-10-22; nothing compiled or rendered. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/blob/241560caa332b0d68d860aec340f9c9db99c01c6/libvips/resample/resize.c",
      "note": "libvips libvips/resample/resize.c at 241560ca (raw), L437, L246"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/blob/241560caa332b0d68d860aec340f9c9db99c01c6/libvips/conversion/premultiply.c",
      "note": "libvips libvips/resample/resize.c at 241560ca (raw), L437, L246"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] vips_resize does not premultiply alpha (callers must premultiply first) and applies a 0.5*(1-1/scale) centre-sampling shift except for nearest-neighbour. · locator: libvips libvips/resample/resize.c at 241560ca (raw), L437, L246 source

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