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Feature request: Resize to to Pixel Area Count Limit

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#208 opened on May 1, 2015

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Description

It would be great if sharp could scale images to an number of pixels like imagemagick does

Examples here; http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/#pixel

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Research direction
Investigate ImageMagick's pixel area resize implementation and explore how to add similar functionality to sharp using libvips.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Node.jssharp internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40