## ImageClip.GetScaledDownImage

### Introduced

v4.0

### Description

This method is identical to ImageClip.GetImage, except that it returns a scaled-down version of the image. This can be a major performance enhancement if the source image is very large but where full resolution is not important: for example, when generating a thumbnail.
Note: the user preferences preferences.rendering.maximum_proxy_level and preferences.rendering.minimum_proxy_size can influence the results of this call. The image returned may be larger than requested.

### C# Syntax

    Image ImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio in_Ratio, Object in_vFrame );

### Scripting Syntax

    oReturn = ImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( Ratio, [Variant] );

### Return Value

Image

### Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Ratio | siImageRatio | Ratio value which defines how much the image should be reduced
Variant | Variant | Frame at which to retrieve the image. This is only meaningful when the ImageClip represents an image sequence or movie file. Default Value: Frame corresponding to the play cursor at the time that the ImageClip instance was created.

### Examples

#### JScript Example

    var factoryImages = Application.InstallationPath(siFactoryPath) +

    			"/Data/XSI_SAMPLES/Pictures/"

    	var strImagePath = factoryImages + "jio.jpg" ;

    	var oImageClip = CreateImageClip( strImagePath, "ScalingClip" ) ;

    	var oImage = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio1x1 ) ;

    	LogMessage( "Full res image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;

    	oClip = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio2x1 ) ;

    	LogMessage( "2:1 image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;

    	oClip = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio4x1 ) ;

    	LogMessage( "4:1 image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;

    	oClip = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio8x1 ) ;

    	LogMessage( "8:1 image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;

    	oClip = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatio16x1 ) ;

    	LogMessage( "16:1 image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;

    	oClip = oImageClip.GetScaledDownImage( siImageRatioThumbnail ) ;

    	LogMessage( "Thumbnail image is " + oImage.ResX + "x" + oImage.ResY ) ;