Resizing an image in an HTML5 canvas

Question

I\'m trying to create a thumbnail image on the client side using javascript and a canvas element, but when I shrink the image down, it looks terrible. It looks as if it was

Answer 1

Looking for another great simple solution?

var img=document.createElement('img');
img.src=canvas.toDataURL();
$(img).css("background", backgroundColor);
$(img).width(settings.width);
$(img).height(settings.height);

This solution will use the resize algorith of browser! :)