Resize image while keeping aspect ratio in Java

Question

im trying to resize bufferdImage in memory in java but to keep the aspect ratio of the image im have something like this but this is not good

int w = pictu         


        

Answer 1

You may have a look at perils-of-image-getscaledinstance.html that explains why getScaledInstance(), used in some of the answers, should be avoided.

The article also provides alternative code.