CSS image-rendering Property

The image-rendering property sets an image scaling algorithm.

By default, each browser will apply to aliasing to the scaled image to prevent distortion, but a problem can arise if you want to keep the original pixelated form of the image.

Sometimes, you can combine the crisp-edges a pixelated values of the image-rendering property, for providing them some fallback for each other.

Initial Value	auto
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	Yes.
Animatable	Discrete.
Version	CSS3
DOM Syntax	object.style.imageRendering = "pixelated";

Syntax

image-rendering: auto | crisp-edges | pixelated | initial | inherit;

Example of the image-rendering property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .pixelated {
        image-rendering: pixelated;
      }
      .resize {
        width: 45%;
        clear: none;
        float: left;
      }
      .resize:last-of-type {
        float: right;
      }
      .resize img {
        width: 100%;
      }
      img {
        margin-bottom: 20px;
        width: 100%;
      }
      .original img {
        width: 20%;
      }
      body {
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 20px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Image-rendering property example</h2>
    <div class="original">
      <p>Original image size:</p>
      <img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/02/2895884641188df105fa653fee0b33c785dd7b3d.png" alt="W3docs logo" />
    </div>
    <div class="resize">
      <p><code>image-rendering: auto</code></p>
      <img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/02/2895884641188df105fa653fee0b33c785dd7b3d.png" alt="W3docs logo" />
    </div>
    <div class="resize">
      <p><code>image-rendering: pixelated</code></p>
      <img class="pixelated" src="/uploads/media/default/0001/02/2895884641188df105fa653fee0b33c785dd7b3d.png" alt="W3docs logo" />
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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Result

Values

Value	Description
auto	A standard algorithm maximizing the appearance of an image. This is the default value of this property.
crisp-edges	The values of the image is preserved without smoothing or blurring.
pixelated	The browser preserves its pixelated style by using nearest-neighbour scaling.
initial	Makes the property use its default value.
inherit	Inherits the property from its parents element.