The following two code samples are equivalent in that they produce a scaled image. That said, does the second produce a scaled image of higher quality? I am using .NET 4.5.\[code\]// The short.using(Bitmap large = new Bitmap(input, width, height){ // Do whatever.}// The long.using(Bitmap large = new Bitmap(width, height){ using(Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(large)) { g.CompositingQuality = CompositingQuality.HighQuality; g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.HighQuality; g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic; g.PixelOffsetMode = PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality; g.DrawImage(input, 0, 0, width, height); } // Do whatever.}\[/code\]