Looking for a solution to crop/resize jpg (sales question) - vb.net image manipulation

Hey all,

I have jpeg images (art files) that are slightly larger or slightly smaller than the desired size (within 5%) and in those cases I need to crop (when the image is too large) or stretch (when the image is too small, this case is more rare).

I am doing this now with good results using native vb.net image/bitmap classes, and the jpeg encoder

However, no matter how I set the quality setting there is some color fading that occurs. It is not a lot, but there is noticeable difference. The actual quality is not bad but I need to be 100% faithful to the original image.

Can a vb.net solution offered by Graphics Mill take a jpeg and crop it without changing the color quality, depth, DPI, or anything else that would allow someone to see a difference in the images with a side by side comparison, specifically in color qualify depth, brightness, and whatever other attributes colors can have?

My goal is a 100% identical quality image that has some data cropped from the sides. There is also the less common case of slightly enlarging a jpeg image, with the same 100% color matching capability.

Thanks!
Ken