A method that allows for fast GPU resizing in the Unity Engine.

ResizeTool.cs

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/* This class allows you to resize an image on the GPU. 
Resizing an image from 1024px to 8196px 100 times took this method: 00:00:40.8884790
Resizing an image from 1024px to 8196px 100 times with Unity.Texture2D.Resize() took: 01:08:08.55
*/
public class ResizeTool
{

 public static void Resize(Texture2D texture2D, int targetX, int targetY, bool mipmap =true, FilterMode filter = FilterMode.Bilinear)
  {
    RenderTexture rt = RenderTexture.GetTemporary(targetX, targetY, 0, RenderTextureFormat.ARGB32, RenderTextureReadWrite.Default);


    RenderTexture.active = rt;
    Graphics.Blit(texture2D, rt);
    texture2D.Resize(targetX, targetY, texture2D.format, mipmap);
    texture2D.filterMode = filter;

    try
    {
      texture2D.ReadPixels(new Rect(0.0f, 0.0f, targetX, targetY), 0, 0);
      texture2D.Apply();
    }
    catch
    {
      Debug.LogError("Read/Write is not enabled on texture "+ texture2D.name);
    }


    RenderTexture.ReleaseTemporary(rt);
  }
}
}

Why This Script Was Created

This class allows you to resize an image on the GPU.

Speeds

Methods	Speeds	Source
ResizeTool.Resize(..)	00:00:40.89	This Tool [FREE]
UnityEngine.Texture2D.Resize(..)	01:08:08.55	Unity Method