audiovisual content presentation to users has evolved from users receiving hardcopy printed materials to their searching and retrieving information by accessing any of hundreds of millions of web sites and billions of web pages . user retrieval being performed on a wide variety of platforms from high performance pcs to low performance cellular telephones . accordingly substantial limitations exist in initially displaying this audiovisual content as well as when users dynamically manipulate browser dimensions or move through the content . further additional limitations exist for those authoring both online and traditional content to manipulate sourced content to provide the published content . as such a requirement exists for dynamically resizing images that respects the information content within the audiovisual content . embodiments of the invention provide for content aware resizing of audiovisual content both within authoring and user environments , and in dependence upon device characteristics such as display , processor , power , etc .