Is there a better way to determine the size of the NSImage for the maximum file size?

Here's what I have so far:

NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [NSBitmapImageRep imageRepWithData:
               [file.image TIFFRepresentation]];
// Resize image to 200x200
CGFloat maxSize = 200.0;
NSSize imageSize = imageRep.size;
if (imageSize.height>maxSize || imageSize.width>maxSize) {
    // Find the aspect ratio
    CGFloat aspectRatio = imageSize.height/imageSize.width;
    CGSize newImageSize;
    if (aspectRatio > 1.0) {
        newImageSize = CGSizeMake(maxSize / aspectRatio, maxSize);
    } else if (aspectRatio < 1.0) {
        newImageSize = CGSizeMake(maxSize, maxSize * aspectRatio);
    } else {
        newImageSize = CGSizeMake(maxSize, maxSize);
    }
    [imageRep setSize:NSSizeFromCGSize(newImageSize)];
}


NSData *imageData = [imageRep representationUsingType:NSPNGFileType properties:nil];
NSString *outputFilePath = [@"~/Desktop/output.png" stringByExpandingTildeInPath];
[imageData writeToFile:outputFilePath atomically:NO];

      

        
        
        
      

    

The code assumes that the 200x200 PNG will be less than 128KB, which is my size limit. 200x200 is large enough, but I would rather increase the size as much as possible if at all possible.

Here are my two problems:

• The code doesn't work. I check the size of the exported file and the same size as the original.
• Is there a way to predict the size of the output file before exporting, so I can maximize the sizes but still get an image less than 128KB in size?

Here's the working code. It's pretty sloppy and can probably use some optimizations, but it's fast enough at the moment and I don't care. It iterates over 100 times for most of the images, and this happens in milliseconds. In addition, this method is advertised in the category on NSImage

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- (NSData *)resizeImageWithBitSize:(NSInteger)size 
                      andImageType:(NSBitmapImageFileType)fileType {

    CGFloat maxSize = 500.0;
    NSSize originalImageSize = self.size;
    NSSize newImageSize;
    NSData *returnImageData;
    NSInteger imageIsTooBig = 1000;

    while (imageIsTooBig > 0) {
            if (originalImageSize.height>maxSize || originalImageSize.width>maxSize) {
            // Find the aspect ratio
            CGFloat aspectRatio = originalImageSize.height/originalImageSize.width;
            if (aspectRatio > 1.0) {
                newImageSize = NSMakeSize(maxSize / aspectRatio, maxSize);
            } else if (aspectRatio < 1.0) {
                newImageSize = NSMakeSize(maxSize, maxSize * aspectRatio);
            } else {
                newImageSize = NSMakeSize(maxSize, maxSize);
            }
        } else {
            newImageSize = originalImageSize;
        }

        NSImage *resizedImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:newImageSize];

        [resizedImage lockFocus];
        [self drawInRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, newImageSize.width, newImageSize.height)
                fromRect: NSMakeRect(0, 0, originalImageSize.width, originalImageSize.height) 
               operation: NSCompositeSourceOver 
                fraction: 1.0];
        [resizedImage unlockFocus];

        NSData *tiffData = [resizedImage TIFFRepresentation];
        [resizedImage release];

        NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithData:tiffData];
        NSDictionary *imagePropDict = [NSDictionary 
                                       dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.85] 
                                                     forKey:NSImageCompressionFactor];

        returnImageData = [imageRep representationUsingType:fileType properties:imagePropDict];
        [imageRep release];

        if ([returnImageData length] > size) {
            maxSize = maxSize * 0.99;
            imageIsTooBig--;
        } else {
            imageIsTooBig = 0;
        }

    }

    return returnImageData;
}