Option 2 is best

Until just now I found out that changing the url to this actually results in a significantly lower quality image (even though it seems counterintuitive that thats what happens)

Default quality is 0.8 (80%) to reduce loading time & bandwidth

https://images.paramount.tech/uri/mgid:arc:imageassetref:mtv.com:fe1873f5-bb1b-476c-84e5-a224365e9d3d?quality=0.7&gen=ntrn&legacyStatusCode=true&width=3200&height=1800&crop=true

• quality=0.7 reduces quality to 70%
• gen=ntrn is the default
• legacyStatusCode=true simply adds an “x-status-code” header with the HTTP status code
• width and height are used to shrink/stretch the image but won't improve quality
• crop=true prevents the image from being distorted if the width and height parameters don't match the original aspect ratio

@dear3 said:

Option 2 is best

Until just now I found out that changing the url to this actually results in a significantly lower quality image (even though it seems counterintuitive that thats what happens)

Default quality is 0.8 (80%) to reduce loading time & bandwidth

https://images.paramount.tech/uri/mgid:arc:imageassetref:mtv.com:fe1873f5-bb1b-476c-84e5-a224365e9d3d?quality=0.7&gen=ntrn&legacyStatusCode=true&width=3200&height=1800&crop=true

• quality=0.7 reduces quality to 70%
• gen=ntrn is the default
• legacyStatusCode=true simply adds an “x-status-code” header with the HTTP status code
• width and height are used to shrink/stretch the image but won't improve quality
• crop=true prevents the image from being distorted if the width and height parameters don't match the original aspect ratio

Okay, I hope youre correct since I think Ill go with option 2 based on your explanation which seems to make sense.