[support] generating square thumbnails

[Brian Puccio]

On Feb 11, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Xavier Bestel wrote:

> Apparently I have 3 solutions (with typical Drupal results):
>
> - use CCK+imagecache+imagefield. But then I can't use acidfree anymore
> (and I must migrate all photos and albums, img_assist and other stuff
> won't work anymore - out of question).
> - use image_exact. This looks like the perfect solution, except that  
> it
> doesn't work (it can't resize existing images, doesn't work with mass
> import and fails as soon as you change your image settings)
> - wait for mmedia (Media Manager) to become ready, because from the
> description it's everything I need.
>
> I don't doubt there are other solutions (it's Drupal), including  
> rolling
> my own code, but I didn't find anything easy to deploy, and working.
> Yet.

Alternatively, use image.module, which offers the option to scale or  
scale and crop the image to a desired resolution.