Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/24946 Project: Drupal Version: 4.6.1 Component: user.module Category: bug reports Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: leafish_paul Updated by: leafish_paul Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/user.module_tweaked_picture_resizing.patch (1.47 KB) I recently noticed that when uploading transparent user pictures to a Drupal site, the transparent colour is lost (replaced with black). I think its to do with image_size()... but I noticed the slightly odd logic in user.module: <?php if (!$info || !$info['extension']) { form_set_error('picture', t('The uploaded file was not an image.')); } else if (image_get_toolkit()) { image_scale($file->filepath, $file->filepath, $maxwidth, $maxheight); } else if (filesize($file->filepath) > (variable_get('user_picture_file_size', '30') * 1000)) { form_set_error('picture', t('The uploaded image is too large; the maximum file size is %size kB.', array('%size' => variable_get('user_picture_file_size', '30')))); } else if ($info['width'] > $maxwidth || $info['height'] > $maxheight) { form_set_error('picture', t('The uploaded image is too large; the maximum dimensions are %dimensions pixels.', array('%dimensions' => variable_get('user_picture_dimensions', '85x85')))); } ?> So, the image is always scaled if an image toolkit is found. The attached patch /only/ scales user pictures if they are too large, and will still show an error if a toolkit is not found. I'm aware that there may be a better patch for image.inc to retain scaled image transparency? leafish_paul