Posted by David on 07/06/06 23:59

Geoff Berrow wrote:
> Message-ID: <JImdnYfCIOJdBTHZnZ2dnUVZ_u6dnZ2d@comcast.com> from Chuck
> Anderson contained the following:
>
>> I want to create the resized image in memory and serve it directly,
>> without saving the resized image to disk (they are only temporary, and
>> I'd rather not worry about cleanup). I know how to use some of the GD
>> library and I also know how to use ImageMagick. I would prefer to use
>> ImageMagick, as it has a good quality Unsharp mask (usually needed after
>> a resize/resample of an image), but I don't know if it is capable of
>> doing this (creating the image in memory so I can serve it directly
>> without saving it to disk first).
>
> If you are going to use the image again, or someone else might, it is
> better to save it. There are various custom unsharp mask functions
> available for the GD functions if you don't have Imagemagick available
> but tend to be a bit slow.
>

There is a cgi script called gd-imager that allows you to resize your
images by passing the height and width on the url. You can find the
program here

http://www.rejump.com/gd_imager/

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