---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christian Bjälevik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:48:10 +0000 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] PHP/MySQL tasks on the art.ubuntu.com website On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 16:49 +0200, Christian Bjälevik wrote: > > * Automatically generated thumbnails (on upload). From backgrounds, > > screenshots, etc. we could get automatically generated 96x72px > > thumbnails with Imagemagik or GD, saving the uploader from making them. > > Rather than having 96x72px we should have something that will generate > the thumbnail based on aspect. Otherwise we will have trouble later when > people start uploading in 16:9 (16:10?). Not everything is 4:3 > anymore ;-).
True, good point. However, you do need to agree on at least ONE dimension having a fixed size, and base the aspect off of that. Usually, I'd pick the horizontal side, but I think it's up to how it fits in with the site's look and everything. Yet one more option is to have the 96x72 size, scale the images respecting the aspect ratio, and filling in the remainder of the image with a color or transparancy (if using PNG thumbs of course). This may end up looking pretty much the same, but if you know that you'll always have the same size thumbnail, you can design with that info. This also takes care of vertical images. -- dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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