> I don't quite understand why you need to know the aspect ratio beforehand. > Surely, there must be some display size into which the thumbnail is expected > to fit?
Ok, let's give you an example. I know i have to fit my image in something that is 100 width x 100 height and i am using the PreserveAspectCrop fill format meaning the image is scaled uniformly to fill, cropping if necessary If i don't know the aspect ratio of the image that i have to draw which size do i request? If the image is portrait i have to request (100, 0) If the image is landscape i have to request (0, 100) See http://paste.ubuntu.com/12197917/ using http://i.imgur.com/xiP0k4T.jpg as landscape.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/A2M6bnF.jpg as portrait.jpg and you'll see http://i.imgur.com/f5sEMhe.png. You can see there why we need to know the aspect ratio to achive the best quality. In the first row "Source Size Width" has the best quality while in the second row "Source Size Height" has the best quality. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1467740 Title: Lots of thumbnail requests with invalid size To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thumbnailer/+bug/1467740/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
