GD2 is more widely available. Imagemagick generally uses less memory. I would suggest using GD2 however, since you know it'll be available wherever you host, and it is a core library.
On 12/14/2011 11:26 AM, Isaac wrote: > GD2 library would do the work :), I always use it in my projects and works > great, but sometimes I could be a little tricky, but nothing to be afraid > of. > > You should look for a class based on GD2 in phpclasses.org I think you > could find something great there. > > If you're using a framework, like CodeIgniter, it might have a core > library/helper that handles images. > > Regards > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Jonathan Duncan< > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am working on a project that will be accepting image uploads. We will >> need to take an image, resize it to several different sizes, including: web >> size and thumbnail. >> >> Many years ago I did this kind of thing with ImageMagick. Is that still >> the best tool? I noticed there is a core GD2 library in PHP these days. >> Is that a decent tool? >> >> As far as other third party stuff, I have seen: >> >> Transloadit >> http://transloadit.com/ >> >> WideImage >> http://wideimage.sourceforge.net/documentation/smart-coordinates/ >> >> Transloadit looks amazing, but it costs money. :) Which is not bad, but >> at the moment it is not in the project budget. >> >> I have never heard anything about WideImage, but it looks like it could be >> handy. It is based on GD2. >> >> Regards, >> Jonathan Duncan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> UPHPU mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu >> IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net >> > > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
