Re: [ubuntu-art] PHP/MySQL tasks on the art.ubuntu.com website

[Dave Foster <daf minuslab net>]

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.

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dave
daf minuslab net