Rails - May 2008 - Is there anything easier than ImageMagick/ImageScience?

I for some of my current projects, I want to scale and crop photos for
avatars.  Installing ImageMagick/ImageScience and making it work is such
a pain in the butt.

Isn''t there some easier way?

Is there any web service that will do things like scale, crop or make
thumbnails?

There has to be something easier.

Thanks,
Mike
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Based on another post, I''m using "convert" as a system
command
(RMagick is notorious for memory leaks).

`convert -resize 200x40 -quality 70 public/images/catalog/#{@item.id}-
#{c}.jpg public/images/catalog/thumbs/#{@item.id}-#{c}.jpg`

This works for me.  It''s not necessarily easier, but it
shouldn''t be
leaky.

I saw a mention of an alternative called something like mini-magick,
but I can''t remember for sure.

-Kyle

On May 13, 6:17 pm, Mike Nicholaides <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> I for some of my current projects, I want to scale and crop photos for
> avatars.  Installing ImageMagick/ImageScience and making it work is such
> a pain in the butt.
>
> Isn''t there some easier way?
>
> Is there any web service that will do things like scale, crop or make
> thumbnails?
>
> There has to be something easier.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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I have found ImageScience to be a lightweight way to do it actually. The 
install was quick and easy. Install FreeImage and then install the 
image_science gem. There were many tutorials online and it was like a 4 
command process. What issues did you encounter? I am on Mac OS but I 
also did it on Ubuntu and it works equally as well on windows.
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Just to clarify RMagick does not leak memory.
http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1374&forum_id=1618 and
http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/theFullyUpturnedBin.html. That''s not
to
say that RMagick doesn''t _use_ a lot of memory and if you''re
just
thumbnailing there might indeed be better ways. But I had to set the record
straight about the "notorious" memory leaks. I wonder which lie will
die
first? RMagick''s leaks or Rails can''t scale. ;)

RSL

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Kyle
<kyle.rabe-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Based on another post, I''m using "convert" as a system
command
> (RMagick is notorious for memory leaks).
>
> `convert -resize 200x40 -quality 70 public/images/catalog/#{@item.id}-
> #{c}.jpg public/images/catalog/thumbs/#{@item.id}-#{c}.jpg`
>
> This works for me.  It''s not necessarily easier, but it
shouldn''t be
> leaky.
>
> I saw a mention of an alternative called something like mini-magick,
> but I can''t remember for sure.
>
> -Kyle
>
> On May 13, 6:17 pm, Mike Nicholaides <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
> s.net> wrote:
> > I for some of my current projects, I want to scale and crop photos for
> > avatars.  Installing ImageMagick/ImageScience and making it work is
such
> > a pain in the butt.
> >
> > Isn''t there some easier way?
> >
> > Is there any web service that will do things like scale, crop or make
> > thumbnails?
> >
> > There has to be something easier.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
>
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Paperclip is new. It depends on ImageMagick (which I found easy to
install on Mac OS X, anyway), and it claims to be simpler to use than
some other approaches. I only know one person who''s used it, and it
worked well (after he submitted a few patches).

http://thoughtbot.com/projects/paperclip
http://giantrobots.thoughtbot.com/2008/3/18/for-attaching-files-use-paperclip

Regards,
Craig

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Russel,

Thanks for the clarification.  I spoke with too much [false] certainty
and am glad to be corrected.

-Kyle

On May 14, 2:48 pm, "Craig Demyanovich"
<cdemyanov...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Paperclip is new. It depends on ImageMagick (which I found easy to
> install on Mac OS X, anyway), and it claims to be simpler to use than
> some other approaches. I only know one person who''s used it, and
it
> worked well (after he submitted a few patches).
>
>
http://thoughtbot.com/projects/papercliphttp://giantrobots.thoughtbot.com/2008/3/18/for-attaching-files-use-p...
>
> Regards,
> Craig
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