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Use GD2 instead of ImageMagick?

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    magnus_vb Reply #1, 12 years, 6 months ago
    Hello
    Is it possible to use GD2 library instead of ImageMagick (for thumbnails in Revolution). The web hotel does not have ImageMagick installed in PHP sad

    Best regards, Magnus
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      sottwell Reply #2, 12 years, 6 months ago
      Are you referring to the Manager's file browser thumbnails, image TV thumbnails, or one of the phpThumb add-ons? I seem to recall some of the latter, at least, that will fallback to using GD2 if ImageMagick isn't available.
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        sottwell Reply #3, 12 years, 6 months ago
        Yes, phpThumbOf appears to use any of several image manipulation libraries:
        pThumb comes bundled with Resizer, a lightweight modern alternative to phpThumb. Built on Imagine, Resizer supports the Gmagick, Imagick and GD extensions and is considerably faster than phpThumb for image sizing and cropping operations. Plus all the ZC options now work with GD.
        https://github.com/oo12/phpThumbOf
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          magnus_vb Reply #4, 12 years, 6 months ago
          Thanks Sottwell!
          Sounds good to go then.

          -- Magnus