Index: imagecache.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/imagecache/imagecache.module,v
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -p -r1.86 imagecache.module
--- imagecache.module	8 Aug 2008 17:05:11 -0000	1.86
+++ imagecache.module	4 Oct 2008 19:18:51 -0000
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ function imagecache_field_formatter($fie
   if (empty($item['filepath'])) {
     $item = array_merge($item, field_file_load($item['fid']));
   }
+  if (is_string($item['data'])) {
+    $item['data'] = unserialize($item['data']);
+  }
   $alt = empty($item['data']['alt']) ? '' : $item['data']['alt'];
   $title = empty($item['data']['title']) ? '' : $item['data']['title'];
   $parts =  explode('_', $formatter);