It is not very clear how to use image module with aggregation.

The idea to use it to aggregate some image blogs. As I got it will be possible to perform this task. Image module should be used to store normalized thumbnails (stored locally and resized to one size format). What am I missing or is it possible anyway?

Thank you!

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Yes, it is possible to aggregate images as well. RSS, which is currently supported in the aggregation module, does not provide any image tags. So no images are aggregated.

But if you have a feed that does contain image tags that you wish to retrieve, then you can do so by adding a feed handler. I am planning on writing a tutorial in the near future explaining how this is done. In a flash, this involves creating a new term, let's presume it's called "custom_feed" under the vocabulary "Aggregation feed types", then creating a file in the "feed_handlers" folder (located in the aggregation folder) with the same name as the new term "custom_feed.inc". The new term will be available when you create a new feed.

What should you put in the custom_feed.inc file? Check out example.inc and RSS20.inc to see how handling is done. Please read the readme file included for details.