Is it posible to crop thumbnails to square shape?

I like this module very much but muy problem is that all thumbnails have diferent size because some are landscaped and other vertical. This is very ugly when I show all photos in a node.

Thanks.

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undersound3 commented

Use http://drupal.org/project/imagecache_external/

In picasa-node-album-list.tpl.php you can then print out your thumbnail like:
<?php print theme('imagecache_external', array('path' => $image['image'], 'style_name'=> 'image_81x81')); ?>

Make sure you set permissions en white/black listing right for imagecache_external

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cmedina commented
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Thanks, but that does not work. I am not a programmer but I've done this:

This is the code before I changed:

...
<?php foreach($images as $image): ?>
    <a rel="lightbox[album]" href="<?php print $image['image']; ?>"><img src="<?php print $image['thumbnail']; ?>" hspace="2" /></a>
<?php endforeach; // end $'images foreach loop ?>
...

This is the code after modifying:

...
<?php foreach($images as $image): ?>
    <a rel="lightbox[album]" href="<?php print $image['image']; ?>"><img src="<?php print theme('imagecache_external', array('path' => $image['image'], 'style_name'=> 'foto_thumbnail')); ?>" hspace="2" /></a>
<?php endforeach; // end $'images foreach loop ?>
...

Where 'foto_thumbnail' is a new preset that I had created.

And this is the result:

" hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" /> " hspace="2" />

I have been discussing the problem and I do not know the reason ...

Attached log messages.

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undersound3 commented

The theme() function will print out the html for the img so just do:

    <?php foreach($album['images'] as $image): ?>
      <a rel="lightbox[album]" href="<?php print $image['image']; ?>">
        <?php print theme('imagecache_external', array('path' => $image['image'], 'style_name'=> 'thumbnail')); ?>
      </a>
    <?php endforeach; // end $album['images'] foreach loop ?>
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cmedina commented

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

I've tried it and:

1) The first error was:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() en include() (línea 23 de /home/u424460334/public_html/sites/all/modules/picasa_node_album/templates/picasa-node-album-detail.tpl.php).

2) Then, I changed <?php foreach($album['images'] as $image): ?> by <?php foreach($images as $image): ?> and the message disappeared.

3) But there are an others errors (a lot of them): the system tries to store in this directory system/files/styles/thumbnail/private/imagecache/externals/96d5f9d5c6b5fc87b94c933165bad641 which does not exist. I have a private files activated. So I think the problem is here.

What do you think?

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undersound3 commented

Yeah, you should use:
<?php foreach($album['images'] as $image): ?>
in picasa-node-album-list.tpl.php
and
<?php foreach($images as $image): ?>
in picasa-node-album-detail.tpl.php

Concerning #3, not sure but perhaps a permission issue. I did saw some issues with imagecache and private file system but dunno if that's still applicable. Perhaps a search can help you out on those topics.

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cmedina commented

I've searched without success.

So thank you for your help and I am going to open a bug for the Imagecache External..

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cmedina commented

Imagecache External doesn't work with private files activated.

Another idea to Crop thumbnails to square shape?

Is there any way to do that?

Thanks.