I would like to use this module for thumbnail creations. Like by default imagecache module can handle thumbnail creation but if default imagecache thumbnail looks too ugly you would use imagefield_crop to create new thumbnail for the image.

It seems like right now it crops original image for some reason - and when I use my image_cache preset linked to the image - it shows cropped image instead of original image.

Is there is a way I could use this module for thumbnails creations only?

Thnaks

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gansbrest commented

And for some reason once image is edited - next time when go to edit only Crop and Remove button displayed. So I have to remove image and reupload to crop it again...

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yhager commented

It seems like you are using version 5.x of imagefield_crop, yet you reported you use 6.x. Are you sure you are using 6.x version?

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gevorg commented

So is it possible to use this just for thumbnail creation?

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gansbrest commented

My Imagefield Crop version is 6.x-1.0-beta3

I just can't figure what is the intention of this module.. If imagecache can easily create thumbnails from original image why should I use imagefield_crop? I think it would be great if this module allowed to modify default imagecache thumbnails (optional).

Maybe there is any other module around for that?

Thanks

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yhager commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

This module is unrelated to imagecache.

This module is a companion to imagefield. When the user uploads a photo, in many cases, there is a need to crop the photo in order to show the relevant part of the image. Sometimes there is no way to know in advance in which way the image is to be cropped, and the best knowledgable person is the user uploading the photo.
Imagefield_crop allows the user to crop the image *upon uploading* it, and from that point on, the cropped image is used, instead of the originally uploaded image.

If that doesn't suit your needs, you may want to check imagecrop module, which was split from this module, as an imagecache action.

Hope this helps.

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nmss commented

I'm also disappointed at the inability of Imagecrop to edit thumbnails. Great module though, hope it gets updated.