Method for resizing images

[jzcombo]

Can anyone tell me the differences between the three methods for resizing:

GD Version 2.x
GD Version 1.x
Image Magick

What are the pros and cons of each? A huge paragraph for each would be appreciated

[Joachim Müller]

http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/faq.php

[jzcombo]

I have already read that link before. I wanted to get the opinions from Coppermine users. I am a first time CPG user, and I wanted to make sure I start off right...

[Casper]

If you are web hosted, you are unlikely to have a choice.  The host will have enabled one of them (or possibly 2).

If you are self hosted, it would probably be easiest for you to use the GD2 included in php.

[jzcombo]

I am web hosted with all three options available...

Of course I would pic GD2 over GD1...
but when it comes down to GD2 or Image Magick? which is better? Which one uses less bandwidth? etc...

[Joachim Müller]

I'd use GD2 instead of ImageMagick, because it uses less resources when batch-adding files (as it doesn't start simultaneous processes). But this is not a life-or-death question anyway, since you can change this later at any time. Install Coppermine with GD2 - if you should later discover that you'd be better off using ImageMagick, you can easily switch in coppermine config at any given time. You can even switch between the two of them every now and then and find out for yourself what suits best your needs. In fact, there's no great difference in quality or performance between GD2 and ImageMagick. GD1 however is obsolete and should only be used if you have no other option anyway.

Joachim

[jzcombo]

great thanks