Thanks for all your suggestions everyone. I think CF_ImageMagick is the way I'm going to go, as it seems to do everything I want, I already have ImageMagick installed on my server, and I don't have to write any fancy code other than that handles the automatic creation and caching of thumbnails... basically a custom tag I'm calling CF_THUMBNAIL.
Assuming a file named '97.jpg' is 500x733, <CF_THUMBNAIL FILENAME="/home/rickroot/www/photo_gallery/97.jpg" WIDTH="100"> will generate <IMG SRC="/photo_gallery/thumbnail_97.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="146"> the CF_THUMBNAIL custom tag will automatically check for the existence of the thumbnail image, and compare it's date to the original file.. and generate a new thumbnail only if necessary. It generates the thumbnail image with dimensions specified, and will scale evenly by detecting original size using the CF_IMAGESIZE tag I found in the developer's exchange. - Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
