Image handling

Image handling options and their pros/cons.

Session Time: 
Sat 11:00 AM - Sat 12:00 PM
Room: 
Theater
Presenter: 
Scott Falconer

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modules

It would be really handy if the modules mentioned in the talk were linked from this node.

Posted in order of

Posted in order of presentation.

Image.module:
http://drupal.org/project/image

"This module allows users with proper permissions to upload images into Drupal. Thumbnails and additional sizes are created automatically."
Includes:
* image_gallery.module : using taxonomy terms, organize and display your uploaded pictures in galleries
* image_attach.module : allows you to easily attach image nodes to other node types.
* image_im_advanced.module : adds advanced ImageMagick options such as image sharpening to the ImageMagick image toolkit.
* image_import.module : simplify adding multiple images by importing images from a directory on the server.

Imagefield for CCK:
http://drupal.org/project/imagefield
"ImageField provides image uploads for CCK."
Requires http://drupal.org/project/cck

Asset
http://drupal.org/project/asset
"The asset module provides an intuitive method of managing any type of media or even generic files. An asset is any type of file that has been uploaded in the asset wizard: images, audio, youtube videos, flash movies, text documents, pdfs."

ImageCache:
http://drupal.org/project/imagecache - ImageCache
"Imagecache allows you to setup presets for image processing."

Requires http://drupal.org/project/imageapi/
Advanced image manipulation with http://drupal.org/project/imagecache_actions

For the "5" minute views gallery:
Views http://drupal.org/project/views
with Bonus Grid View from http://drupal.org/project/views_bonus
Views