| Attribute | Average |
|---|---|
| Features | 4.42 / 5 |
| Reliability | 4.08 / 5 |
| Ease Of Use | 3.83 / 5 |
| Documentation | 3.58 / 5 |
| Vote Count | 12 |
ImageCache allows you to setup presets for image processing. If an ImageCache derivative doesn't exist the web server's rewrite rules will pass the request to Drupal which in turn hands it off to ImageCache to dynamically generate the file. Install and enable ImageAPI module *before* upgrading to ImageCache... [More...]
| Maintainer: | drewish |
| Links: | |
| Categories: | Media, Theme related |
| Version | Date | Files | Release notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.0-beta9 | 2009-Apr-17 | Download | Recommended for 6.x |
| 5.x-2.4 | 2009-Apr-17 | Download | Recommended for 5.x |
| 5.x-1.7 | 2008-Oct-29 | Download | Supported for 5.x |
| 6.x-2.x-dev | 2009-Apr-20 | Download | Development snapshot |
| 5.x-2.x-dev | 2009-Apr-17 | Download | Development snapshot |
| 5.x-1.x-dev | 2009-Jan-06 | Download | Development snapshot |
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I think it's a great module. Clean URLs are not needed. BUT (for me) at page:
/?q=admin/settings/file-system
Select:
Private - files are transferred by Drupal.
I spent four hours to find a comment stating this, now it WORKS! It's better than gold! Thank you developers!
Imagine having the ability to preprogram your drupal installation to generate images of various sizes and dimensions. Imagine further the ability to empty the cache of these images and change their size with the click of a button. Use the Views modules to display these images in any format you wish. Imagecache takes a little practice to figure out and to use, but once you know what you are doing, your drupal site will enjoy a new level of sophistication. A great module, for which I for one offer my thanks.
this module is powerful, fills a major gap in image functionality, and is always installed on sites with image needs.
The dev version has an "Imagecache 4 Image" add-on module. So you can use its much more flexible derivative generation even if you're not using Imagefield, or if you're mixing and matching the two (Imagefield for images that are node-specific, Image for Images-as-nodes for re-use in different locations, to use with taxonomy-based galleries etc).
Just make sure to define all your presets in Image before enabling, as the Image UI needs to see width and heights in its dialog boxes. Once Imagecache is enabled, it takes over the Image module's UI in this area and the previous settings are ignored, replaced by ImageCache's derivative presets.
Now ALL Image module-based add-ons will show and use the subset of Imagecache's presets listed in Image's config.
Note that the Image "module family" won't make use of Imagecache's usual dynamic generate-derivatives-only-when-needed behaviour, and if you have a lot of images forcing a bulk regeneration should be done when your server's not already heavily loaded.
Hooray to dman and dopry for helping to reduce the confusion that is images in Drupal!
see also:
http://drupal.org/node/231622
http://drupal.org/node/208136
I've posted to Image Groups on a "future-proof image methodology", seeking comments:
Very Reliable, all of the related modules have problems:(
I cant say there is anything wrong with this. Its not an easy module because it does something that isn't intuitive in nature, but powerfull non the less.
There is allot of documentation though I found setup to be a common complaint on the IRC channels.
Setup is difficult if you dont understand what the fields do. Again its not clear what it does, and views is difficult naturally, so it is only more to views that can cause the confusion!
I use it with lightbox2 and not image gallery!
Its up there on the necessary list, but if there was any other module that would do anything close to what Image Cache can, I would change in a heartbeat. We've gone through multiple troubleshooting goose chases with this module, and most of the time it if theres an error on a site, this is the module we target first. Thats not to say it isn't in every site though...
For my users, being able to upload a single file, and letting the server crop, center and place the appropriate thumbnails where they need to go, based on their content type was essential.
This is a stellar module. In terms of documentation, watching the screencast linked in the documentation was most helpful.
My only gripe is I can't add and image or edit more than one node at the same time. I've had images skip to different nodes(!)
As far as I can tell, image cache is the only module that does what it does: resizing and/or cropping images to a preset aspect ratio for showing on various locations throughout your Drupal website. In that, it's a module you can't miss. It has some serious downsides as well...
You add presets through the configuration panel which are than available as options for View fields and Content type fields. Copies of the original images are made on the file system following the properties of your presets. These copies are made only once and this is done at the time of the first viewing of the image.
Adding actions to presets (ie. Crop) can be a bit confusing. Also the JPG quality can't be adjusted (not out of hand anyway). The reliability has left me in a lurch from time to time which is the biggest downer for this one. The module seems to create directories which in a multi-site setup posed several problems with ownership and access rights. Also I got some weird errors when only one value is set for either resizing or cropping (which is part of the features).
When those issues are taken into account and improved, this one could remain at the top of its foodchain for quite a bit.
Byelex | Imre Gmelig Meijling | Netwatmeer.nl
especially when imagecache is combined with cck, imagefield, and views. If you want to build flickr in Drupal this is a painless way to go.
Certainly not considered a superstar module, but it's one of the tools you love to use and then not think about.
Once you have the hang of it is great tool to have, take the same image and display it in various locations with different sizes and cropping. So rather than having the browser do a bad job at resizing your image actually turns out looking good.
I am quite impressed with imagecache. It is easy to integrate, plays nicely with other modules.
This is by far the best image processing solution available to Drupal that I know of - use this whenever you need to automatically resize or otherwise improve images uploaded to your site!
This module came in handy when I needed to automatically resize images for article teasers. If you're looking for a simple way to display images in multiple sizes, this is the module I recommend.
Check the "read documentation" link above for a nice screencast showing how to use the module.
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