# Flash based image cropping for ruby on rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749 "2007-03-14T01:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan_kuwachi)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749/1 "2007-03-14T01:37:12Z")

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hey guys,

I was wondering if there were any flash based image cropping tools  
that can integrate with ruby on rails.

thx,  
-dan

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**Author:** ![dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan_kuwachi)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749/2 "2007-03-14T01:55:13Z")

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or any ajax cropping actually would be good too

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**Author:** ![dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan_kuwachi)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749/3 "2007-03-14T12:51:30Z")

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Take a look at RMajick, you should be able to write somthing like this  
using that to crop the image reading from a JS front end for size  
paramaters etc

Cheers

Tim

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**Author:** ![dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dan\_kuwachi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan_kuwachi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flash-based-image-cropping-for-ruby-on-rails/88749/4 "2007-03-19T19:32:19Z")

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Just for everyone else’s knowledge theres an awesome cropping  
interface at…

[http://garbageburrito.com/blog/entry/135](http://garbageburrito.com/blog/entry/135)