# Help resizing images

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-resizing-images/196877>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-resizing-images/196877 "2009-01-10T22:11:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-resizing-images/196877/1 "2009-01-10T22:11:12Z")

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I have a web in development. I need to upload some images and to resize  
them in a form. I am able to upload some imags thanks to paperclip, but  
I have problems resizing this images. I am becaming mad trying to make  
work ImageMagik and Rmagick and I think it will became a lot worse once  
I find a host a put the web in production. So I wonder if its another  
way to resize images.  
I have used other option in a PHP web. It uses a mix of flash and PHP.  
The flash gives a tool to resize the image exactly like the user wants,  
and the PHP makes the reak work.  
I will appreciate any help.

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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-resizing-images/196877/2 "2009-01-10T22:45:15Z")

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[http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/2006\_09.html](http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/2006_09.html)

Check out the section “Outsourcing the performance-intensive  
functions” around the middle of the page.

Pretty sure “convert” is part of image magick.

Hope that helps!  
Tim

On Jan 10, 1:11 pm, John S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)