# Resize image

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 24, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669 "2007-02-24T09:17:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/1 "2007-02-24T09:17:53Z")

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Is there a way to resample(resize) images in ruby?

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/2 "2007-02-24T10:17:56Z")

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> Is there a way to resample(resize) images in ruby?

Have a look at RMagick:

[http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/)

I use it for all my automated image manipulations.

gegroet,  
Erik V. - [http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/)

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/3 "2007-02-24T18:37:19Z")

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Erik V. wrote:

> Have a look at RMagick:
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> [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/)
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> I use it for all my automated image manipulations.
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> gegroet,  
> Erik V. - [http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/)

Awesome! Will I be able to use this on a Ruby supporting server such as  
site5 or hostmonster?

thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/4 "2007-02-25T00:42:45Z")

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I wrote a really simple script for doing just that, using RMagick.  
Check it  
out if you’d like:

[http://www.jason-palmer.com/2006/11/26/rmagick-batch-image-thumbnailing/](http://www.jason-palmer.com/2006/11/26/rmagick-batch-image-thumbnailing/)

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/5 "2007-02-25T00:53:45Z")

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On 2/24/07, Jonathan D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Awesome! Will I be able to use this on a Ruby supporting server such as  
> site5 or hostmonster?

MiniMagick ([http://rubyforge.org/projects/mini-magick/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/mini-magick/)) may be a  
better fit for a shared hosting environment (less chance of getting  
your application killed for memory usage). It’s just a wrapper to the  
ImageMagick mogrify tool.

Alex

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/6 "2007-02-25T06:18:06Z")

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Jason Palmer wrote:

> I wrote a really simple script for doing just that, using RMagick.  
> Check it  
> out if you’d like:
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> [http://www.jason-palmer.com/2006/11/26/rmagick-batch-image-thumbnailing/](http://www.jason-palmer.com/2006/11/26/rmagick-batch-image-thumbnailing/)

cool! I still want to write my own program, but seeing yours is helpful!

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**Author:** ![jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jonathan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jonathan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resize-image/86669/7 "2007-02-25T06:36:31Z")

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A.S. Bradbury wrote:

> On 2/24/07, Jonathan D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Awesome! Will I be able to use this on a Ruby supporting server such as  
> > site5 or hostmonster?
> 
> MiniMagick ([http://rubyforge.org/projects/mini-magick/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/mini-magick/)) may be a  
> better fit for a shared hosting environment (less chance of getting  
> your application killed for memory usage). It’s just a wrapper to the  
> ImageMagick mogrify tool.
> 
> Alex

This looks good. So I just install the .gem and I’m good to go? how do I  
do that?