FastImage Resize is an extremely light solution for resizing images in ruby by using libgd

Examples

require 'fastimage_resize'

FastImage.resize("http://stephensykes.com/images/ss.com_x.gif", "my.gif", 100, 20)
=> 1

Requirements

RubyInline

gem install RubyInline

FastImage

gem install fastimage

Libgd

See www.libgd.org/ Libgd is commonly available on most unix platforms, including OSX.

References

• blog.new-bamboo.co.uk/2007/12/3/super-f-simple-resizing