/allthumbs

Generate single image from tons of thumbails

Primary LanguageRubyMIT LicenseMIT

Allthumbs ↑

Gots tons of thumbnails clogging up your requests? Why merge them all into a single image / single request?

Dependencies ↑

Library is whole dependent on Image Magick for processing files, the gem will let you know if it can’t find the necessary binaries

Usage Examples ↑

  • After Save callback in Rails 3, using paperclip to regenerate an image based on changes

    after_save :generate_thumbnail_image
def generate_thumbnail_image
   Allthumbs.generate (all.map {|x| x.image.path }), "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/images/thumbnail-image.jpg", { :row => 3, :border => 2 }
end

Tests ↑

Comes with a complete rspec suite:

$ rake test

Todo ↑

Develop some kind of helper to assist in generation of supporting HTML, e.g. you would like have rollovers or popups for each thumbnail

Thanks ↑

  • Thoughtbot (heavily influenced by paperclip)

  • Rick Webb (championing the open source cause)