Image Variations - Ambiguous filenames

[robinc]

I have an issue where I want to have an image resized, but have both a cropped and non-cropped version available (of the same size!)

The code to do this is simple:

$imagefull = $image->size(320,320,array( 'cropping' => false);
$imagecropped = $image->size(320,320,array( 'cropping' => true);

However, this only creates ONE variant of the image:

eg. imagename.320x320.jpg

So the same image is shown twice in the output page, instead of the two options

Can anyone suggest a clean way of doing this? (ie. not duplicating every base image)

Is there a way of creating named Image Variations? And do these names go into the filename to guarantee uniqueness?

eg. $image->addVariation($name,$size,$options) or similar

Thanks

[horst]

Hi robinc,

welcome to the forums.

Yes, it is created only one version

Only workaround I know is to use the PageImage Manipulator. There you can pass a customdefined prefix to the filenames of image variations.

You need to install it and simply add a call to it like: $image->pimLoad('cropped')->pimSave()->size(320, 320, $options); for the second image.

[horst]

Have send a pull request that solve it for cropped and uncropped variants:

https://github.com/horst-n/ProcessWire/commit/2876bf6568e1bcc1efdee5e1f926f9f618493a52

But there is a need for more naming conventions:

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/6028-regenerate-images/