How to Convert images to Thumbnails

[Easytime]

Dear brothers,

Please kindly assist me on how to use thumbnail images on my HTML pages rather than the original (heavy) image that takes so long to load on page.

Thank you.

[zmbd]

IMHO one of th better ways is to make a smaller copy of the orignal; however, here's a tutorial: Thumb Nail Image Tutorial

[martin631775]

Open Source licensed: see the following. They have less functionality but may meet your needs. Eg user could select area of photo, then you'd shrink it down to the right size on your server.
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Ajax Image Editor -- Does include zoom/shrink. But may need work to integrate with your site. GPL license

YUI 2: ImageCropper-- BSD license