imagefield_crop vs imagecrop

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Posted by corypark on June 14, 2012 at 6:21am

I need cropping... these both do it... are there any differences I should be aware of? Incompatibilities? It's for a D6 install. Thanks for any insight :)

imagecrop

imagefield_crop

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I haven't used the 2.x branch

Posted by christefano on June 14, 2012 at 10:18am
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I haven't used the 2.x branch of ImageField Crop, but I do believe it only supports ImageField fields while Image JavaScript Crop supports a number of different image modules, including ImageField. This is from the Image JavaScript Crop project page:

The main difference with projects like eyedrop or imagefield_crop is that it doesn't provide it's own widget to upload images, instead it just 'hooks' into the image-handling modules you are already using.

If you're using ImageField images, I suggest staying with ImageField Crop if only because it has far more reported installations for Drupal 6. Does anyone else have any insights here?

That'll do... It's for an

Posted by corypark on June 14, 2012 at 4:58pm
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That'll do... It's for an ubercart marketplace which is using imagefield images. I have imagecrop installed but it's not working right, plus imagefield crop looks slicker. I dont foresee needing to crop anything other than imagefield images... thanks Christo!