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It was recently pointed out to me that there’s no single place to get a list of all the TimThumb parameters so I thought I would put together a page explaining them, and link to the relevant tutorials/ explanations.
TimThumb Parameters
| stands for | values | What it does | |
|---|---|---|---|
src |
source | url to image | Tells TimThumb which image to resize › TimThumb basic properties tutorial |
w |
width | the width to resize to | Remove the width to scale proportionally (will then need the height) › TimThumb width tutorial |
h |
height | the height to resize to | Remove the height to scale proportionally (will then need the width) › TimThumb height tutorial |
q |
quality | 0 – 100 | Compression quality. The higher the number the nicer the image will look. I wouldn’t recommend going any higher than about 95 else the image will get too large › TimThumb image quality tutorial |
a |
alignment | c, t, l, r, b, tl, tr, bl, br | Crop alignment. c = center, t = top, b = bottom, r = right, l = left. The positions can be joined to create diagonal positions › TimThumb crop position tutorial |
zc |
zoom / crop | 0, 1, 2, 3 | Change the cropping and scaling settings › TimThumb crop scaling tutorial |
f |
filters | too many to mention | Let’s you apply image filters to change the resized picture. For instance you can change brightness/ contrast or even blur the image › TimThumb image filter tutorial |
s |
sharpen | Apply a sharpen filter to the image, makes scaled down images look a little crisper › tutorial | |
cc |
canvas colour | hexadecimal colour value (#ffffff) | Change background colour. Most used when changing the zoom and crop settings, which in turn can add borders to the image. |
ct |
canvas transparency | true (1) | Use transparency and ignore background colour |
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<a href="/2012/02/complete-timthumb-parameters-guide/">Complete TimThumb Parameters Guide</a>