Complete TimThumb Parameters Guide

21 Feb 2012

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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