pip install pillow  # default image engine, not necessary if another engine is used
pip install python-thumbnails

This project has configurable parts that depends on other modules. In order to use those the dependencies need to be installed, e.g. to use the PillowEngine which is the default image engine one has to install pillow.

Using python-thumbnails can be as little effort as calling get_thumbnail. It works without configuration, even in Django projects.

from thumbnails import get_thumbnail

get_thumbnail('path/to/image.png', '300x300', 'center')

It is possible to put settings in a Python module and specify it with the environment variable THUMBNAILS_SETTINGS_MODULE.

The django configuration will be loaded if the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set. The settings defined in the django configuration will overwrite the settings from THUMBNAILS_SETTINGS_MODULE.

Use THUMBNAILS_SETTINGS_MODULE as described above. Better integrations with Flask is planned in feature versions.