Image plus image++ best way to crop

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just a question

when using extra imageplus

What I want:

crop the image the way you want it and then it will resize the cropped image to a specific size

I could only do this using 2x phtumb. surly there is a better way? am I missing something
e.g
[[+source.src:pthumb=[[+crop.options]]:pthumb=[[+options]]]]

where [[+options]] are w=500&h=200&f=webp&zc=1
and [[+crop.options]] is however the image gets cropped e.g sx=0&sy=0&sw=2600&sh=2200

so first pthumb renders image that was cropped by the user
2nd pthumb renders image with additional parameters so they are all the same on the website

am I missing something? as calling it 2 times cant be right

if I use 1. pthumb and call
:pthumb=[[+options]][[+crop.options]]
my options will over write crop options and it does not crop right

it works using 2x phhumb calls but it feels its not right and resource intensive?

2

If I recall correctly, there is a problem with the phpThumb library when you try to use zc=1 in combination with the crop options sx, sy, sw and sh. The image gets distorted.

Take a look a this topic:

3

thanks I will investigate