>In fact, there seems to be no choice at all as Image::Size can only output size, not change it.

It seems an important question is whether you want to mess with the size(pixels) or the weight(kilobytes). If all you're trying to do is change the *html display* size , I've used
Image::Size
succesfully for this.

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use Image::Size;

$pixel_path = "/path/$directory/$file_name";
($width, $height) = imgsize("$pixel_path");

$new_width = $width/4;
$new_height = $height/4;

print qq~
<img src="/path/to/image/file_name.jpg" width="$new_width" height="$new_height">
~;
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The above (which would display the image at 1/4 size) has been working fine for the applications I use it in. Maybe it'd work in yours?

I'm new to the monastery - not sure what the protcol is here about signatures, etc ... hope this is of some help

Carl Hagstrom
hagstrom@epix.net