I'm a little more leaning towards IM to run my Coppermine Gallery, but the configuration is quite complex, while GD2 is far more easier to control, but lacks in features. I'd like to hear some PHP experts' opinion on this one. Which one may be better in the long run for a gallery? Thanks
I haven't got a fullly formed opinion on the matter, I have never had to form one, however, GD is pretty basic as you say, + there are some strange patent laws with gif, and you said long run, over time you will want to add new features, that's gonna be hard to do if the libraries you're using are lacking, so I'd go with imagemagik, that is if I were to build something or find myself in your shoes ....
didn't know that .... so php5 got support by default for animated gifs now has it ? or have you still gotta go get the source like before ?
dunno about animated gifs, I would assume that it's all packaged in these days as the previous patent problem didn't apply to the whole world anyway, and it ended a year or two ago.
ah I thought you were talking about animated ones, I think there are still some issues surrounding the use of that, the bundled gd library doesnt support those I don't think, wether it does or it doesnt all this fuckin about should tell you to use something else surely ....