Automatic magazine layout
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Auto-resized images are a common feature on the web now. Automating the process of resizing images saves a lot of time - it's certainly quicker than manually resizing images in Photoshop - and is a good way to manage images on a site.
Once you have ten or so images, you are better off using an AJAX based image gallery, but this script will fill the gap nicely up until that point.