 readme imagecache is a dynamic image manipulation and cache tool it allows you to create a namespace that corresponds to a set of image manipulation actions it generates a derivative image the first time it is requested from a namespace until the namespace or the entire imagecache is flushed getting started 1 upload and enable both the imagecache and imagecache ui modules 2 go to administer site building imagecache click on the local task tab labeled add new preset to build a new set of image manipulation actions 3 enter a descriptive name of your choice eg productthumbnail into the preset namespace box and click create new preset 4 add actions to your preset that tell imagecache how to manipulate the original image when it is rendered for display available actions include crop scale desaturate grey scale resize and rotate multiple actions may be added to a preset 5 each action is configured in its own form and the actions may be reordered from the preset s configuration form if you need to make any changes to the order of actions in a preset remember to click update preset when you re finished viewing manipulated images your modified image can be viewed by visiting a url in this format http examplecom files imagecache presetname files imagenamejpg for example if your preset is named productthumbnail and your image is named greenwidgetjpg you could view your modified image at http examplecom files imagecache productthumbnail files greenwidget note each role that wishes to view the images generated by a particular preset must be given permission on the admin user permissions page imagecache also defines a theme function that you can use in your modules and themes to automatically display a manipulated image for example to use the theme function in a tplphp file add the following line where you would like the image to appear change presetnamespace to the name of your imagecache preset and make sure that imagefilepath or some other variable contains the actual filepath to the image you would like to display alt title and attributes are optional parameters that specify alt title text for the image element in the html or other attributes as specified in the attributes array using imagecache with contributed modules imagecache presets can be put to use in various other modules for example when using cck with the imagefield module you can use the display fields local task tab to choose a preset to apply to images in that field similarly you can specify a preset when displaying images attached to nodes using imagefield in a view through the views ui for more information refer to http drupalorg node 163561 images page names and form field names may refer to previous versions of imagecache but the concepts are the same  