Resize image NO PIL!!

[Dave Benjamin]

cbmeeks wrote:
> I have created an image hosting site and when a user uploads an image,
> I want a service to run on the server to create a few thumbnails while
> the user does other things.
> 
> My stupid host (pair.com) doesn't have PIL installed and I'm too much
> of a stupid newbie to figure out how to get it to work with them
> (access denied while installing it, of course).
> 
> Also, they don't have any python interface setup for GD.
> 
> Anyway, I don't know what my options are.  I'm thinking:
> 
> 1) Find another host with mod_python, PIL, and other Python goodies
> 2) use PHP to create the thumbnails
> 3) Open the images into a buffer and try to do the calculations
> myself

Have you checked to see if Imagemagick is available? You could use the 
"convert" command via os.system or something along those lines...

Dave