FastImage Resize is an extremely light solution for resizing images in ruby by using libgd

=== Examples

  require 'fastimage_resize'

  FastImage.resize("http://stephensykes.com/images/ss.com_x.gif", "my.gif", 100, 20)
  => 1

=== Requirements

RubyInline

  gem install RubyInline

FastImage

  gem install fastimage

Libgd

See http://www.libgd.org/
Libgd is commonly available on most unix platforms, including OSX.

=== References

* http://blog.new-bamboo.co.uk/2007/12/3/super-f-simple-resizing