ImageMagick or GD 2 for resizing Images

[matthewamzn]

I have a site where members can upload photos. I want to be able to show them on the site as clickable thumbnails.

I've read about using ImageMagick to resize the images in a directory. (including a php file [gvtulder.f2o.org] in the directory)

Is there something similar with GD 2? It comes bundled with php, which I'm already using.

Is ImageMagick a good choice?

[sja65]

I have and do use both. ImageMagick seems to better handle various formats, has better handling and a lot more features. The downside is that it is more complicated to use. I use it to sanitize images, add watermarks and comments and create a couple of standard sizes. I then create other sizes on the fly with GD in php.