[Typo3] Is ImageMagick necessary for Typo3?

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

Why does it seem from the docs that Imagemagick is essential for a Typo3
installation? Why does a CMS need to use a image manipulation software for
anything other than eye candy?

I am talking about the core, and not about extensions like Gallery. 

I do not want to be shown thumbnails when browsing through a fileadmin
folder with images. The last time one of my clients tried to browse such a
folder with 100 images, using the admin panel, each of the thumbnails
caused a convert process to run, almost bringing the server down.

Is there any specific essential reason why ImageMagick might be used by the
core?

Unless I specifically need image manipulation for say Gallery, how do I turn
off typo3's image manipulation by default for each new installation that my
clients make? 

- Sandip


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