Plugin: NextGEN Gallery Thumbnails – I need normal scale, not cropped

in the control panel under the “Gallery” heading in the sidebar, go to the section “Manage Gallery”.

then choose your gallery from the list.

if you rollover a thumbnail you will see text links appear under the title, date, and dimensions. Click the link called “Edit Thumb”. This will give you a popup window that you can click drag a constrained rectangle on to define the thumbnail image. It is automatically constrained to the thumbnail proportions. Draw your rectangle and position it and hit the Update button to finalize.

If you want to change the thumbnail size/proportions, go to the gallery section called “Options” in the sidebar, and then click the “Thumbnails” tab. You can set the dimensions and also the “Set fix dimensions” which will allow you to use portrait thumbnails if desired.