I have few comment for cons on Create image on the fly and pros of workflow Crops the image if width or height are not proper: agreed but you can specify to maintain the image aspect ratio and even in the workflow rendition if you define custom rendition you might face the same problemThrows error if image is deactivated but still code refers to the NamedServlet URL : if we are storing file reference then i hope its not an issue and its the same case as image componentAnimated GIFs loses its ani...