Код:
<?php
$thumbWidth = 300 ;
$img = imagecreatefromgif('a/pic.gif');
$width = imagesx( $img );
$height = imagesy( $img );
$new_width = $thumbWidth;
$new_height = floor( $height * ( $thumbWidth / $width ) );
$tmp_img = imagecreatetruecolor( $new_width, $new_height );
imagecopyresized( $tmp_img, $img, 0, 0, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height, $width, $height );
imagejpeg( $tmp_img, "a/new-pic.jpg" );
?>