# REST Resource: projects.filmstripThumbnails

## Resource: FilmstripThumbnail

Information about a filmstrip thumbnail.

| JSON representation |
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| ``` { "name": string, "expression": { object (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/Expression`) }, "orientation": enum (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.filmstripThumbnails#FilmstripThumbnail.Orientation`), "fileFormat": enum (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/ImageFileFormat`), "grid": { object (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/PixelGrid`) } } ``` |

| Fields ||
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| `name` | `string` The resource name representing the filmstrip thumbnail, of the form "projects/\*/filmstripThumbnails/\*\*" (e.g. "projects/earthengine-legacy/filmstripThumbnails/"). |
| `expression` | ``object (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/Expression`)`` The expression to compute. Must evaluate to an ImageCollection. |
| `orientation` | ``enum (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.filmstripThumbnails#FilmstripThumbnail.Orientation`)`` How the images should be placed to form the filmstrip thumbnail. |
| `fileFormat` | ``enum (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/ImageFileFormat`)`` The output encoding in which to generate the resulting image. |
| `grid` | ``object (`https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/PixelGrid`)`` An optional pixel grid describing how the images computed by `expression` are reprojected and clipped. |

### Orientation

Defines the orientation of a filmstrip thumbnail image.

| Enums ||
|---|---|
| `ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED` | Unspecified. |
| `HORIZONTAL` | Horizontal: images are laid out side by side, from left to right. |
| `VERTICAL` | Vertical: images are laid out from top to bottom. |

| ## Methods ||
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| ### `https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.filmstripThumbnails/create` | Creates an ID that can be used to render an image containing multiple images from a collection. |
| ### `https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1alpha/projects.filmstripThumbnails/getPixels` | Computes an image showing the result of a computation. |