Index: branches/5.2.x/core/units/helpers/image_helper.php
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diff -u -N -r16556 -r16590
--- branches/5.2.x/core/units/helpers/image_helper.php	(.../image_helper.php)	(revision 16556)
+++ branches/5.2.x/core/units/helpers/image_helper.php	(.../image_helper.php)	(revision 16590)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: image_helper.php 16556 2017-07-16 12:19:19Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: image_helper.php 16590 2017-07-19 07:46:05Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@
 					$params['max_height'] = $params['target_height'];
 				}
 
+				// Optimize, because when cropping from center without resize we'll get same image back.
+				if ( !$needs_resize
+					&& isset($params['crop_x'])
+					&& $params['crop_x'] == 'c'
+					&& $params['crop_y'] == 'c'
+				) {
+					unset($params['crop_x'], $params['crop_y'], $params['fill']);
+				}
+
 				$src_path = dirname($src_image);
 				$transform_keys = Array ('crop_x', 'crop_y', 'fill', 'wm_filename');