school-platform/app/uploaders/picture_uploader.rb

class PictureUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base

  # Include MiniMagick support:
  include CarrierWave::MiniMagick
  process resize_to_limit: [400, 400]

  # Choose what kind of storage to use for this uploader:
  storage :file

  # Override the directory where uploaded files will be stored.
  # This is a sensible default for uploaders that are meant to be mounted:
  def store_dir
    "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
  end

  # Provide a default URL as a default if there hasn't been a file uploaded:
  def default_url(*args)
    "/images/fallback/" + [version_name, "default_profile.png"].compact.join('_')
  end

  # Create different versions of your uploaded files:
  version :tiny do
    process resize_to_fit: [20, 20]
  end

  version :small do
    process resize_to_fit: [50, 50]
  end

  version :medium do
    process resize_to_fit: [100, 100]
  end

  # Add a white list of extensions which are allowed to be uploaded.
  # For images you might use something like this:
  def extension_whitelist
    %w(jpg jpeg gif png)
  end

  # Override the filename of the uploaded files:
  # Avoid using model.id or version_name here, see uploader/store.rb for details.
  # def filename
  #   "something.jpg" if original_filename
  # end

end