Can an Image Variant be configured to generate square resolutions?

My customer has a requirement that all Web Variants be square in dimension. The example: We create a "Web Standard" variant, set scale to "Yes", set width and height to a maximum of 150x150; and the original is 300x150.
We want the variant to be generated on a 150x150 white palette, with the actual image centered at 150x75.
I've been through table 37 in the MDM Console Reference Guide but cannot come up with the correct combination of parameters to produce the desired results.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Is so, I would greatly appreciate some guidance.
Regards,
Mark Werkiser

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Adhappan,
You do not ever need to link variants. You only link the originals and then decide which variant to pull when exporting, publishing,... The variant names are the same as the original.
For example, when you do an export and select to export images you can determine which variants you want to export. When in the Publisher you can tell it which variant to use to print. And for the web you can pull different variants.
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I have a repository where I use different Image Variants. My problem is that when I upload an Image I have to manually go into the Image manager to generate the variants. I would like to have an automatic way of doing this. CLIX can not be used.
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