diff --git a/addons/crm/crm_lead_view.xml b/addons/crm/crm_lead_view.xml
index 3018fec5482..cb774b3009e 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm_lead_view.xml
+++ b/addons/crm/crm_lead_view.xml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
                                         </t>
                                     </td>
                                     <td valign="top" width="22">
-                                        <img t-att-src="kanban_image('res.users', 'avatar_mini', record.user_id.raw_value[0])"  t-att-title="record.user_id.value"
+                                        <img t-att-src="kanban_image('res.users', 'avatar', record.user_id.raw_value[0])"  t-att-title="record.user_id.value"
                                         width="22" height="22" class="oe_kanban_gravatar"/>
                                     </td>
                                 </tr>
diff --git a/addons/hr/hr.py b/addons/hr/hr.py
index 27e429c8206..969e052e0d0 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr.py
+++ b/addons/hr/hr.py
@@ -149,27 +149,25 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
     _description = "Employee"
     _inherits = {'resource.resource': "resource_id"}
 
-    def onchange_photo_mini(self, cr, uid, ids, value, context=None):
-        return {'value': {'photo': value, 'photo_mini': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value) } }
+    def onchange_photo(self, cr, uid, ids, value, context=None):
+        return {'value': {'photo_stored': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value, 360, 300, context=context), 'photo': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value, context=context) } }
     
-    def _set_photo_mini(self, cr, uid, id, name, value, args, context=None):
-        return self.write(cr, uid, [id], {'photo': value}, context=context)
+    def _set_photo(self, cr, uid, id, name, value, args, context=None):
+        return self.write(cr, uid, [id], {'photo_stored': value}, context=context)
     
-    def _photo_resize(self, cr, uid, photo, context=None):
+    def _photo_resize(self, cr, uid, photo, heigth=180, width=150, context=None):
         image_stream = io.BytesIO(photo.decode('base64'))
         img = Image.open(image_stream)
-        img.thumbnail((180, 150), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+        img.thumbnail((heigth, width), Image.ANTIALIAS)
         img_stream = StringIO.StringIO()
         img.save(img_stream, "JPEG")
         return img_stream.getvalue().encode('base64')
     
-    def _get_photo_mini(self, cr, uid, ids, name, args, context=None):
-        result = {}
+    def _get_photo(self, cr, uid, ids, name, args, context=None):
+        result = dict.fromkeys(ids, False)
         for hr_empl in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
-            if not hr_empl.photo:
-                result[hr_empl.id] = False
-            else:
-                result[hr_empl.id] = self._photo_resize(cr, uid, hr_empl.photo, context=context)
+            if hr_empl.photo_stored:
+                result[hr_empl.id] = self._photo_resize(cr, uid, hr_empl.photo_stored, context=context)
         return result
     
     _columns = {
@@ -197,11 +195,11 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
         'resource_id': fields.many2one('resource.resource', 'Resource', ondelete='cascade', required=True),
         'coach_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'Coach'),
         'job_id': fields.many2one('hr.job', 'Job'),
-        'photo': fields.binary('Photo'),
-        'photo_mini': fields.function(_get_photo_mini, fnct_inv=_set_photo_mini, string='Photo Mini', type="binary",
+        'photo_stored': fields.binary('Stored photo', help="This field holds the photo of the employee. The photo field is used as an interface to access this field. The image is base64 encoded, and PIL-supported. Stored photo through the interface are resized to 360x300 px."),
+        'photo': fields.function(_get_photo, fnct_inv=_set_photo, string='Employee photo', type="binary",
             store = {
-                'hr.employee': (lambda self, cr, uid, ids, c={}: ids, ['photo'], 10),
-            }),
+                'hr.employee': (lambda self, cr, uid, ids, c={}: ids, ['photo_stored'], 10),
+            }, help="Image used as photo for the employee. It is automatically resized as a 180x150 px image."),
         'passport_id':fields.char('Passport No', size=64),
         'color': fields.integer('Color Index'),
         'city': fields.related('address_id', 'city', type='char', string='City'),
@@ -248,11 +246,11 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
 
     def _get_photo(self, cr, uid, context=None):
         photo_path = addons.get_module_resource('hr','images','photo.png')
-        return self._photo_resize(cr, uid, open(photo_path, 'rb').read().encode('base64'))
+        return self._photo_resize(cr, uid, open(photo_path, 'rb').read().encode('base64'), context=context)
 
     _defaults = {
         'active': 1,
-        'photo_mini': _get_photo,
+        'photo': _get_photo,
         'marital': 'single',
         'color': 0,
     }
diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index 132c56dca80..060e61bd3f2 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <field name="parent_id" />
                         </group>
                         <group colspan="2" col="1">
-                          <field name="photo_mini" widget='image' nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_photo_mini(photo_mini)"/>
+                          <field name="photo" widget='image' nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_photo(photo)"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="6">
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                     <t t-name="kanban-box">
                         <div class="oe_employee_vignette">
                             <div class="oe_employee_image">
-                                <a type="edit"><img t-att-src="kanban_image('hr.employee', 'photo_mini', record.id.value)" class="oe_employee_picture"/></a>
+                                <a type="edit"><img t-att-src="kanban_image('hr.employee', 'photo', record.id.value)" class="oe_employee_picture"/></a>
                             </div>
                             <div class="oe_employee_details">
                                 <h4><a type="edit"><field name="name"/> (<field name="login"/>)</a></h4>
diff --git a/addons/project/project_view.xml b/addons/project/project_view.xml
index 9950de6a116..4ea94efc139 100644
--- a/addons/project/project_view.xml
+++ b/addons/project/project_view.xml
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
                                             <field name="name"/>
                                         </td>
                                         <td valign="top" width="22">
-                                            <img t-att-src="kanban_image('res.users', 'avatar_mini', record.user_id.raw_value[0])"  t-att-title="record.user_id.value"
+                                            <img t-att-src="kanban_image('res.users', 'avatar', record.user_id.raw_value[0])"  t-att-title="record.user_id.value"
                                             width="22" height="22" class="oe_kanban_gravatar"/>
                                         </td>
                                     </tr>