http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FLT8TI/ref=amb_link_1835102_3/102-7...
Sorry for the long link, but I want to illustrate what I am looking for in the way of product pictures. It seems to me that the ability to have multiple pictures of a product would be a basic feature of e-commerce. Unfortunately, I haven't found any way to do this with Drupal.
Now, before anyone gets upset, I realize that Drupal's e-commerce is still young, so that's why I'm coming here to ask advice on direction.
Since I'm a hands-on type of person anyway, I decided to see what I could do/hack/mutilate on my own first.
I began with killes' upload-image module (awesome job, btw). It works by creating an image node for any picture file attached to a node via the upload module. Since the uploaded pictures become nodes themselves, this means that a thumbnail and preview size is automatically generated as well.
I created my own module using much of the upload-image basic functionality, but implemented differently.
What I achieved was a "product gallery" area for each product, with javascript "onclick" calls (which I guess could be rollovers, too) to show a preview picture from the thumbnail picture in the style of the aforementioned Amazon.com website. The large, original sized pic will also be incorporated into a popup box, I just haven't done it yet. I know that this is simple compared to what the original author has already done, but I'm learning. ;o)