Company logo and image distortion

I’m using a thumbnail size of 100 * 60 in my blog, but sometimes employers want to use square images.

Is it possible to make a square image fits the w:h ration without distortion by adding background in the sides to keep the original ratio of the image?

Example:
1. Original image size : 120 x 120
2. Add extra white/transparent background to make it at the thumbnail ratio : 200×160 so 40 pixels on the right and the left on the original image so it’s centred
3. Reduce the image size from 200*160 to 100*60.

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