diff --git a/apps/news/models.py b/apps/news/models.py
index 821fc0c0..8de503a0 100644
--- a/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/apps/news/models.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from rating.models import Rating, ViewCount
 from utils.models import (BaseAttributes, TJSONField, TranslatedFieldsMixin,
                           ProjectBaseMixin, GalleryModelMixin, IntermediateGalleryModelMixin)
 from utils.querysets import TranslationQuerysetMixin
+from django.conf import settings
 
 
 class Agenda(ProjectBaseMixin, TranslatedFieldsMixin):
@@ -248,6 +249,48 @@ class News(GalleryModelMixin, BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin):
             count_value = self.views_count.count
         return count_value
 
+    # todo: remove in future
+    @property
+    def crop_gallery(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'gallery'):
+            gallery = []
+            images = self.gallery.all()
+            model_name = self._meta.model_name.lower()
+            crop_parameters = [p for p in settings.SORL_THUMBNAIL_ALIASES
+                               if p.startswith(model_name)]
+            for image in images:
+                d = {
+                    'id': image.id,
+                    'title': image.title,
+                    'original_url': image.image.url,
+                    'orientation_display': image.get_orientation_display(),
+                    'auto_crop_images': {},
+                }
+                for crop in crop_parameters:
+                    d['auto_crop_images'].update(
+                        {crop[len(f'{model_name}_'):]: image.get_image_url(crop)})
+                gallery.append(d)
+            return gallery
+
+    @property
+    def crop_main_image(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'main_image') and self.main_image:
+            image = self.main_image
+            model_name = self._meta.model_name.lower()
+            image_property = {
+                'id': image.id,
+                'title': image.title,
+                'original_url': image.image.url,
+                'orientation_display': image.get_orientation_display(),
+                'auto_crop_images': {},
+            }
+            crop_parameters = [p for p in settings.SORL_THUMBNAIL_ALIASES
+                               if p.startswith(self._meta.model_name.lower())]
+            for crop in crop_parameters:
+                image_property['auto_crop_images'].update(
+                    {crop[len(f'{model_name}_'):]: image.get_image_url(crop)})
+            return image_property
+
 
 class NewsGallery(IntermediateGalleryModelMixin):