Re: [Props-general] Re: Problem with Photo

[Derrick M. <der...@ax...>]

Geert,

That is some fine-looking code.  I haven't tried it out yet, but it appears
to be logical, cleanly written and well-commented.

Has anyone verified that Geert's mods will run on a *nix server?

As for 'absolute' mode, that just means 'scale the photo exactly to these
dimensions', whereas 'constrain' means 'scale the photo to fit within a box
this size, but maintain the original aspect ratio'.  Does that address your
question, or did I misunderstand what you were asking?

Thanks!
Derrick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geert Eltink" <gee...@ho...>
To: <gir...@ma...>; <pro...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Props-general] Re: Problem with Photo


> I have already made some changes to the photo functions, because I use a
> windows server. It doesn't use the Magik stuff, only php functions.
>
> The only problem I had is the difference between 'absolute' and
'constrain'.
> So it always works as 'constrain'. Maybe someone can change this.
>
> I hope this helps and get you started.
>
> Cheers, Geert.
>
>
>
> I hope I can send attachments to the mailing list....
>
>
> >From: girardot <gir...@ma...>
> >To: pro...@li...
> >Subject: Re: [Props-general] Re: Problem with Photo
> >Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:41:17 -0400
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Derrick Miller" <der...@ax...>
> >To: <pro...@li...>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:44 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Props-general] Re: Problem with Photo
> >
> >
> > > > I agree that it would make a better FAQ or README note then a patch.
> > >
> > > Or perhaps a config parameter...
> >
> >I think both. My previous experience with supporting an open source
package
> >that required image manipulation showed that the image libraries (IM I
> >think
> >it was) were the very hardest thing to get installed and running
correctly.
> >Spelling out the image manipulation library requirements in a faq and the
> >install doc seems like a good idea and easy to do, i'll take care of it.
> >
> > > > Would it be better to create seperate GD functions, i.e.
> > > > generate_scaled_photo_gd or just do something like
> > > > if  (get_config_param['use_gd') ) ??
> > >
> > > Would it be better to just rip out all the ImageMagick calls and
replace
> > > them with GD calls?  Or does the end user need to have a choice
between
> > > ImageMagick and GD?
> >
> >I am a bit of an above average user (just a bit above), and I had a heck
of
> >a time getting one or both of these packages installed and working
> >correctly
> >on various platforms in different situations (some hosted, some not).
> >
> >If there was any way to support both easily using the config paramater to
> >let the installer decide which to use, I would vote for that. It would
> >require a function for each transformation that had two simmilar versions
> >of
> >code in it, one set for GD and one for IM choosing which after checking
the
> >paramater. Not all that much of a problem to the code base I dont think,
> >but
> >more work for sure for the implamenter. I think images are manipulated
just
> >a few times in the system currently however. Or maybe there is a better
way
> >to support it.
> >
> >If the person who is suggesting this feels comfortable doing something
like
> >that, I think its best to support both if PROPS can, not just for
> >convience,
> >but for ease of portablity across platforms or environments as well.
> >
> >Barring the support for both, I think going with what recent versions of
> >PHP
> >are supporting is a good idea, as long as older versions of PHP can use
it
> >via an external mechanism as well.
> >
> >[ sorry if this arrives very late, my mail seems to be getting to the
list
> >days late sometimes. ]
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Blake Girardot
> >
> >
> >
> >
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