[dba-Tech] So how do you automate imaging?

I haven't used that at all, but  phpinfo tells me that it is installed on our web servers and I see 
that WAMP on my development system has php_gd2 ticked on the Extensions list.

A quick look at  http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php shows that it doesn't just 
manipulate existing images, it lets you create images with text, line, arc etc functions so you 
could use it to create graphs/charts on the fly in your web page from various data sources.

Good find!  I definitely will have to play with this when I get some spare time.

-- 
Stuart

On 10 Sep 2010 at 20:27, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Hi Stuart:
> 
> PS: There is also another editor which can be used online/web based.
> Have you ever tried using this one?
> 
> http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php
> 
> I wonder if there are any similar feature in or planned for ASP.Net?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> McLachlan Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:01 PM To: Discussion of
> Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So how do you
> automate imaging?
> 
> I've been using it for the last  couple of years inside Access to
> create correctly sized images for websites. 
> 
> Pages such as http://www.sre.com.pg/sre_aptmt_sales.html  are
> automatically updated in an Access Real Estate application.  A single
> button click  creates and uploads any new PDF brochures and image
> files and then builds and uploads the html page.
> 
> Here's a typical Access function to create the thumbnail and zoom
> image for each property from the original photo. 
> 
> Function CreateWebPic(Image As String) As Boolean
> Dim strConvert As String
> Dim strShell As String
> Dim strWebPic As String
> Dim stroriginal As String
> Dim strEffect As String
> Dim strThumbEffect As String
> Dim strThumbPic As String
> strConvert = """c:\program files\imagemagick-6.5.3-q16\Convert"" "
> strEffect = "  -thumbnail 600x600 " strThumbEffect = "  -thumbnail
> 200x200 " stroriginal = """" & BEDir() & "photos\" & Image & """"
> strWebPic = """" & BEDir & "webphotos\" & Image & """" strThumbPic =
> """" & BEDir & "webphotos\tn_" & Image & """" strShell = strConvert &
> stroriginal & strThumbEffect & strThumbPic ShellWait strShell, vbHide
> strShell = strConvert & stroriginal & strEffect & strWebPic ShellWait
> strShell, vbHide End Function
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10 Sep 2010 at 18:09, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > So how do you automate imaging within you applications without
> > manual intervention using external products like Adobe Photoshop,
> > Photo Editor or GIMP etc.?
> > 
> > Well, here is a product which can be used to edit images via program
> > control within your PHP, ASP.Net, .Net, Perl and Java applications:
> > 
> > http://www.imagemagick.org/
> > 
> > Jim 
> > 
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