[cobalt-users] RE: Image Magick or NetPBM on RaQ4i

["Nicolae" <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Message: 11
> From: "Si Watts" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 10:50:25 +0100
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Image Magick or NetPBM on RaQ4i
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> a number of the projects I'm working on at the moment require 
> me to be able
> to automatically manipulate images once they've been uploaded via PHP,
> specifically I need to have them saved to a preset width and 
> duplicated in
> thumbnail form, then the image details loaded into a MySQL db 
> (that bit
> isn't exactly a problem).
> The GDLib appears to not have the ficility to resize and so after much
> research I've fallen onto 2 options: ImageMagick or NetPBM.

I use ImageMagick and it is easy to work with.  I haven't checked out
NetPBM but ImageMagick is more popular among other CGI / PERL sites
and developers.

I run ImageFolio script and I have installed few others in my days
and it's a gallery (very nice one) program.  It allows people to
upload images but when I DO it myself I use ThumbNailer Pro for
windows to resize and do it myself.  When others over the internet
do it YOU Have no control so I use ImageMagick to auto-resize 
and convert to proper size/extension.

> My questions is:
> Has anybody successfully installed either of these packages 
> on a server wide
> basis? If so, where can I find detailed "dummies guide" 
> instructions as to
> how to complete the task. The archives contain several references to
> ImageMagick altho there were none which actually point to complete
> instructions. I know there are instructions on the UK2RAQ 
> site but these now
> appear to be quite old and the verions information is a 
> little dated. I only
> need the resize functions of either of these programs, and any help,
> pointers or links to additional help would be gratefully received.

I do not do much manual work with ImageMagick because the script
I use does/do all the work.

Check it out.  ImageFolio.com or do a google search on ImageMagic
and see some 'tweaks' and 'hacks' on usage, addon scripts to do 
more for you.

Here is a 'quote' for others what you might/can do with ImageMagick:

[quote]

The Picture Post Mod is an add-on module for ImageFolio Professional
Edition, 
that allows your users (or yourself) to post pictures to the category of
their 
choice in any ImageFolio Gallery. The Picture Post Mod even generates
thumbnail 
images, and resizes large images to your specifications -- including
maximum dimensions, 
image quality, sharpness, and contrast. ImageFolio's Picture Post Mod
offers support for up 
to 68 file types, including GIF, JPEG, TIF, PSD, PNG, BMP, WMF, MPEG,
and many more! 
Installation takes about 5 minutes. Note: The Picture Post Mod requires
ImageMagick, 
a freely available third party image editor available for Unix, Linux,
and Windows servers.

[/quote]

ImageMagick Site:
http://www.imagemagick.org/