RE: Automatic thumbnail images
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19293
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texte = I'm willing to sacrifice alot of quality to avoid having to run separate cgi's or AppleScript, or worse yet - having to manually make thumbnails.> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris W. [mailto:talk@e-pages.com] > Sent: Monday, August 03, 1998 2:35 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com > Subject: RE: Automatic thumbnail images > > > After reading all these other responses , it seems thats not what your > looking for , are you wanting webcat to resize the html variables > for you ? > If you succeed in doing this , you will probably get really crappy > thumbnail quality , because the html variables will just force it smaller > giving it a not antialiased effect , I say just get you a thumbnail > generator and run gifs or jpegs through it , for quality > > > > > Chris > -- > > > At 11:18 PM 8/3/98, you wrote: > >To be more specific, I want browsers to be able to upload any JPG or GIF, > >then have WebCatalog display a page showing the contents of the upload > >folder, using thumbnails. > > > >In other words, once a graphic is uploaded, can I display a thumbnail of > >that image by reducing the vertical and horizontal size parameters of the > >image tag, and do so while preserving the proportions of the > original img? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Howard Wolosky [mailto:howardw@mmtsolutions.com] > > > >> Get Macromedia Fireworks to do that. > > > >> >I want to automatically make a thumbnail for each of several > images on a > >> >server. > >> > > >> >Say I want the thumbnail max height to be 100 pix and width > to be 80 pix. > >> >Images can be of any original height and width. > >> > > >> >How can I reduce the image so that both height and width are below the > >> >maximums and yet maintain the aspect ratio for the image (the ratio of > >> >height to width) > >> > > >> >The trick would be to know either how to get at the height > and width info > >> >from the original file which could be GIF or JPEG, or have some > >> other tool > >> >that can report image information for use within HTML. > >> > > >> >Any Ideas? > >> > > >> >Pat > >> > > >> Howard Wolosky > >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions > >> #160# 973-808-8644#160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160# > http://www.safecommerce.com > >> > > >
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I'm willing to sacrifice alot of quality to avoid having to run separate cgi's or AppleScript, or worse yet - having to manually make thumbnails.> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris W. [mailto:talk@e-pages.com] > Sent: Monday, August 03, 1998 2:35 PM > To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com > Subject: RE: Automatic thumbnail images > > > After reading all these other responses , it seems thats not what your > looking for , are you wanting webcat to resize the html variables > for you ? > If you succeed in doing this , you will probably get really crappy > thumbnail quality , because the html variables will just force it smaller > giving it a not antialiased effect , I say just get you a thumbnail > generator and run gifs or jpegs through it , for quality > > > > > Chris > -- > > > At 11:18 PM 8/3/98, you wrote: > >To be more specific, I want browsers to be able to upload any JPG or GIF, > >then have WebCatalog display a page showing the contents of the upload > >folder, using thumbnails. > > > >In other words, once a graphic is uploaded, can I display a thumbnail of > >that image by reducing the vertical and horizontal size parameters of the > >image tag, and do so while preserving the proportions of the > original img? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Howard Wolosky [mailto:howardw@mmtsolutions.com] > > > >> Get Macromedia Fireworks to do that. > > > >> >I want to automatically make a thumbnail for each of several > images on a > >> >server. > >> > > >> >Say I want the thumbnail max height to be 100 pix and width > to be 80 pix. > >> >Images can be of any original height and width. > >> > > >> >How can I reduce the image so that both height and width are below the > >> >maximums and yet maintain the aspect ratio for the image (the ratio of > >> >height to width) > >> > > >> >The trick would be to know either how to get at the height > and width info > >> >from the original file which could be GIF or JPEG, or have some > >> other tool > >> >that can report image information for use within HTML. > >> > > >> >Any Ideas? > >> > > >> >Pat > >> > > >> Howard Wolosky > >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions > >> #160# 973-808-8644#160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160##160# > http://www.safecommerce.com > >> > > >
Pat McCormick
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