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#1 2008-09-23 20:02:51

kemie
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From: mexico<-->sweden
Registered: 2004-05-20
Posts: 495
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[request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

I wonder how hard it would be to implement something like this php/jquery script (demo here) to provide a nice itnerface for cropping images and generating thumbnails.

Plugin devs, any thoughts?

More power to the image!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~| monolinea.com | pixilate.com | istockphoto.com/kemie |~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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#2 2008-09-23 21:15:00

mrdale
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From: Walla Walla
Registered: 2004-11-19
Posts: 2,215
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

kemie wrote:

I wonder how hard it would be to implement something like …

Oh puh-leease, someone do this.

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#3 2008-09-23 21:21:16

masa
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From: Asturias, Spain
Registered: 2005-11-25
Posts: 1,091

Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Nice, although it works a bit erratically. Eric (EBL_Upload) had something like this in the pipeline – not sure what became of it.

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#4 2008-09-24 02:21:53

renobird
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Registered: 2005-03-02
Posts: 786
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Dear Santa,

I have been very good this year. I just want 2 things for Christmas: A Red Ryder BB Gun, and some very kind person to implement the cropping feature kemie posted above.

Sincerely,
Tommy Reno

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#5 2008-09-24 02:51:13

TheEric
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From: Wyoming
Registered: 2004-09-17
Posts: 566

Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Oh yah… I forgot I was working on something like that a while ago. In between school and everything at the time, I got sidetracked.

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#6 2008-09-24 03:51:56

joebaich
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From: DC Metro Area and elsewhere
Registered: 2006-09-24
Posts: 507
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

There is a similar but perhaps more capable jQuery script here that is worth a look. A live demo is here.

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#7 2008-09-24 08:03:04

kemie
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From: mexico<-->sweden
Registered: 2004-05-20
Posts: 495
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

oooh, jCrop looks much nicer!

I bet if a dev put up a jCrop plugin up for rransom, they’d raise the ransom pretty quick! (hint hint) :D


~~~~~~~~~~~~~| monolinea.com | pixilate.com | istockphoto.com/kemie |~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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#8 2008-09-24 13:35:06

renobird
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Registered: 2005-03-02
Posts: 786
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Either one of those would be the jam!
Dale, care to take the magic you worked to get jm’s image picker and work it here?

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#9 2008-09-24 14:24:21

Gocom
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From: Helsinki, Finland
Registered: 2006-07-14
Posts: 4,533
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Either one of those would be the jam!
Dale, care to take the magic you worked to get jm’s image picker and work it here?

Yeah, but remember that it requires quite a lot of work; for now those only support JPG images, but what about gif or pngs that could also have transparency ;) And not to mention that these “nice looking image croppers” usually don’t work as nicely on every browser; jams on IE, randomly kills Fx etc.

What it actually requires atleast:

  • Little improved image saving script that supports as many servers as Textpattern does
  • Little browser debugging
  • Adding full image support; transparency, pngs etc.
  • Integrating that to Textpattern image tab; plus allowing user to make thumbs with out cropping
  • Limiting cropping only to:
    • Not flash objects.
    • Images that are too big in pixels or kilos to be cropped (you don’t want to kill browsers right).

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#10 2008-09-24 14:30:10

renobird
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Registered: 2005-03-02
Posts: 786
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

Dammit Gocom! You and your giant brain!

:)

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#11 2008-09-24 14:39:42

chriloi
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From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: 2006-01-17
Posts: 120
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

I have started a plugin that uses jcrop. Might release it in some hours.

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#12 2008-09-24 14:41:16

renobird
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From: Gainesville, Florida
Registered: 2005-03-02
Posts: 786
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Re: [request] image cropping / thumbnail generation

chriloi rides in and saves the day!

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