- Dynamically Resizing/Cropping Pictures - Page 2

Jon Yeager

I need to display a bunch of pictures that are all of various dimensions
into a fixed dimension space, like MSN Messenger does with its user photos
in the chat windows.

Forcing image dimensions will warp the proportions, so that's no good.

Forcing one coordinate while leaving the other flexible will maintain
proportions, but the x,y values won't be consistant from picture to picture.

I considered the MSN Messenger method of bringing one of the coordinates to
100 pixels, and then showing only PART of the information of the other
coordinate. I'm not sure if you guys know what I'm talking about, but
Messenger will shrink (for example) the width to 100 pixels, keep the height
proportionate, but only show the middle 100 pixels of the height (or is it
the other way around? no matter).

How can I do something similar? Perhaps involving placing an image as a
background instead of a foreground element?

How can I recreate the MSN Messenger formula for displaying images in
constant dimensions without losing the proportions (but losing unnecessary
sections of the image)?

Thanks.

Jul 20 '05

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Nairb

ni**@hugin.webt hing.com (Nick Kew) wrote in message news:<17******* *****@webthing. com>...

In article <c8**********@n ews.wplus.net>,
"Jon Yeager" <1@1.1> writes:
Sorry, not an option.

Still looking for help on the below problem, if anyone has any to offer!

I've recently developed output filters for Apache to resize (and process)
images on-the-fly according to negotiated browser preferences.

If something like that would help, I'll be happy to discuss it with you.
But it's not an off-the-shelf solution, so I'd have to charge you time.

ER.. This is a ten minute tutorial if you have php and imageMajik. Can
be done without the latter I believe. Would this be an option?

Jul 20 '05 #11

Nick Kew

In article <33************ **************@ posting.google. com>,
bg***@yahoo.com (Nairb) writes:

ER.. This is a ten minute tutorial if you have php and imageMajik. Can
be done without the latter I believe. Would this be an option?

That's more-or-less what my Client for some of this work is upgrading
from. They need a large-scale operational system, not a homepage hack.

--
Nick Kew

Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/

Jul 20 '05 #12

Forsky

The only one here showing any signs of feeling threatened is you,
"Spartanicu s".

Feel insecure much? Your proposed solutions are not appropriate for my
needs, LIVE WITH IT. I would have thanked you for at least trying to help if
you weren't so incredibly obnoxious and condescending. For the last time,
the only person who sees YOUR proposed solutions as the only "correct"
approach is YOU. Others around you have proposed other solutions which are
no less "ideal" than yours.

I mean geezus Christ, if I thought your solutions would help me, don't you
think it would be in my best interests to use them? Why are you taking it so
damn hard that they don't address my needs?

Humility. Welcome it into your heart.
"Spartanicu s" <me@privacy.net > wrote in message
news:f9******** *************** *********@news. spartanicus.utv internet.ie...

"Jon Yeager" <1@1.1> wrote:
In all fairness, what you see as "the obvious and proper solution to this
problem" (ie, destructively manually cropping the images at the source) isdifferent from what Joe, Mike or John would have seen as "the most obvioussolution"

Not only do you persist in giving no valid reason why the proposed
solution is not the correct approach, you are apparently so threatened
by it that you felt it was necessary to once again suggest that the
proposed solution required manual work and/or destruction of the
originals, both assumptions were incorrect the first time you mentioned
this, and they still are.

--
Spartanicus

Jul 20 '05 #13

Forsky

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the suggestion. Will do.

"Eric Bustad" <ek******@monmo uth.com> wrote in message
news:Z_******** ************@co mcast.com...

Jon Yeager wrote:
[snip]
I have a 100px/120px area to fill with uploaded pictures of people in
various dimensions. I need that 100x120 area filled completely, while NOT stretching either of the two coordinates.

[snip]

Seems to me that these are two contradicting goals. But if it is OK to
use Javascript to do this, check out what eBay uses for resizing the
smaller-sized photo at the top of an item listing.

= Eric

Jul 20 '05 #14

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