That's an interesting idea, but it would probably make more sense to use something written in java than in C unless there are performance issues with a java based solution.
One of the devnet resource kits had a java thing called jimg, but I'm not sure what the licensing restrictions are. It might be worth investigating though. Spike -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Code poet for hire http://www.spike.org.uk >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Jeff Coughlin >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:18 PM >To: FarCry Developers >Subject: [farcry-dev] Image Magick (Optimize images from the CMS) > >Does anyone think it would be a good idea to try using the >open source program Image Magick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) >to optimize and resize images in FarCry? It will allow the >user to upload just about any format (.jpg,.psd,.bmp, etc. >http://www.imagemagick.com/www/formats.html) and convert it to >.jpg (or whatever you want). > >This would allow the server to keep a high quality version of >the image in the image repository while optimizing the >outputted version on the website (same with thumbnails). > >The program has hundreds of features (like being able to >create roll-over images and stuff right from the CMS), but I >think the only feature we'd really need is the resize and >optimize (and support for converting almost any image format). > >On their website is a link to a CF Custom tag someone wrote to >interact with the program (Click on the link titled API). But >I'm guessing the modifications may be a bit much to get the >program to work with FarCry. > >Any thoughts? > >-Jeff > >--- >You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia >http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
