Re: [Flashcoders] File access
Hi, Don't think you could do this in Flash without loading the whole image file, even if it did have a thumbnail - not sure if this is a feature of the JPEG / PNG spec or not? If you are loading images from the server, you could run a script that generates thumbnails on the fly, (hopefully caching them for further browser requests). There are loads of free scripts - phpThumb is one I have seen that may do the caching too. HTH Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Is there a way to display the thumbnail of a file? Like a .PSD (Photoshop file). They sometimes come with an embedded thumbnail. I wanted to know if you can access this and use it to display. I am working in AS2. Would it take a code to do that, or no way to do that in flash? Any thoughts would help. Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File access
Thanks Glen, I will look that up. I kind of figured I would need some kind of script help in the process, but was just wondering if Flash had the capabilities. Like when your in the open file dialog window. The thumbnail you see. Retrieving that somehow in flash. No SystemCapabilities function for something like that? Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On May 7, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, Don't think you could do this in Flash without loading the whole image file, even if it did have a thumbnail - not sure if this is a feature of the JPEG / PNG spec or not? If you are loading images from the server, you could run a script that generates thumbnails on the fly, (hopefully caching them for further browser requests). There are loads of free scripts - phpThumb is one I have seen that may do the caching too. HTH Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Is there a way to display the thumbnail of a file? Like a .PSD (Photoshop file). They sometimes come with an embedded thumbnail. I wanted to know if you can access this and use it to display. I am working in AS2. Would it take a code to do that, or no way to do that in flash? Any thoughts would help. Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File access
Hi, The open-file dialog is an OS thing - the thumbs come from the OS rather than the image. PSD's are an exception - the thumbnail appears in the Adobe style dialogue for these... I am guessing AS3 + AIR may allow a bit more flexibility with opening and accessing file data in the way you would like, but as you are using AS2, you are probably restricted to uploading a file, making a thumbnail then displaying it... Be aware that if you are thinking of doing something like this, image uploading, even with phpThumb, is often exploited by hackers - read the doc's / fix list if you are thinking of using ready made scripts and weigh up pros/cons. Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Thanks Glen, I will look that up. I kind of figured I would need some kind of script help in the process, but was just wondering if Flash had the capabilities. Like when your in the open file dialog window. The thumbnail you see. Retrieving that somehow in flash. No SystemCapabilities function for something like that? Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On May 7, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, Don't think you could do this in Flash without loading the whole image file, even if it did have a thumbnail - not sure if this is a feature of the JPEG / PNG spec or not? If you are loading images from the server, you could run a script that generates thumbnails on the fly, (hopefully caching them for further browser requests). There are loads of free scripts - phpThumb is one I have seen that may do the caching too. HTH Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Is there a way to display the thumbnail of a file? Like a .PSD (Photoshop file). They sometimes come with an embedded thumbnail. I wanted to know if you can access this and use it to display. I am working in AS2. Would it take a code to do that, or no way to do that in flash? Any thoughts would help. Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] File access
Hi Karl, I think Adobe has their own project of getting meta data out of file, especially for their 'own' file formats, i'm guessing PSD aswell I have not looked in to this but maybe it can help you; its called XMP. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/xmplibrary/ http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp/ http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/ Hope this helps you, Sid On May 7, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, The open-file dialog is an OS thing - the thumbs come from the OS rather than the image. PSD's are an exception - the thumbnail appears in the Adobe style dialogue for these... I am guessing AS3 + AIR may allow a bit more flexibility with opening and accessing file data in the way you would like, but as you are using AS2, you are probably restricted to uploading a file, making a thumbnail then displaying it... Be aware that if you are thinking of doing something like this, image uploading, even with phpThumb, is often exploited by hackers - read the doc's / fix list if you are thinking of using ready made scripts and weigh up pros/ cons. Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Thanks Glen, I will look that up. I kind of figured I would need some kind of script help in the process, but was just wondering if Flash had the capabilities. Like when your in the open file dialog window. The thumbnail you see. Retrieving that somehow in flash. No SystemCapabilities function for something like that? Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On May 7, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Glen Pike wrote: Hi, Don't think you could do this in Flash without loading the whole image file, even if it did have a thumbnail - not sure if this is a feature of the JPEG / PNG spec or not? If you are loading images from the server, you could run a script that generates thumbnails on the fly, (hopefully caching them for further browser requests). There are loads of free scripts - phpThumb is one I have seen that may do the caching too. HTH Glen Karl DeSaulniers wrote: Is there a way to display the thumbnail of a file? Like a .PSD (Photoshop file). They sometimes come with an embedded thumbnail. I wanted to know if you can access this and use it to display. I am working in AS2. Would it take a code to do that, or no way to do that in flash? Any thoughts would help. Thanks, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Sidney de Koning - be a geek, in rockstar style! Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
