Jacques, why not retain the original images as created by the clients put cut them up on entry to the application and save them as binary data e.g. in a sqlite database. When an image is required to be displayed re-assemble it from the binary data and display it. If it needs to be displayed in a different size then do the transform after it's been reassembled.
If the 650mb issue is to do with backups to cd, then they need to change their backup method. Until computer use requires the equivalent of a driving licence, I think it is a tall order to try to train all the users/customers in the vagaries of file sizes. Most people I know don't know the difference between a byte and a gigabyte. At least in the days of floppy disks, people had an idea of how many files of a particular type could fit on a floppy disk, so they had some relative conception of file size. Bernard On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM, J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of varying > dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted sizes in thousands > of pixels. I need a way to change the image resolution, or otherwise reduce > the file size, so that the images can be rewritten to disk with a much > smaller footprint in order to fit them on a single CD. But I need to > preserve the original dimensions in inches, so that they will still print at > their actual, original size. I think I need to determine the original > resolution so that I can calculate the dimensions in inches, right? Is there > a way to get that? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
