Hi magnolians! This email is about the generation of variations, in relation to http://jira.magnolia-cms.com/browse/MGNLIMG-76
When upgrading to v4.4.2 on our test servers, we observe that the transparency of image-variations is no longer correct: image-variations which were generated as transparent in v4.3.8 were no longer transparent in v4.4.2. We also observe that these images are now being generated in GIF format, rather than the PNG format we have configured as output format for the STK generator. It seems to me this has to do with http://jira.magnolia-cms.com/browse/MGNLIMG-76, which was included in imageing v2.1 . If I understand correctly: Whereas before this fix, it was a problem because all images were generated in a fixed format, as configured in the outputFormat of the generator, now all images are generated in the format they were uploaded in. While I understand that sometimes this is what is wanted, it is not always the case: We want to generate ALL variations in PNG Format. The reason is: When generating variations, the imageing layer does not correctly handle transparency of GIF images. However, when rendering the variation as PNG, transparency is handled correctly. For this reason, we want to generate all variations as PNG, since then the transparency is correct, even when the editors upload GIFs. Or, more generally: it might be desirable to be able to override the generated variation format, for whatever reason. Since this bugfix, overriding the format is no longer possible, or at least, I can't figure out how, and it also is not documented anywhere. Can you confirm that this behavior is due to this bugfix? Is there any way to override the generated image format? Regards from Vienna, Richard PS: documentation on the imageing module would be a good thing! ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
