Dynamic Photo Resize ??

Report · Jan 04, 2008

Does anyone know if there is a DW extension that can auto resize photos?
My site uses thumbnails and main photos which means manually resizing each
photo and having mutiple copies.
I'd love to be able to simply upload one photo and have is auto resize
without losing any image quality.

Thanks in advance
Andy

Report · Jan 04, 2008

Andy wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a DW extension that can auto resize photos?
> My site uses thumbnails and main photos which means manually resizing each
> photo and having mutiple copies.
> I'd love to be able to simply upload one photo and have is auto resize
> without losing any image quality.

To have the server resize images on the fly you will need an image
processing component on your server. Which one depends on your server
and the access you have to it. Some hosts provide some components pre
installed, so it may be worth checking with your host first.

Steve

Report · Jan 04, 2008

I do this frequently with my sites - I use PHP and the GD extensions to PHP.
It's a real breeze....

Do you do PHP?

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"Andy" <andy@work.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if there is a DW extension that can auto resize photos?
> My site uses thumbnails and main photos which means manually resizing each
> photo and having mutiple copies.
> I'd love to be able to simply upload one photo and have is auto resize
> without losing any image quality.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Andy
>

Report · Jan 09, 2008

Thanks Guys -
Fraid not Murray, i'm using Classic ASP :-(

Thanks Again

"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>I do this frequently with my sites - I use PHP and the GD extensions to
>PHP. It's a real breeze....
>
> Do you do PHP?
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
> ==================
> http://www.projectseven.com/go - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
> ==================
>
>
> "Andy" <andy@work.com> wrote in message
> news:fll8p8$3l6$2@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Does anyone know if there is a DW extension that can auto resize photos?
>> My site uses thumbnails and main photos which means manually resizing
>> each photo and having mutiple copies.
>> I'd love to be able to simply upload one photo and have is auto resize
>> without losing any image quality.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Andy
>>
>

Report · Jan 09, 2008

How big are your images?

I have had a similar problem for a clothing site I built, and the clients aren't the most tech savvy individuals to say the least. So, what I have done is get them to buy something like photoshop and ensure that all images are 500 X 500 px and optimised for web. They simply then upload via an ftp upload page and the image is forcibly reduced in size by the web pages. For example, thumbnails are basically the 500 square images, but reduce to display at 135 wide.

It works a treat, and as long as you don't choose 100% quality when saving the image, it doesn't impede download times either - even on a half meg line.

I am not saying this is the correct way to do it, but it certainly dealt with my clients lack of ability on a pc, and more importantly, they are more than happy.

Mat

Report · Jan 16, 2008

it's built into ASP.NET