Re: Image Conversion... OT!
| From: | Børge Holen | Date: | Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:54:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Image Conversion... OT! | ||
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On Saturday 08 September 2007 13:59, Vidyut Luther wrote:
> Børge Holen wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 September 2007 12:48, Tony Di Croce wrote:
> >> I need to convert (resize, and store as blob's in a mysql db)
> >
> > oh oh oh... NO we can slap the horse again ;D
> >
> >> images my
> >> users can upload. I'm wondering what the best conversion tool is... I'm
> >> considering ImageMagick... Is this the best?
> >
> > consider using something you know for starters, then expand?
> > as for the question itself, yes is it the best?
> > anyone?
>
> Best is subjective, does it work the best? IMO yes, it's the best tool,
> but keep in mind, this makes your script less portable, not all hosts
> will allow you to run the 'convert' binary, nor will all installations
> have it readily available (Windows doesn't come with ImageMagick by
> default). It works the best for the applications I've written so far,
> but the PHP gd functions are just as powerful and probably more
> portable.. so without knowing all your requirements, it's hard to give a
> definitive answer :).
as I run my own host... I solely asking for the quality.
pnmscale and cjpeg is the tools currently in use.
>
> >> Is their anything that is integrated with PHP itself?
> >>
> >> td