Re: Poor results with GD

Hi - I recently used NetPBM libraries since a client was not satisfied with GD's results. You may want to have a look at PHP Gallery, a package which uses NetPBM instead of Gd. I looked at it to get some idea on how to use NetPBM from PHP. They have a comparison page: http://www.menalto.com/projects/gallery/modules.php?op=modload&name=NetPbmVsGd&file=index Cheers, Gianluca > I'm currently setting JPEG quality to 85%, hence the large file sizes. > Normally, I'd be looking for better quality and file sizes about 70% of > their current size. Some of the originals are scanned directly from the > painting, which yields very high quality, some are taken with a digital > camera (I could live with poorer quality on these). > > I'm using some functions I found in 'PHP and MySQL web development' with > some modifications, so JPEGs are generated from uploaded files and stored > on the server through an HTML form interface. Here's the core bit of the > code: > > $src = ImageCreateFromJPEG($image); > $dst = ImageCreate($tn_width,$tn_height); > ImageCopyResized($dst, $src, 0, 0, 0, 0, > $tn_width,$tn_height,$width,$height); > ImageJpeg($dst, $path, $compression); //compression set to 85 here. > ImageDestroy($src); > ImageDestroy($dst); > > Mick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Brampton [mailto:andrew@bramp.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 15 April 2002 17:56 > To: Sear, Mick; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Poor results with GD > > > They looked ok to me, but I don't know what the orginals looked like. > > But the problem might be that your JPeg quality is set lower than you would > like. You can increase it be setting a parameter in ImageJPEG() or most > likly whatever function you are using > > Andrew > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sear, Mick" <msear@epson.co.uk> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:32 PM > Subject: [PHP] Poor results with GD > > > Not sure if anyone else uses GD much, but I've been experimenting with it > > and PHP recently and I've found I get large file sizes and very 'aliased' > > graphics. > > > > Can anyone suggest a fix/ alternative? > > > > You'll see what I mean if you look at www.msear.com/paintings/ where the > > images are currently all generated with GD (but not for long, I think!) > > > > Cheers, > > Mick > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Gianluca Baldo Mallorca 186 - 3º 1ª 08036 Barcelona (Spain) tel/fax +34 93 454 93 24 http://www.phpauction.org http://www.gianlucabaldo.com