[ic] Proper method of posting images?

[Dan Browning]

At 02:04 PM 5/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > Dear IC Wizards,
> > My images are typically around 380 x 320.  Is there a way to tell the
> > system to format a thumbnail on the fly based on some constant (say 80
> > pixels) for one dimension, a variable, and to use the master
> > image for the
> > thumbnail?  The 80 x 80 size would be much more workable but the time to
> > produce could be lengthy.   Or does this just hog too much system
> > resource
> > time?
> >
> > Your opinions, please.   (Some catalog categories will have
> > 50-100 items on
> > a page.  Time to load the screen is always a factor).
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Andrew Lietzow
> > The ACL Group, Inc.
>
>
>Hi Andrew
>
>If you set one dimension in your img call ie: width="80", but don't set the
>height, you can control the size of the image. However, wheter this
>translates into a "less data" being transfered, I doubt.
>
>Linux is pretty powerful, and someone might have an answer for you. However,
>programs like Photoshop, and AcDsee have batch utilities. I convert 1 image
>into 5 different images, hundreds of files (at once) offline very easily.
>
>I would assume most image editing software have batch utilities for this.
>With the correct sku convention, and variable setup, you can handle 1000's
>of image easily.
>
>Paul

The 'convert' program is awesome for batch resizing, etc.


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