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On Jul 11, 2007, at 7:51 AM, tedd wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 Jun 2007 21:42:13 Nelly Yusupova wrote:
>>
>>  Is there a script or any way I can resize the pictures before  
>> uploading?
>
> Nelly:
>
> Sure, you'll have to write something client-side, namely javascript  
> to do it. But, there's all sorts of javascript scripts to resize  
> images available to choose from, try Google "resize images javascript"


I don't believe there is any way to actually modify and image file on  
the client-side using Javascript. (If someone knows a way, I'd love  
to hear about it!) For client-side image processing you'd need use a  
technology that has image resampling capabilities, and possibly  
something that has write permissions on the client's machine. First  
thing that comes to mind is a Java applet.

php Gallery created a desktop client that serves a similar purpose,  
but I'm pretty sure it's specific to the php Gallery API. But this  
gives you an idea of what it would take to implement client-side  
image resizing... probably Java.

http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery_Remote


> Here's one that should do with a little work:
>
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/resize.html

This is cool, but it doesn't actually resize the image. It just  
displays different pre-sized images that are already on the server.



> Here's one that allows the user to crop and resize their pictures.
>
> http://mondaybynoon.com/2007/01/22/crop-resize-with-javascript-php- 
> and-imagemagick/

Also cool stuff, but all the processing happens on the server-side.


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