cgchris99 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Is there an app that allows you to create fixed sized thumbnails from the larger files? I usually end up using photoshop to scale them down and then sharpen then. Is there an easier way to do this when you are trying to load hundreds or thousands of images? Thanks for any advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsurf Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 You could set up an action in Photoshop...run a batch DH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgchris99 Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 I haven't worked with actions before. Can it even save into a different directory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajesh Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Probably GD library can help u in this matter but i m not too expert at that. i have seen that work in some "gallery" modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgchris99 Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 I can't be the only one that wants to address this issue. Anyone with over 500 products on their store must have found an easy way to setup images and thumbnails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macsurf Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 yes....using the Batch open You tell photoshop what action to run look into what folder. Your action in photoshop will handle the save and to what folder. Very...very easy. There is many other apps but I only know of OSX. DH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixon Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Its a pain in the ***... the GD libaray can resize them and shapen them, I donno why they dont do it, have to do everything in photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogidegr8 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 If you want to make thumbnails for your OSC site then there is a contribution which autometicaly makes thumbnails and stores in a new folder when the image is first displayed. Wait let me see where it is: Ok.. Here is more information in this fourm http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...=0entry275311 and here is the contribution to make auto thumbnails: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1484 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Is there an app that allows you to create fixed sized thumbnails from the larger files? I usually end up using photoshop to scale them down and then sharpen then. Is there an easier way to do this when you are trying to load hundreds or thousands of images? Thanks for any advice Yes, the application that sets up fixed-size thumbnails from your larger images is - osCommerce. It does it automatically. I found this out only a few days ago, when I wondered why my 100x100 pixel images weren't displaying in a larger size when I clicked on 'enlarge image'. 100x100 is the size of the thumbnail, so that's all I was getting. You can set the size you want your thumbnail to be, only I can't remember where now! Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgchris99 Posted January 5, 2004 Author Share Posted January 5, 2004 Vger, No, I don't agree with using scaled down full sized images. They take way too long to load. You end up displaying an image that should be 3-4k and it is actually 40-50k download just for the one pic. Makes for a very slow website. But that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Vger Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I take your point, but if you're using gifs it's more like 3-4k to 10-12k. It only makes a difference if you have lots of images on each and every page - and only then if the customer has a slow connection. Vger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtimdog Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I highly agree with yogidegr8 about the Automatic Thumbnail Creator. But...if you want to do it yourself then my personal favorite is Irfanview. It's free, fast, gives good advanced options for batch conversion and rename. Did I mention it's free? Irfanview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devink Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Try easy Thumbs, it's free and available on download.com I've just converted over 1,000 images in under an hour, including downloading and installing the program. Many Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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