Re: reducing the size of an image

[Gunther Nikl <gni%gecko.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:41:35AM -0500, admin%datazap.net@localhost wrote:
> I gave this a try, and it seems to work really well. Although, I wish that
> cjpeg/djpeg would provide a little more flexibility with image reduction.

  djpeg exploits a feature of the decompression library to scale down an
  image. If you need a more sophisticated solution you also need netpbm
  (or another shell image manipulation tool).

> If I wanted to reduce jpeg's from a web interface would there be a better
> option? I tried php4-gd, and it is just to slow. I am consider calling
> djpeg -fast -scale 1/4 image.jpg | cjpeg > image_reduced.jpg from a php
> script.

  I don't know.

  Gunther

  PS: IMHO, the question was't appropriate for this list.