Creating a thumbnail replaces original image

Hi,
Currently fighting with Intermedia on a 9i server trying to create image thumbnails. My DBA's are still setting up the EXPROC for processing JPEG images so I'm working with PNG and BMPs at the moment. I'm use the following stored procedure:
PROCEDURE CREATE_BUDDY_THUMBNAIL (BID IN NUMBER) IS
    Thumb ORDSYS.ORDimage;
    Pic ORDSYS.ORDimage;
BEGIN
SELECT picture INTO Pic
FROM BUDDY
WHERE BUDDY_ID = BID
FOR UPDATE;
Thumb := ORDSYS.ORDImage.init();
IF Pic IS NOT NULL THEN
    Pic.processCopy('maxScale=80 80', Thumb);
    UPDATE BUDDY SET
    thumbnail = Thumb
    WHERE BUDDY_ID = BID;
END IF;
END;Which is all well and good the thumbnail gets created if I comment out the line "Thumb := ORDSYS.ORDImage.init();" and make Thumb := Picture before doing anything but it also ruins the orignal image - seems to make it the same size as the original but with the data of the thumbnail.
As is, the code generates this error (#13 is the processCopy line):
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
IMG-00710: unable to write to destination image
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMG_PKG", line 525
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE", line 59
ORA-06512: at "CMS_KIOSK.CREATE_BUDDY_THUMBNAIL", line 13
ORA-06512: at line 1
I'm assuming/hoping Christian is having a similar problem here: How to create ordsys.ordimage object? - I've used the ini() line from his example. Help appreciated, was hoping this would be simple as...

Hi,
if you want to store your thumbnail in your database you should try to bind thumb to the database object directly. It should look something like this:
PROCEDURE CREATE_BUDDY_THUMBNAIL (BID IN NUMBER) IS
Thumb ORDSYS.ORDimage;
Pic ORDSYS.ORDimage;
BEGIN
SELECT picture, thumbnail INTO Pic, Thumb
FROM BUDDY
WHERE BUDDY_ID = BID
FOR UPDATE;
IF Pic IS NOT NULL THEN
Pic.processCopy('maxScale=80 80', Thumb);
UPDATE BUDDY SET
thumbnail = Thumb
WHERE BUDDY_ID = BID;
END IF;
END;
Thumbnail should already be initialized by ORDImage.init(), when you call the procedure. I tried code like this using java and it worked fine for me. So it should work in PL/SQL too.
But it's not a solution for my problem. :(

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Transitions are between the same item (or "instance" to be fancy) when it has different properties (like position, size, opacity, rotation,etc) in different states. When you import an image, you create a new item in the Art Board. If you copy-paste, you create another item.
If you want the same item to show up in multiple states, right click it and choose "Share to State" and the state you want it to appear in.
There's also a "Make same in All States" that makes an item have the same appearance in all states that it's present in.
For your specific case, though, you have transitions already working on an image, so you should just change the image to have a new source. Click the image that had been working before, click the "source" in the Properties Inspector (lower right), and you should have the ability to change where your image is coming from.
-Bear

Script for making random thumbnails from single image

Hi all,
I need something like a hundred different thumbnails from each image in a series of images, that is, hundred random sections of the same image, saved in a folder as jpg, and i was hoping that i could find a script for this.
What the script has to do is:
select the size of the crop (this would also be the dimensions of the thumbnail saved)
rotate crop selection in a random orientation and place the crop randomly on the canvas
save the image as a jpg in a folder
return to original image,
repeat process x times before quitting script.
I dont think this should be to difficult to make a script for, but unfortunately i don´t know how to code.
Is there anybody that could help me with this?
This would save me a lot of time!

You can give this a try:
// create copies with pseudo random clipped and rotated parts of image;
// thanks to xbytor;
// 2012, use at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS;
// set name for folder to save jpgs to;
var folderName = "rotatedJpgs";
// set number of jpgs;
var theNumber = 100;
// width and height;
var theWidth = 500;
var theHeight = 500;
// calculate some values;
var theDiagonal = Math.sqrt ((theWidth * theWidth) + (theHeight * theHeight));
var diagAngle = angleFromRadians(Math.acos((theWidth) / (theDiagonal)));
// get file name and path;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var docName = myDocument.name;
try {
          var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
          var docPath = myDocument.path;
catch (e) {
          basename = docName;
          var docPath = "~/Desktop";
// create folder if it does not exist yet;
if (Folder(docPath + "/" + folderName).exists == true) {
          var docPath = docPath + "/" + folderName;
else {
          var theFolder = Folder(docPath + "/" + folderName).create();
          var docPath = docPath + "/" + folderName;
// document dimensions;
var docWidth = myDocument.width;
var docHeight = myDocument.height;
// jpg options;
var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpegOptions.quality = 10;
jpegOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpegOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
// duplicate image;
var theCopy = myDocument.duplicate (theCopy, true);
var origResolution = theCopy.resolution;
theCopy.resizeImage(undefined, undefined, 72, ResampleMethod.NONE);
var docHalfWidth = theCopy.width / 2;
var docHalfHeight = theCopy.height / 2;
var theLayer = smartify2010(theCopy.layers[0]);
theCopy.resizeCanvas (theWidth, theHeight, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
var theHistoryState = theCopy.activeHistoryState;
// do the variations;
for (var m = 0; m < theNumber; m++) {
var theAngle = Math.random() * 360;
theLayer.rotate (theAngle, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
//theCopy.resizeCanvas (theWidth, theHeight, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
// get tolerance offset;
var theHor1 = Math.abs(Math.cos(radiansOf(theAngle + diagAngle)) * theDiagonal / 2);
var theVer1 = Math.abs(Math.sin(radiansOf(theAngle + diagAngle)) * theDiagonal/ 2);
var theHor2 = Math.abs(Math.cos(radiansOf(theAngle - diagAngle)) * theDiagonal / 2);
var theVer2 = Math.abs(Math.sin(radiansOf(theAngle - diagAngle)) * theDiagonal / -2);
// calculate max offset for unrotated overall rectangle;
var thisHalfWidth = docHalfWidth - Math.max(theHor1, theHor2);
var thisHalfHeight = docHalfHeight - Math.max(theVer1, theVer2);
// calculate random offset for unrotated overall rectangle;
var randomX = thisHalfWidth * (Math.random() - 0.5) * 2;
var randomY = thisHalfHeight * (Math.random() - 0.5) * 2;
var aDiag = Math.sqrt (randomX * randomX + randomY * randomY);
var anAngle = angleFromRadians(Math.asin((randomY) / (aDiag))) + theAngle;
anAngle = anAngle + Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) * 180;
// calculate offset for rotated overall rectangle;
var offsetX = Math.cos(radiansOf(anAngle)) * aDiag;
var offsetY = Math.sin(radiansOf(anAngle)) * aDiag;
//alert (theAngle+"\n\n"+offsetX +"\n"+ offsetY+"\n\n"+ thisHalfWidth+"\n"+thisHalfHeight);
theLayer.translate(offsetX, offsetY);
theCopy.resizeImage(undefined, undefined, origResolution, ResampleMethod.NONE);
theCopy.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/"+basename+"_"+bufferNumberWithZeros(m+1, 3)+".jpg")),jpegOptions,true);
theCopy.activeHistoryState = theHistoryState;
// clean up;
theCopy.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
////// radians //////
function radiansOf (theAngle) {
          return theAngle * Math.PI / 180
////// radians //////
function angleFromRadians (theRad) {
          return theRad / Math.PI * 180
////// buffer number with zeros //////
function bufferNumberWithZeros (number, places) {
          var theNumberString = String(number);
          for (var o = 0; o < (places - String(number).length); o++) {
                    theNumberString = String("0" + theNumberString)
          return theNumberString
////// function to smartify if not //////
function smartify2010 (theLayer) {
// make layers smart objects if they are not already;
          app.activeDocument.activeLayer = theLayer;
// process pixel-layers and groups;
      if (theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.GRADIENTFILL" || theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.LAYER3D" || theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.NORMAL" ||
      theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.PATTERNFILL" || theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.SOLIDFILL" ||
      theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.TEXT" || theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.VIDEO" || theLayer.typename == "LayerSet") {
                    var id557 = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
                    var desc108 = new ActionDescriptor();
                    var id558 = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
                    var ref77 = new ActionReference();
                    var id559 = charIDToTypeID( "Mn " );
                    var id560 = charIDToTypeID( "MnIt" );
                    var id561 = stringIDToTypeID( "newPlacedLayer" );
                    ref77.putEnumerated( id559, id560, id561 );
                    desc108.putReference( id558, ref77 );
                    executeAction( id557, desc108, DialogModes.NO )
                    return app.activeDocument.activeLayer
          if (theLayer.kind == LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT || theLayer.kind == "LayerKind.VIDEO") {return theLayer};
////// get an angle, 3:00 being 0˚, 6:00 90˚, etc. //////
function getAngle (pointOne, pointTwo) {
// calculate the triangle sides;
          var width = pointTwo[0] - pointOne[0];
          var height = pointTwo[1] - pointOne[1];
          var sideC = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(width, 2) + Math.pow(height, 2));
// calculate the angles;
          if (width+width > width) {theAngle = Math.asin(height / sideC) * 360 / 2 / Math.PI}
          else {theAngle = 180 - (Math.asin(height / sideC) * 360 / 2 / Math.PI)};
          if (theAngle < 0) {theAngle = (360 + theAngle)};
          return theAngle

Create pdf with link to image library on shared server?

I want to create a pdf from an image library that's shared across a server by 20 mac users.
But I want the 'contact sheet' to include clickable links from the thumbnails within it, eg:
the user can double click and image and it will open in photoshop.
I've tried a few things via Acrobat pro and Bridge but nothing seems to match what I want.
Can anyone suggest anything?
cheers.

I want to create a pdf from an image library that's shared across a server by 20 mac users.
But I want the 'contact sheet' to include clickable links from the thumbnails within it, eg:
the user can double click and image and it will open in photoshop.
I've tried a few things via Acrobat pro and Bridge but nothing seems to match what I want.
Can anyone suggest anything?
cheers.

Photoshop CC: Have a template that I moved image into. Image is too small. How do I resize the image while in the template? Or must I go to original image file and resize there again and again until I get the right fit?

I have a template that I am able to plug different pictures into at different times. The problem is that when I plug an image into that template, I find that the image is either too big or too small. Is there a way to plug the image into the template and resize the image (and not the template itself) OR will I have to go to the file with the original image and resize it there and then try to plug it in to the template to see if it fits------and if it does not fit, go back to the original file with the image and resize it again and see if that fits---and so on and so on...........? I have tried the" image size" option but it's hit or miss------mostly miss!
Thanks!

Read up on Smart Objects. It looks like you have no idea as to how to create and use them.
Jut create a Smart Object from the layer containing whatever it image it is that you are "plugging into your template". But you do need to learn the application at its most basic levels.
Photoshop is a professional level application that makes no apologies for its very long and steep learning curve. You cannot learn Photoshop in a forum, one question at a time.
Or is it possible that you don't even have Photoshop proper but the stripped-down Photoshop Elements?"
If the latter is the case, you're in the wrong forum. This is not the Elements forum.
Here's the link to the forum you would want if you're working in Elements.:
https://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop_elements/content
If you do have Photoshop proper, please provide the exact version number of that application and of your OS.
(edited for clarification)

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