Image Resizing : CSS vs jQuery (which is best?)

I need your opinions.
I am using two different methods to size down an image to fit viewport.
CSS: http://www.vilverset.com/css.php
JQUERY: http://www.vilverset.com/vali.php
The CSS version simply tells an IMG to occuppy 100% of the surrounding DIV.
The jQuery version is based on this script : http://johnpatrickgiven.com/jquery/background-resize/
When putting both the CSS and jQuery version of the page side-to-side under two different tabs of the same browser, they are virtually identical, despite the fact that CSS rounds out to 1 pixel while jQuery rounds out to 0.5 (I expected the jQuery version to look better as a result, but it doesn't look any different, except very small areas with tiny text).
Since the CSS version uses much less code (and doesn't require the jQuery library at all) while doing essentially the same thing as the jQuery version, with no visible difference in the image itself, is there ANY reason for me to opt for the jQuery code?
Compatibility with IE6 perhaps?
Thanks.

Anyone? :-(

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Resizing image using CSS - not working in IE

Hello,
I have a standard report with couple of columns one of which a image column. The images are of varying sizes and I manged to resize them to a fixed width & height by using CSS code in page header as below:
td[headers="ITEM_PICTURE"] img {
display: block;
width: 70px;
border: 1px solid #999;
padding: 4px;
background: #f6f6f6;
}The CSS does the trick in Chrome & Firefox but does not work in internet explorer. Is there a way to make this CSS code IE friendly?
Cheers for help.

William Wallace wrote:
I am using Apex 4.2.1 (had this issue in 4.1.1 as well) and using theme 10.Ah, the Sludge Sand theme. In 4.x that's a legacy theme only really included to allow applications to run on IE6. It's therefore intended to run in quirks mode, meaning in Internet Explorer terms there's no support for anything that didn't work in IE6 (for certain values of "work"). This means no CSS3, no support for a lot of useful CSS2.1 stuff (like attribute selectors), and probably problems with jQuery which requires standards mode. Adding a DOCTYPE to the page templates to trigger standards mode Interactive Report: how can I display carriage returns?. In 4.2 you really should switch to one of the latest Standard themes, or at least one of the standards mode Legacy themes (those not marked with a "*").
If you must use theme 10, and there are no other images in this report (like edit icons) then you could add a static ID to the region and use a more basic selector like:
#static-id td.t10data img {
display: block;
width: 70px;
border: 1px solid #999;
padding: 4px;
background: #f6f6f6;
}However, it appears that one of IE's quirkier quirks mode quirks is that CSS padding is not supported on images, so the presentation you want is not possible using theme 10 in IE and CSS alone.
Switching to a modern theme is recommended.
Edited by: fac586 on 02-Mar-2013 10:31

CSS/jQuery Framwork: the best of both worlds..

Well, today I decided to play with creating a CSS framework using JQuery in an effort to avoid, from the beginning, having to compensate for any of the various bugs in IE that happen when using either Absolute or floats in positioning.
As I am working for a large corporation, we have to cater to IE 6, 7 and fringe 8 as well as Safari and Firefox both on the Mac and Windows.
So far, I have tested successfully on both platforms and in all those major browsers and I've put together the best of Absolute positioning (precise placement by coordiates) and floated elements, which allow for document flow to expand as needed and yet maintain the placement of absolutely placed divs.
No actual positioning is given in the css or jquery. The utility .position in jquery references other elements/divs/etc on the page as a base without resorting to using 'relative' on any element.
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A wrapper contains any 'absolutely' positioned divs. Those divs are placed in relation to that wrapper's top left corner using jquery. In the document flow, that wrapper appears after, say, a few paragraphs and is followed by say, more paragraphs/content. Since no "relative" declaration is used on the wrapper and no 'absolute' on the children, should any new content be added before that wrapper div (which doesn't have relative declared) the wrapper will move down accordingly taking with it the 'absolutely' positioned divs inside.
Now, the trick to making this work was using one line of jquery to dynamically find the height of the largest/tallest div within the wrapper div and then dynamically set the height of the wrapper div to that number. The wrapper div could have some bottom padding or better yet, the last element within one of the 'absolutely' placed div could have a class that added some bottom margin should space be needed.
So, once you have it set up, more content can be added and the expansion will happen based on content. This means no dealing with double-margin bugs, peek-a-boo bugs, 3 pixel jogs etc, etc. And, no conditionals need be used nor underscore hacks and the like to make things work in IE 6.
I'll post some files as an example once the attachment option is back on.
Just wanted to share this experiment and idea. I'll be posting it elsewhere but will return here once functionality of the attachment is back up.

As BemDesign pointed out, the corporate (read bigger) world of commerce and finance depends on so many different variables than a small mom and pops shop or even a mid-size company like any given record label deal with that developer skills need to be fully encompassing... not just knowing the latest tricks and thinking that anybody using the net is using (at the moment) the latest Safari, specifically on the Mac.
I'm really glad I had to delve out of the ad world of cool motion graphics and niche sites to a more global market because as other companies grow, they are relying on markets, not technology, to boom their business. That being understood, it's about knowing a target audience and how to reach them no matter how old/out dated their tech may be.
However, I will relish the day when HTML emails have gone by-by and browsers automatically update themselves (let all the privacy and security gripes cease.. don't put information you don't want shared on the net)
So, I hear ya about losing that 8.3% of IE6... but let's go for broke and say forget IE altogether and choose Firefox or Safari.

Is there a website or PDF somewhere which discusses best practices for producing a children's picture book? I am mostly interested in requirements for good image format, resolution, etc.

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There may be a few links in Apple Support, regarding articles about how to use iBooks Author
and iBooks Store, etc; these would be separated into two general categories by device used.
Since there is an iOS and an OS X version of each, you may have to look to see what Apple
Support says about the one you are interested in; and how far their database goes toward an
answer to your question. Otherwise, a general search engine approach may be necessary.
Not sure if anything along the lines of what you seek would be available in an App.
References to iBooks Author and iBooks Store, etc appear within these two categories in Support:
For Mac OS X:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/
For iOS:
http://www.apple.com/support/ios/
Appears a community host moved your earlier post into one of the iBooks Author or Store sections
after I'd replied to what otherwise may be a similar post. Not sure if the links to the Discussions area
of iBooks you are interested in, have similar questions or answers by others who'd visited previously.
Is there a website or PDF somewhere which discusses best practices for producing a children's picture book? I am mostly interested in requirements for good image format, resolution, etc.
In my reply to your earlier thread, prior to it being moved, those links to sections of iBooks Author, etc
are posted. You can also find them from the main Apple Support Communities page.
Sorry to not be of much help in this matter.
Good luck & happy computing!

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This is what I mean by the dotted lines not lining up evenly at the ends.
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta name="description" content="Common Wealth Web Solutions: Web Development, Graphic Design, Media Consultant, Community Engagement" />
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text
/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Common Wealth Web Solutions: Web Development, Graphic Design, Media Consultation, Community Engagement</title>
<link href="stylesMain.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />



<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#apDiv1 {
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    height:43px;
    z-index:1;
    left: 64px;
    top: 253px;
body {
    background-color: #FFF;
</style>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryAccordion_flexible.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
a:link {
    color: #00F;
</style>
<style type="text/css">
#menu {
width: 700px;
margin: 0 auto;
#menu ul {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
text-align:center;
list-style:none
#menu li{
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
display:inline;
margin-right: -2px;
#menu a {
background-color:#66F;
padding: 6px 15px;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
#menu a:hover {
background-color:#39C;
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3119473-5']);
_gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']);
_gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
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    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3119473-6']);
_gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']);
_gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>
<link href="CSSOnlyMenu4/css/menu4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
/* BeginOAWidget_Instance_2141545: #OAWidget */
#menu4 ul {
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
    font-size: 30px;
    letter-spacing: -3px;
    border-top:5px dotted #003399;
    border-bottom:5px dotted #003399;
    margin:20px;
#menu4 ul li a{
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    padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px;
    width: 170px;
#menu4 ul li a:hover span.title{
    color:#00adef;
#menu4 ul li a span.text{
    font-family: Georgia, serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    color:#c7e7f3;
/* EndOAWidget_Instance_2141545 */
</style>
<script type="text/xml">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper-body">
<div id="wrapper-1">
    <div id="branding">
      <h1>
      <div>
        <p><img src="images/lorentzpaintinglogo_cropped2.png" width="317" height="110" alt="Lorenz Painting Co." longdesc="http://www.lorenzpainting.com" /></p></div>
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        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
        <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
        
        <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
        
        
        <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="LorentzBanner.swf" width="700" height="250">
          
          <param name="quality" value="high" />
          <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
          <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
          <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
          
          <div>
            <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
            <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
            </div>
          </div>
          
        </object>
        
      </object>
      </h1>
<div>
<div id="menu4">
    <ul>
      <li><a href=""> <span class="title">Home</span> <span class="text">Why us?</span> </a> </li>
      <li><a href="">Services<span class="text">What we do</span> </a> </li>
      <li><a href=""> <span class="title">Testimonials</span> <span class="text">What they say</span> </a> </li>
      <li><a href=""> <span class="title">Contact</span> <span class="text">How to get in touch</span> </a> </li>
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</div>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
      <div></div>
    </div>
    <div id="wrapper-2">
      <div id="content-top" class="png"></div>
      <div id="wrapper-3">
        <div id="content-1">
          <div class="content-wrap">
            <p>Home</p>
            <p>Contact</p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="content-2">
          <div class="content-wrap">
stuff
<p> </p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div id="content-bottom"></div>
      </div>
      <div id="footer">
        <p><strong>Lorentz Painting Co., 2011</strong><strong></strong></p>
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    </div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID");
jQuery("#jQueryUIAccordion").accordion({
        event: "click",
        collapsible: false,
        autoHeight: true
</script>
</body>
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Be forewarned, there are a bunch of rules in here that don't apply to anything anymore, as it's from a recycled rules from another site I built. Sorry.
I will first put the CSS for the main style sheet, and I will put the CSS for the Horizontal Nav Bar in after.
CSS:
Main style sheet:
@charset "UTF-8";
body
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: #6B6B6B;
    background: #8D927C url(images/bg_body.jpg) repeat-x;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    min-width: 800px;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #000;
h2, h3, h4
    font-size: 16pt;
    font-weight: normal;
    margin: 15px 0 0 0;
#wrapper-3 p
    padding: 0;
    line-height: 1.35em;
    margin-top: 8px;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    margin-left: 0;
#wrapper-3 ul
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 8px 0;
    padding: 0;
#branding
    margin: 0 0 0 0;
@Generic anchor (link) styles
a:link, a:visited
    color: #4f4f3f;
a:hover, a:active
    color: #000000;
@Inline image styles
img.float-left
    float: left;
    margin: 0 6px 6px 0;
img.float-right
    float: right;
    margin: 0 0 6px 6px;
img.border
    background: #FFF;
    padding: 2px;
    border: 1px solid #999;
@Tab navbar styles
#hornav ul
    margin: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    line-height: normal;
    padding: 0;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 60px;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
#hornav ul li
    display: inline;
    margin: 0 2px 0 0;
    padding: 3px 0 3px 10px;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #hornav ul li a br {
    height: 400px;
#hornav ul li a
    text-decoration: none;
    margin: 0;
    background-repeat: inherit;
    background-position: center center;
    padding-top: 50%;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
#hornav ul li a:link, #hornav ul li a:visited
    color: #3e3f2f;
#hornav ul li a:hover, #hornav ul li a:active
    color: #000000;
@Secondary navigation styles
#navcontainer
    background: transparent url(images/bg_navlist-top.jpg) no-repeat top center;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 12px 0 0 0;
#navcontainer ul
    margin: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    line-height: normal;
    padding: 0 0 12px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
    background: transparent url(images/bg_navlist-bottom.jpg) no-repeat bottom center;
#navcontainer a
    display: block;
    padding: 3px 6px;
    width: 168px;
    margin: 0 10px;
    background-color: #c4bfac;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
#navcontainer a:link, #navlist a:visited
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
#navcontainer a:hover
    background-color: #90937e;
    color: #FFF;
@Masthead text styles
#branding
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
#branding h1
    color: #000;
    padding: 10px 0 0px 0;
    border-top: 4px solid #656e5d;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.3em;
    font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
    font-size: 28px;
    font-style: normal;
    line-height: normal;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-variant: normal;
    margin: 0;
@Layout styles
#wrapper-body
    background: transparent url(images/bg_wrapper-body.jpg) no-repeat top right;
    width: inherit;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
#wrapper-1
    width: auto;
    background: transparent url(images/bg_wrapper-1.jpg) no-repeat;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
#wrapper-2
    width: 45em;
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
#wrapper-3
    background: url(images/bg_wrapper-3.jpg) repeat-y;
    color: #333;
    text-align: left;
#content-top
    margin: 0;
    height: 1em;
    background: url(images/bg_content-top.jpg) no-repeat;
    font-size: 0;
    line-height: 0;
#content-1
    float: left;
    width: 12em;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    padding: 0;
    margin-top: 2em;
    margin-right: 2em;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0em;
#content-2
    float: left;
    width: 40em;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    margin-top: 2em;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0em;
#content-3
    float: left;
    width: 250px;
    font-size: 10pt;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
#content-4 {
    width: 190px;
    padding: 0px;
    line-height: 0px;
#content-bottom
    clear: both;
    height: 1em;
    background: url(images/bg_content-bottom.jpg) no-repeat;
    font-size: 0;
    line-height: 0;
.content-wrap
    margin: 0;
    padding-top: 0px;
    padding-right: 2em;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-left: 0px;
#footer p
    font-size: .75em;
    margin: 12px 0;
p.content-wrap {
    font-size: 9pt;
    color: #999;
@Blog post styles
.date
    float: left;
    height: 52px;
    width: 52px;
    background: url(images/date.png) no-repeat;
    margin-right: 10px;
    padding-top: 0px;
    line-height: normal;
.date .month
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    color: #FFF;
    font-size: 11px;
    padding-top: 4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
.date .day
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 5px;
    color: #222;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
.meta
    display: block;
    font-size: 11px;
    color: #666;
    clear: right;
.blog-entry
    clear: both;
    padding-top: 2px;
#searchform
    margin: 8px 0;
    padding: 0;
@Search form styles
#searchform fieldset
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
#searchform label
    color: #999;
    display: none;
#searchform input
    width: 160px;
    color: #222;
#searchform #submitquery
    display: none;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap p {
    line-height: 1.35em;
    text-align: justify;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-1 .content-wrap #Accordion1 .AccordionPanel.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelContent p {
    line-height: 1em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us #sprytextarea1 span .content-wrap {
    font-size: .5em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us #website {
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us #website {
    display: none;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us #website label {
    display: none;
#website {
    display: none;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us fieldset legend {
    font-size: 1.1em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us fieldset legend {
    font-size: 1.1em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us fieldset legend {
    font-size: 4em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us fieldset .AccordionPanelContent {
    font-size: 1em;
#wrapper-body #wrapper-1 #wrapper-2 #wrapper-3 #content-2 .content-wrap #Contact Us fieldset .AccordionPanelContent {
    font-size: 3em;
.fieldname {
    font-size: .9em;
CSS for Horizontal Nav Bar:
#menu4 {
    width: 829px;
    margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
#menu4 ul {
    list-style:none;
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 30px;
    letter-spacing: -3px;
    line-height: 1.2em;
    border-top:5px dotted #c7e7f3;
    border-bottom:5px dotted #c7e7f3;
    float:left;
    clear:both;
    margin:20px;
    text-align:center
#menu4 ul li{
    float:left;
#menu4 ul li a{
    display:block;
    text-decoration:none;
    padding:10px 10px 5px 10px;
    color:#66b8d8;
    width:170px;
#menu4 ul li a span{
    display:block;
#menu4 ul li a span.title{
#menu4 ul li a:hover span.title{
    color:#00adef;
#menu4 ul li a span.text{
    padding:0px 5px;
    font-family: Georgia, serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: normal;
    letter-spacing: normal;
    line-height: 1.6em;
    color:#c7e7f3;
    visibility:hidden;
#menu4 ul li a:hover span.text{
    visibility:visible;
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Ways to implement image resizing using plug-ins?

Hi Photoshop developers,
I'm a developer with a few Photoshop filter and selection plug-ins under my belt, and I have a good understanding of the SDK and tools and suites it provides. My next project is an algorithm for enlarging/resampling images to different pixel dimensions. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for or experience with the best combination of plug-in types to implement this.
Clearly, I can't just write it as a filter plug-in, since there is no way to change the image dimensions from within a filter.
I'd like the resized image to remain within Photoshop (as a new window or in the original one), so an export plug-in on its own is not sufficient.
Import plug-ins seem promising, since they allow the creation of a new document of the required size. However, as best I can tell from the Photoshop 6.0 SDK documentation, import plug-ins cannot access the image data from other open documents (or even the clipboard), nor do they provide any support for channel ports and the Channel Port suite.
My best idea at this stage is to create an export plug-in to provide the user interface and calculate the resized image, and then an import plug-in to import the resized image back into a new window. (I'm supposing a further automation plug-in would then be written to perform this export/import sequence.) The difficulty I see with this approach is how to communicate the resized image data between the two plug-ins. Since the resized image will potentially be very large, the ideal solution would be to store it in channels managed by the Channel Ports suite. However, I cannot see how the channel ports created in the export plug-in could be communicated to and used by an import plug-in. The alternative would be for the export plug-in to save the resized image to a temporary file on disk, however this seems unnecessary.
So, my questions, specifically, are:
a) Is it possible to create new channels using the Channel Ports suite (sPSChannelPorts->New()) in one plug-in, and have those channels persist to be used in another plug-in?
b) If so, how would the channel ports be communicated between the plug-ins?
c) Alternately, are there any alternative architectures available for implementing an image-resizing algorithm using the plug-in types that are available for Photoshop developers.
Any responses would be greatly appreciated; I know this is a low-traffic forum...
Thanks,
Matthew.

I would make an automation plug-in and a filter plug-in.<br /><br />1) Run the automation which runs your filter to gather current image <br />information<br />2) Create a temp file of the new document<br />3) Make a new document<br />4) Call the filter again to reload the temp data on disk<br /><br /><[email protected]> wrote in message <br />news:[email protected]...<br />> Hi Photoshop developers,<br />><br />> I'm a developer with a few Photoshop filter and selection plug-ins under <br />> my belt, and I have a good understanding of the SDK and tools and suites <br />> it provides. My next project is an algorithm for enlarging/resampling <br />> images to different pixel dimensions. I'm wondering if anyone has any <br />> suggestions for or experience with the best combination of plug-in types <br />> to implement this.<br />><br />> Clearly, I can't just write it as a filter plug-in, since there is no way <br />> to change the image dimensions from within a filter.<br />><br />> I'd like the resized image to remain within Photoshop (as a new window or <br />> in the original one), so an export plug-in on its own is not sufficient.<br />><br />> Import plug-ins seem promising, since they allow the creation of a new <br />> document of the required size. However, as best I can tell from the <br />> Photoshop 6.0 SDK documentation, import plug-ins cannot access the image <br />> data from other open documents (or even the clipboard), nor do they <br />> provide any support for channel ports and the Channel Port suite.<br />><br />> My best idea at this stage is to create an export plug-in to provide the <br />> user interface and calculate the resized image, and then an import plug-in <br />> to import the resized image back into a new window. (I'm supposing a <br />> further automation plug-in would then be written to perform this <br />> export/import sequence.) The difficulty I see with this approach is how to <br />> communicate the resized image data between the two plug-ins. Since the <br />> resized image will potentially be very large, the ideal solution would be <br />> to store it in channels managed by the Channel Ports suite. However, I <br />> cannot see how the channel ports created in the export plug-in could be <br />> communicated to and used by an import plug-in. The alternative would be <br />> for the export plug-in to save the resized image to a temporary file on <br />> disk, however this seems unnecessary.<br />><br />> So, my questions, specifically, are:<br />><br />> a) Is it possible to create new channels using the Channel Ports suite <br />> (sPSChannelPorts->New()) in one plug-in, and have those channels persist <br />> to be used in another plug-in?<br />><br />> b) If so, how would the channel ports be communicated between the <br />> plug-ins?<br />><br />> c) Alternately, are there any alternative architectures available for <br />> implementing an image-resizing algorithm using the plug-in types that are <br />> available for Photoshop developers.<br />><br />> Any responses would be greatly appreciated; I know this is a low-traffic <br />> forum...<br />><br />> Thanks,<br />> Matthew.

LR3-Library-Export-Image Resizing: Specifying Pixel WxH results in different WxH - tips please?

This is a multi-dimensional question (he he). I understand my problem is related to the original/developed WxH ratio. If the pixel WxH I spec in Export-Image Resizing doesn't match that developed proportion, the results are not what I want. In other words LR3 keeps the original/developed proportion and not what I want for that export. Ok, so I just answered my own question - but..... please give me some library or export tips for doing what I want to do.
What I do:
1 - I edit my images in RAW and like to keep them in their original proportions from my Canon camera as that is the proportion of HxW i use the most
2 - Later, if the image is really good (at least I like it), I may export it for different purposes and then may choose or require a different proportion.
3 - I would really like to not have to re-crop in Develop, then go back and Export, then go back to Develop and change it back to original.
Besides being tedious and time consuming, can anyone recommend a better way for me to do these "one off" exports (seems to happen more often lately) without screwing around in Develop and messing up my original work?
Background:
One of the reasons I do this is to create wallpapers for computers, for various printing/framing proportions, and then for web site situations. Windows XP (and I think the others) gets really slow if the program must re-size an image for wallpaper (why? go ask Mr. Gates... better get in line). So to keep performance high, it is best to create the image in the exact pixel dimensions of the monitor. This is always some weird number and not like anything else I do this for. The other reason is for a quick, custom print job for someone who wants an odd matting setup for framing (don't ask). This results in odd proportions. Regarding the web.... well smooshing a pic into a column etc. etc... Now while I am proud of my art and understand LR3 will expect me to re-crop to preserve my artistic brilliance, but really..... I would be happy with a proportional crop from the parallel sides of the offending dimension.
Also, when I spec a dimension, shouldn't the DPI gray out? What am not understanding here?
One last request: please give me tips on solving for world peace... this one really bugs me.
Thanx in advance!

Bruce,
As you correctly noticed, the WxH ratio in export represents a canvas, into which the exported image is fit. Here are some illustrations on what the different settings mean:
For what you are trying to achieve, you have to crop the image to the correct dimensions before doing the export. If I had to do it, I would create virtual copies of the original image as the last step and give each virtual copy its own crop, then export the virtual copies.
Bruce in Philly wrote:
Also, when I spec a dimension, shouldn't the DPI gray out? What am not understanding here?
The DPI resolution has no meaning for the size of the resulting image if you specify pixels in your export dimensions. But the resolution tag is written into the image, which might affect the way an image is printed, depending on the printing application.
But if you specify your export dimensions in inches or cm, the resolution together with the dimensions in inch/cm determine the size of the resulting image in pixels. I.e. if you specify 5x7" and 300DPI, your exported images size will be 1500x2100 pixels.
Beat

Set image link to a file which not yet exists

Hi to all,
I'm working with InDesignCS2 on Mac and Windows.
Is it possible to set an image link to a file which does not exists yet.
I have document with some JPG files in low resolution.
Later, if the document layout is finished, I want to
change the image links of the document to corresponding PSD files.
E.g.
The document is layouted with the imges image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg.
Now a want to change the links to corresponding PSD files image1.psd, image2.psd, image3.psd.
BUT: the PSD file do no exist on the current working place.
The images image1.psd, image2.psd, image3.psd exist on a destination working place.
The document with the missing PSD links will be copied to the destination working place,
in the some folder where the PSD file are placed.
If I open the document on the destination working place the links set on the first
working place should be satisfied now.
Now it should be possible to print the document with the hires PSD images.
My question:
How can I set a link to an image which does not exist yet?
The name, the path and the format are known.
Please let me know, if you have an idea how to do that.
Thanks.

I might be proven wrong but I don't think you can link to a picture file that's missing.
That would be an interesting feature actually - but probably too smart.
What you could do instead is to use a dummy picture file to be replaced later in your production workflow.
Something I did a long time ago was to create a text frame with the full path written in there.
Then I was making a snapshot of this text frame.
Then I was replacing the text frame by a picture frame - same size, position, etc.
Then I was placing the snapshot within this picture frame...
At the end I had a link to a temporary picture file that was displaying its full path to the layout artist - providing a valid link to a real picture, to be switched to the real one later in my customer production workflow.
This is a classical case actually - and I'm sure there is dozens of solutions implemented out there . . .
HTH
Best regards
Patrick Perroud

Images as Buttons and Image Resizing in mxml

Sorry for all the questions but I've run into a problem when trying to create buttons that are just an image in mxml. When I first tried this I couldn't find a way to get the border around the button to dissapear so it ended up looking like my image had an extra black border around it. Then someone here suggested I just set the buttonMode property of an mx:Image to true which ended up working fine to a point. The problem I'm having is that even if I make the tabEnabled property of the image (that I'm using as a button) true, I can't tab over to it. Is there a way to either get rid of the black borders of a button or to make it so I can tab over to an image I'm using as a button?
My second question has to do with image resizing. Lets say I have an image of a horizontal line that I want to put at the top of the mxml page, and I want it to extend the full length of the page, even after the user has resized the browser. Is there a way to do that? I've tried putting the width as 100% or giving the image a "left" and "right" value so that presumably it would be stretched to fit within those but nothing has worked so far. Is there no way to do this or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you for any help you guys can give.

Of course, sorry about that. So the following is a barebones example of how I currently implement buttons and images as buttons:
<mx:Button id="facebookButton" icon="@Embed(source='image.png')" width="30"/>
<mx:Image buttonMode="true" id="button" source="anotherimage.png" enabled="true" click="{foo()}"/>
And within the image I've tried making the tabFocusEnabled property true but to no avail.
The following is how I've tried stretching out an image across the whole page:
<mx:Image source="yetanotherimage.png" width="100%" scaleContent="true"/>
<mx:Image source="yetanotherimage.png" left="10" right="10" scaleContent="true"/>
Is this more helpful?

How to load images from css file in JavaFX 8

I have this css file which loads images in JavaFX 8 application:
#pill-left {
    -fx-padding: 5;
     -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/left-btn.png");
    -fx-border-image-slice: 4 4 4 4 fill;
    -fx-border-image-width: 4 4 4 4;
    -fx-border-image-insets: 0;
    -fx-border-image-repeat: stretch;
     -fx-background-color: null !important;
#pill-left:selected { -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/left-btn-selected.png"); }
#pill-left .label {
    -fx-text-fill: #d3d3d3;
    -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , rgba(0,0,0,0.75) , 0, 0.0 , 0 , -1 );
#pill-left:selected .label {
    /* -fx-text-fill: black; */
    -fx-text-fill: white;
    -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , white , 0, 0.0 , 0 , 1 );
#pill-center {
    -fx-padding: 5;
     -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/center-btn.png");
    -fx-border-image-slice: 4 4 4 4 fill;
    -fx-border-image-width: 4 4 4 4;
    -fx-border-image-insets: 0;
    -fx-border-image-repeat: stretch;
     -fx-background-color: null !important;
#pill-center:selected { -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/center-btn-selected.png"); }
#pill-center .label {
    -fx-text-fill: #d3d3d3;
     -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , rgba(0,0,0,0.75) , 0, 0.0 , 0 , -1 );
#pill-center:selected .label {
    -fx-text-fill: black;
    -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , white , 0, 0.0 , 0 , 1 );
#pill-right {
    -fx-padding: 5;
    -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/right-btn.png");
    -fx-border-image-slice: 4 4 4 4 fill;
    -fx-border-image-width: 4 4 4 4;
    -fx-border-image-insets: 0;
     -fx-border-image-repeat: stretch;
    -fx-background-color: null !important;
#pill-right:selected { -fx-border-image-source: url("/com/dx57dc/images/right-btn-selected.png"); }
#pill-right .label {
     -fx-text-fill: #d3d3d3;
    -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , rgba(0,0,0,0.75) , 0, 0.0 , 0 , -1 );
#pill-right:selected .label {
    -fx-text-fill: black;
    -fx-effect: dropshadow( one-pass-box , white , 0, 0.0 , 0 , 1 );
The images are located at the Java package com.dx57dc.images
In Java 7_25 this code works as expected but in JavaFX 8 b99 I get this error:
ava.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGRegion.renderContent(NGRegion.java:1129)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.doRender(NGNode.java:1598)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.render(NGNode.java:1520)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGGroup.renderChildren(NGGroup.java:233)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGGroup.renderContent(NGGroup.java:199)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGRegion.renderContent(NGRegion.java:1249)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.doRender(NGNode.java:1598)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.render(NGNode.java:1520)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGGroup.renderChildren(NGGroup.java:233)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGGroup.renderContent(NGGroup.java:199)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGRegion.renderContent(NGRegion.java:1249)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.doRender(NGNode.java:1598)
at com.sun.javafx.sg.prism.NGNode.render(NGNode.java:1520)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.ViewPainter.doPaint(ViewPainter.java:99)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.AbstractPainter.paintImpl(AbstractPainter.java:210)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.PresentingPainter.run(PresentingPainter.java:95)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:304)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.RenderJob.run(RenderJob.java:58)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.run(QuantumRenderer.java:129)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
D3D Vram Pool: 13,331,480 used (5.0%), 13,331,480 managed (5.0%), 268,435,456 total
20 total resources being managed
4 permanent resources (20.0%)
1 resources locked (5.0%)
7 resources contain interesting data (35.0%)
0 resources disappeared (0.0%)
D3D Vram Pool: 13,331,480 used (5.0%), 13,331,480 managed (5.0%), 268,435,456 total
20 total resources being managed
4 permanent resources (20.0%)
1 resources locked (5.0%)
7 resources contain interesting data (35.0%)
0 resources disappeared (0.0%)
D3D Vram Pool: 13,331,480 used (5.0%), 13,331,480 managed (5.0%), 268,435,456 total
20 total resources being managed
4 permanent resources (20.0%)
1 resources locked (5.0%)
7 resources contain interesting data (35.0%)
0 resources disappeared (0.0%)
What is the proper way to load images from css in Java 8?
Ref
How to load images from css file in JavaFX 8 - Stack Overflow

There is nothing special to do - you execute the statement from your program just like any other SQL statement. The only thing to be aware of are the privilege/permission issues:
When loading from a file on a client computer:
READ CLIENT FILE privilege is also required for the database user.
Read privileges are required on the directory being read from.
The allow_read_client_file database option must be enabled.
The read_client_file secure feature must be enabled.
Revoking these privileges is also the only way you can prevent a user from executing the statement.

Image resizing in Smartforms?? or ADOBE

Hello All,
I am working on creating a smartform. It includes displaying images in the output. There could be different
smartforms displaying the same image but with different sizes.
I know of the solution to resize the image using picture editor and upload using SE78, which is then accessed in the smartform. But I want to avoid multiple sizes of same images in the MIME repository.
Is there a possibility of image resizing in the smartform ? If yes, then how ? I have tried changing the DPI in General attributes of the graphic node in smartform but it does not resize the image.
If not, then is it possible in ADOBE forms ?
Regards,
Subodh S.Rao

Hi Subuodh,
Please refer to the gabriels answer in the below link.
http://scn.sap.com/thread/506094
Other Ways of doing.
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/SE78+And+OAER+bmp+Image+Creating
Hope it will help.
Regards,
Amit

PSE newbie frustrated, please help with image resizing

Hi!
Tutorials aren't helping me, nor is trial and error. I just want to resize some photos I downloaded to my computer, then upload them to a website to use as my avatar or signature. There are specific pixel dimensions I must adhere to. I want to keep the photo in it's entirety, but when I resize it, it distorts a bit, looks fuzzy...
I can't figure out what the heck I am doing wrong. Some pictures turn out just fine and others look really bad. I know it can be done because I've seen the same pictures I'm trying to size, being used for the same thing I want to use them for, but theirs are clear, absolutely no distortion whatsoever. The pixel dimensions I have to work with are either 100x100, or 450 pixels wide by 90 pixels high.
I hope this made sense, I'm not sure how else to word it. Please forgive my ignorance, I've really been trying.
Thank-you
B

For an avatar it’s possibly best to crop to begin with so you get a true square.
Open the image and select the crop tool and change the aspect ratio to 1 x 1 or 5 x 5 then drag out a square and move the image around inside it or drag the bounding box borders until you have it looking as you want. Then click the green check mark.
On the top menu click Image > Resize > Image Size and in either the height or width box type 100 px (you only need to type the dimension once the other box will change to 100 automatically. Make sure you have the bottom three boxes checked:
Scale Styles
Constrain Proportions
Resample Image
With all three checked set the bottom dropdown to Bicubic and then hit OK.
If you want to apply some sharpening select Enhance on the top menu and choose Unsharp Mask.
Make sure the Radius is no more than 1.5 and use the amount slider to get the image looking as you want it then save.

How reference images in css

Hi Everybody,
how can i reference images in css of a JspDynPage? Until now i used the following piece of code which only works if i put the css inside my jsp file. What could be the reason? When i put the css part in a seperate file the images are not referenced.
index.jsp:
<%     String mimeUrl = componentRequest.getWebResourcePath(); %>
<link rel="stylesheet" href='<%=mimeUrl+"/css/myStyle.css"%>' type="text/css" />
<ul class="glossymenu">
     <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/"><b>CSS</b></a></li>
     <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/"><b>Forums</b></a></li>
</ul>
myStyle.css:
<style>
.glossymenu{
     position: relative;
     padding: 0 0 0 34px;
     margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
     background: url(<%=mimeUrl%>/images/menub_bg.gif) repeat-x;
     height: 46px;
     list-style: none;
</style>
regards,
Seed
Edited by: seed_mopo on Aug 18, 2008 10:42 AM

Hi,
the jsp code in your css file is never executed by the server. This line of code in your css file will remain the same (check by accessing the css file via your browser):
url(<%=mimeUrl%>/images/menub_bg.gif)
your options are:
- add the full path in your css file (add the <%=mimeUrl%>/images/menub_bg.gif as a temporary printout to your jsp and view the full path)
- put this section or all of the css definition locally in your jsp file
- create a jsp file with all the css definitions that is included as a jsp file
JSP code will only execute within jsp pages which are rendered by the application server. Any code added to external files such as js or css files will not render.
Cheers,
Dion

Centering Images using CSS but having links on the Images

Hi all,
I have a problem on centering an image using CSS. I read on many forums that you have to use margin-left , margin-right and set to auto. and also set the display:block which I had done.
The problem is if I want to have a link from the image. Because I have set the display to block, the link will span the entire container containing it! How do I resolve that? I only want the image to be linkable and not the entire container!
Thanks for reading!

Murray *ACP* wrote:
Because I have set the display to block, the link will span the entire container containing it!
That's incorrect. If the display:block is applied to only the IMAGE, the anchor tag will be exactly the same dimensions as the image and will not fill the container.
Hi Murray,
Weirdly it does in my experiments. (code below). Even if I set the 'a' tag to the width of the image it still makes the whole <div> container clickable:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
#imgWrapper {
    width: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    border: 1px solid #000;
#imgWrapper img {
    margin: 0 auto;
    display: block;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="imgWrapper">
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk"><img src="slice_2.jpg" width="595" height="130" /></a></div>
</body>
</html>

Photshop CS6 image resizing tool.

Five time I have entered a support question but it does not seem to appear in the lists nor have I had a response, am I entering my request incorrectly?
My request is:
I have a PC using Windows 7. I have Photoshop CS6 which I have been using for some time. Very recently the image, image size tool has stopped working. I open the drop down window and the current size of my image is displayed. I then try and type the required changed size in the box but the box does not accept it. The size remains the same. I have un-installed and re-installed CS6 and put in all the latest updates. The first image I tried, it allowed me to change the size. The second image the resize tool would not allow any changes. We were back to where we started. Elsewhere on the support FAQs it was suggested such problems might be cured by deleting \adobe photo cs6 prefs.psp file. This I have done but still I cannot resize my images.
Please can someone help me??

If Photoshop has been working well for you then start acting strange the first thing that should come to you mind is your Photoshop preferences. Your Photoshop preferences are Photoshop setting made for your user ID for how you want Photoshop to behave. Each user ID has there own set of Preference files. These are not installed or removed when you Install or uninstall Photoshop. So if you un-install and re-install Photoshop your Photoshop preferences remain intact. If the Problem you are having is caused by a corrupt Photoshop preference file. You will still have that same problem. Did you try resetting your Photoshop preferences?
Though the Image size dialog is simple many users do not really understand everything about image resizing. Using a quick look at the image we see three section Top, Middle and bottom..
Top section is basicly image file size how many pixels are there in the image.
Middle Image Print Size.
Bottom Image Resize Image Controls.
To understand Image Resize you must start from the bottom. In the bottom control section Resample Image is the single control that governs the whole resizing process. When "Resample Image" is NOT checked all other controls have no roll in the resize process they are grayed out as is the top file size section. The file size will not change the pixel will not change. Note all that is grayed out in the above image. All that can be change is the print size. The middle section and all three sizes there are tied together as shown by the lines and link icon. Change one size there and Photoshop will calculate the other two and display the proper values. All thee setting in the center are sizes associated with length. Width number uints, Height number uints. and Resolution number Pixel/unit. Resolution therefore is pixels size and pixels have an aspect ratio. Most image pixel these days are square 1:1 aspect ratio. Photoshop support non square pixels but can only display image using square pixels display have.
So when Resample is not checked. The image has a Width with a fixed number Pixel, a Height with a fixed number Pixels and Pixel aspect ratio. Setting any one print dimension will also set the other two dimensions.
When resample is check the other controls in the bottom section become useable and so does the top file section. Normally you should check Constraint Proportions link Width and Height so your image will not distort during the resize. When you resample an image you wind up with an entirely new image with a different number of pixels. Some image quality has been lost for you either through way some details you had or created some details you did not have. The image quality will depend on the quality of the pixels you had and how well the interpolation method used worker with those pixels. IMO Adobe Bicubic Automatic is not a good general purpose method to it tend to add many artifacts to image that have been sharpened.
In newer version of Photoshop CC and CC 2014 Adobe has redesigned the Image Size dialog adding a preview image display. Made the dimension link icon the constrain proportion control when resample is checked. Also hid the scale style option under a gear icon in the upper right corner.

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