Watermarking --> PNG-24 Support

c4actbe

Joined: 2004-09-01
Posts: 83

Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 07:44

i was experimenting with watermarks trying to find the ballance between explorer's unability to display png24 and my unability to design good looking watermark using 256 colors.
I found this article, which provides solution for correction of this problem on explorer using ting php

here it is
It seems pretty easy - only few lines of code need 2 b inserted.

Any advices where they should go?
thanks

edit by valiant: fixed the link

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 16:12

if you're talking about watermarking then IE's png support isn't relevant.. the watermark will be applied to your image (jpg, presumably) on the server side and a new image (jpg) is sent to the browser.. if the graphics toolkit used to apply the watermark handles the png correctly then you're ok.
(oh, i guess there is the watermark admin screen where it shows the watermark image by itself... i suppose you could apply this technique there)

lvthunder

Joined: 2003-09-12
Posts: 808

Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 21:15

This would be good people who want to have a semi transparent background for specific Gallery divs like the title or the sidebar. Mindless is right though it wouldn't help with the watermark module though. Oh what a pain IE can be at times.

c4actbe

Joined: 2004-09-01
Posts: 83

Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 23:35

oh, stupid me... when i uploaded png24 watermark and saw that it doesn't look good (by itself) in IE, i didn't even try to apply it to any images assuming that it will look bad too. i was wrong.
well, then the only thing about watermarking i am looking for would be some global switch - "watermark all images automoatically upon upload".
Is something like this doable?

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Wed, 2005-03-30 04:31

Sure. Please file a feature request.

c4actbe

Joined: 2004-09-01
Posts: 83

Posted: Thu, 2005-03-31 14:11

done

c4actbe Joined: 2004-09-01 Posts: 83	Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 07:44
	i was experimenting with watermarks trying to find the ballance between explorer's unability to display png24 and my unability to design good looking watermark using 256 colors. I found this article, which provides solution for correction of this problem on explorer using ting php here it is It seems pretty easy - only few lines of code need 2 b inserted. Any advices where they should go? thanks edit by valiant: fixed the link
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mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 16:12
	if you're talking about watermarking then IE's png support isn't relevant.. the watermark will be applied to your image (jpg, presumably) on the server side and a new image (jpg) is sent to the browser.. if the graphics toolkit used to apply the watermark handles the png correctly then you're ok. (oh, i guess there is the watermark admin screen where it shows the watermark image by itself... i suppose you could apply this technique there)

lvthunder Joined: 2003-09-12 Posts: 808	Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 21:15
	This would be good people who want to have a semi transparent background for specific Gallery divs like the title or the sidebar. Mindless is right though it wouldn't help with the watermark module though. Oh what a pain IE can be at times.

c4actbe Joined: 2004-09-01 Posts: 83	Posted: Mon, 2005-03-28 23:35
	oh, stupid me... when i uploaded png24 watermark and saw that it doesn't look good (by itself) in IE, i didn't even try to apply it to any images assuming that it will look bad too. i was wrong. well, then the only thing about watermarking i am looking for would be some global switch - "watermark all images automoatically upon upload". Is something like this doable?

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Wed, 2005-03-30 04:31
	Sure. Please file a feature request.

c4actbe Joined: 2004-09-01 Posts: 83	Posted: Thu, 2005-03-31 14:11
	done

Watermarking --> PNG-24 Support

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