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pmj7
24th of May 2002 (Fri), 14:41
I'm trying to make the ultimate applet for galleries.

At present, it allows you and your visitors to adjust gamma, brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. You can rotate, mirror, flip and adjust the image horizontally and vertically. It can discourage theft thru posterization and pixel noise (freq 1,6 and 7 work nicely). It allows you to specify a low-res version of your image for faster loading, and feedback is always provided while loading images. Keyhole zoom allows a visitor to quickly take a closer look at images. If your digital cameras provides EXIF details (exposure, F-stop, date, etc), you can see these by clicking on the 'i' button. If you use an application to insert IPTC details (location, subject, keywords, etc) like PhotoShop, you can see this information as well in the 'i' button's info window. You can extend it's functionality using JavaScript, which is shown in some of the demo galleries. For example, buttons to adjust an image's gamma for optimal viewing on a given platform (Mac or Windows).

It's easy to add: just download the .JAR file, place it in your main directory and replace the statement:



with:






Touchup http://members.shaw.ca/jonespm2/software.htm

I'd appreciate hearing about:

1. What do you like?
2. What don't you like?
3. What additional features should it have?

The next version will have automatic orientation to properly align images that are taken sideways. If the EXIF orientation field indicates that the image was taken sideways (for example), this feature (default is off) will automatically rotate and flip/mirror the image as necessary.

Thanks!

Peter