Re: Watermarking with GD, but a bit different....

Message-ID: <4t0fr4F11g1p2U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Danny Boy
contained the following:


I know nothing about php, but a great deal of html and CSS. I usually
hire php developers when I need one, but I want to have a basic
understanding of the possibilities, problems and the amount of work
involved.

Umm, you suspect your developer is ripping you off? <grin>

User select one color image from one directory, i.e. some artwork. He
then selects the frame he like to have the artwork in. All various
frames are also color images, but with a white canvas. When he clicks
"OK", the two images should merge so that the artwork shows inside the
frame.

Doing it with a merge is pretty easy, but can be a bit server intensive.
The best option is to save the merge once done. That way, if the same
parameters are requested by someone else, the image is already made.
Alternatively, for something like a frame you may be able to get away
with dynamically generated divs. See
http://www.walkingoutdoors.co.uk/Geoff/gallery/index.php for an example.

Code for the above is here
http://www.walkingoutdoors.co.uk/Geoff/gallery/gallery.zip

If I may add to the wish list, the script should also be able to
memorize both the id of the artwork and the frame to use e.g. when
returning to the URL later, or for input into a shopping cart where the
two parameters should be defined.

Easy. Just save it as a SESSION variable.

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