Same problem here, the image api is very poor.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:25 PM, John Patterson <[email protected]>wrote: > > On 5 Apr 2010, at 18:39, Jim wrote: > > Hi there, >> >> First a bit of background: >> I'm building an app that maintains a number of images. Once the images >> are uploaded I use the images service to scale the images down so I >> can present my users with a thumbnail later. >> >> The problem is that the image quality after scaling is quite bad since >> the edges of artifacts in the images are not at all anti aliased. This >> is a problem because I didn't put a lot of effort into creating nice >> looking images just for them to look bad in their scaled down version. >> Sure I could upload thumbnails as well, but I'll have a fairly large >> volume of images so this isn't an ideal situation. >> >> I can't see a way to apply anti-aliasing or manipulate the image >> quality anywhere in the Images API and since the java 2d API isn't on >> the App Engine white-list I couldn't figure out a way to do this. >> >> So, I ask you, Dear App Engine community: Has anyone figured out how >> to do this (other than uploading a separate thumbnail). Does anyone >> know if the App Engine Java API will ever offer this sort of >> functionality? >> > > Most image editing software reduces photos by first doing a bur and then a > scale. I wonder if you could somehow simulate a blur by composing the same > image on itself several times a few pixels off with varying transparency > before reducing? Might use a lot of CPU though. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine-java%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- NM (Nicolás Meléndez) Java Software Developer A) Google App Engine works: 1) http://www.clasificad.com.ar - Local free classifieds for housing, sale, services, local community, curses,jobs, and events - GAE/J + Wicket + YUI 2) http://www.chessk.com - Massive multiplayer chess online - GAE/J + Applets + Wicket B) Linkedin: http://ar.linkedin.com/in/nicolasmelendez -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
