I've been using ImageMagick pretty much since 1997, I'm probably biased
or ignorant of other tools that are probably available to people these
days . But, ImageMagick still works wonderfully for me, so.. yes it's
the best .

Børge Holen wrote:
> On Saturday 08 September 2007 13:59, Vidyut Luther wrote:
>
>> Børge Holen wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday 08 September 2007 12:48, Tony Di Croce wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to convert (resize, and store as blob's in a mysql db)
>>>>
>>> oh oh oh... NO we can slap the horse again ;D
>>>
>>>
>>>> images my
>>>> users can upload. I'm wondering what the best conversion tool is... I'm
>>>> considering ImageMagick... Is this the best?
>>>>
>>> consider using something you know for starters, then expand?
>>> as for the question itself, yes is it the best?
>>> anyone?
>>>
>> Best is subjective, does it work the best? IMO yes, it's the best tool,
>> but keep in mind, this makes your script less portable, not all hosts
>> will allow you to run the 'convert' binary, nor will all installations
>> have it readily available (Windows doesn't come with ImageMagick by
>> default). It works the best for the applications I've written so far,
>> but the PHP gd functions are just as powerful and probably more
>> portable.. so without knowing all your requirements, it's hard to give a
>> definitive answer .
>>
>
> as I run my own host... I solely asking for the quality.
> pnmscale and cjpeg is the tools currently in use.
>
>
>>>> Is their anything that is integrated with PHP itself?
>>>>
>>>> td
>>>>
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