ImageMagick will do this as well. http://www.imagemagick.org/
Not sure it's applicable for you, but I remember one of the new features in Fireworks MX being database connectivity for pulling image text out of a database... -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, June 16, 2003, 11:12:18 AM, you wrote: JB> Sorry for the off topic post but y'all know just about everything under JB> the sun and I'm scared I'll have to do this work by hand: JB> I need to take a single image (jpg or gif - doesn't matter) and overlay JB> text onto it - 650 or more times. The data for the text will come from JB> a SQL server DB (or any DB, text file, spreadsheet - I don't care). JB> It's a one time process per image - not a dynamic update, and I'll need JB> to save a copy of each image for later distribution. JB> So, feed in a blank image (has graphics, no text overlay), spit out 650 JB> copies with different text copy, using any reasonable datasource. It JB> needs to allow specific text formatting (nothing more than font face, JB> size, color) with absolute positioning. JB> I don't really want to have to type in and position the differing text JB> 650 times!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4