For me it's all about image quality. Image Flare produces a much cleaner, sharper image. Any of the Image CFCs use the base image class supplied by Java and it's algorithm for producing jpgs, well... frankly it sucks. In my experience, I find that the Java based tools leave a sharper image but often leaves a lot of artifacts and garbage on the images.
I ran some samples in both today and you can see them on my site... http://www.RotherFamily.net/compare/ In all fairness to the Java apps... I do use them on my own site... I have'nt wanted to spend the cash on image flare... I just use it at work. =] -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271205 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
