Could you use a recursive routine to process, say, 25 images, have a delay, then run the routine again on images that were not processed the first or preceding runs, allowing the server a chance to "recover" from each run until all images are processed?
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 4:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF Image question... > > I had thought about that but I figured the overhead was gunna be too much > even though its all > done on my ded box. > > If you are going to do just a few or one at a time then this would work but > in my case there > would be between 80-300 at a time which would be a killer. > > thanks tho! > > > > > > > The thing I wish it would do is add a permanent watermark on > > uploaded images instead of only on temp png while being shown. > > > > You can do this: > > > > 1. Read in original image > > 2. Read in watermark image (transparent GIF) > > 3. Set transparency of watermark image to 20-30% > > Either: > > 4. Mathematically locate position of watermark > > OR > > 4. Resize watermark image to size of original (in memory) > > THEN > > 5. Overlay watermark image on original image > > FINALLY > > 6. Rewrite original image to drive. > > > > This is something that can take the server some time to do - I would > > suggest using asynchronous processing or scheduled task to handle > > this. > > > Hatton > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295348 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4