[nyphp-talk] Identifying lines/boxes in a scanned document

2010-12-02 Thread Damion Hankejh
Greetings -- I have a task that requires isolating sections of a scanned document (think "tax forms") surrounded (boxed) by lines. Any suggestions on a PHP/GD or IM plan of attack before I spin a new wheel? --- Damion Hankejh | ingk.com ___ New York PHP

Re: [nyphp-talk] Autodetecting a Portion of an Image for a Thumbnail

2010-12-02 Thread Randal Rust
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Rob Marscher wrote: > there's an imagemagick example for using the "gravity" That looks to be exactly what I was looking for. > So I guess, you could automatically do it for the person, and then give them > the option to change it and specify their own thumbna

Re: [nyphp-talk] Autodetecting a Portion of an Image for a Thumbnail

2010-12-02 Thread Rob Marscher
On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Randal Rust wrote: > I have seen at least 2 apps, one being > WordPress, that automatically generate a square thumbnail for an image > from an area on the image that doesn't start with coordinates at the > top left of the original image. How does it do that? I'm not s

Re: [nyphp-talk] Autodetecting a Portion of an Image for a Thumbnail

2010-12-02 Thread Randal Rust
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Chuck Reeves wrote: > I worked an a company that did a lot of image processing.  Here are some > things you need to be aware of going into this: All good points, Chuck, but let me back up a little. Maybe the face example wasn't a good one. I have seen at least 2

Re: [nyphp-talk] Autodetecting a Portion of an Image for a Thumbnail

2010-12-02 Thread Chuck Reeves
I worked an a company that did a lot of image processing. Here are some things you need to be aware of going into this: - More the one person in the picture - The image can be rotated 90 or 180 degrees - Mosaic of Faces that create a master face: http://www.funny-games.biz/images/pictures/846-bus

[nyphp-talk] Autodetecting a Portion of an Image for a Thumbnail

2010-12-02 Thread Randal Rust
I am writing an thumbnail generation script and I'm looking high and low to find out if there is a way to detect an area of an image to use as a default thumbnail. For example, if I upload a portrait of Robert E. Lee the script will automatically detect the area around his head for the thumbnail.

Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP, Mobile, Pads, Readers, Other Programming Languages

2010-12-02 Thread Rob Marscher
On Dec 2, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Peter Sawczynec wrote: > I'm just making a general call for you to share any info/war story/opinion > regarding any tools/IDEs/projects/classes/functions involving/not involving > PHP or how you have used server-side PHP-based technology in any combination > with othe

Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP, Mobile, Pads, Readers, Other Programming Languages

2010-12-02 Thread Chris Snyder
2010/12/2 Peter Sawczynec : > I'm just making a general call for you to share any info/war story/opinion > regarding any tools/IDEs/projects/classes/functions involving/not involving > PHP or how you have used server-side PHP-based technology in any combination > with others tools/languages to cre

[nyphp-talk] PHP, Mobile, Pads, Readers, Other Programming Languages

2010-12-02 Thread Peter Sawczynec
Mobile sites/mobile content with geolocation is in great demand. I'm just making a general call for you to share any info/war story/opinion regarding any tools/IDEs/projects/classes/functions involving/not involving PHP or how you have used server-side PHP-based technology in any combination w