[Zope] Zope & Gimp & Win32

[Anders Schneiderman]

>>> "Joseph Griffin" <jgriffin@pclnet.net> 10/09/02 03:49PM >>>

>Well if you wanted easy, how about creating a library of images with Gimp =
and=20
>use CSS for variations in appearance on the web page? Joseph

I wish.  No, to do what we want, we'll need images.

Thanks,
Anders

On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:34:29 -0400, Anders Schneiderman wrote
> Joseph,
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> At this point, I'm most interested in creating buttons, banners, and=20
> other graphic elements for some web-creating tools we're developing.=20
>  From what I can see from the documentation for PIL and DevIL, it's=20
> possible to do some of this, but they don't seem to have the scope of=20
> features that the world of Gimp/Photoshop/Paint Shop Pro offer.  =20
>=20
> I could be wrong, though.  If anyone has examples on their website of=20
> using PIL or DevIL for sophisticated web graphic work that involves=20
> creating new images, I'd love to check it out.  For ex, the simplest=20
> thing I want to do is to let a user type in text & choose between=20
> several colors and styles and then generate a bunch of buttons, which=20
> might be bevelled, plus a page banner graphic.  Can I do this in PIL=20
> w/o driving myself nuts?  If so, do you have any exs of what the code=20
> to do so looks like?  I've seen posts where someone claimed that you=20
> can do this in PIL but I've never seen any examples & didn't see a=20
> relatively painless way to do it explained in the (very brief) documentat=
ion.
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> Thanks,
> Anders
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> >>> "Joseph Griffin" <jgriffin@pclnet.net> 10/09/02 02:21PM >>>
> Anders,
> Is there a specific reason that you're using Gimp? PIL and DevIL are=20
> two other libs that I have ran across for dynamic image generation=20
> (and PyOpenGL of course). Sounds neat. Joseph
> On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:16:46 -0400, Anders Schneiderman wrote
> > I'm trying to create a product that will dynamically create pictures=20=

> > by calling Gimp from Zope.  Eventually the code will run on a Linux=20
> > server, but for now I'm on a Windows box.   Has anyone ever done =
this?=20
> >  If so, any pointers on how to go about calling Gimp from a Zope =
product?
> >=20
> > Thanks,
> > Anders Schneiderman
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