Cropping and resizing options for clients

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Hi all,

Can I ask how you recommend clients crop and resize images on the sites you build for them?
We're all experienced here on matters such as this and understand pixels and resolution but it's easy to forget that the average punter has never had to think about these things.
They upload huge images to places like Facebook (which must scale them down on the fly) but can't understand why uploading a 15MP file from their camera to their site bursts their layouts.
How do you recommend clients edit and save images in as simple a way as possible?
Thanks for any advice.
D.

 
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
My Front End File Uploader will resize images before saving them, so while it cant always protect a user from uploading a monster 15MP image and suffering the associated upload time, it will prevent such monster file from clogging up the hard drive.

For an easy fileset management solution, Front End Fileset Tools integrates with Front End File Uploader to provide user friendly management of a fileset, files and file attributes within that set.

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/front-end-file-uploader...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/front-end-fileset-tools...
DanK replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks John, I'll look into that.

Can anyone else share how they deal with helping clients to crop and resize images?
ld13 replied on at Permalink Reply
ld13
This is a great question. I would love to hear others comment on this issue. I am pretty sure we all have been there with clients.
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
Added to the marketplace a few days ago:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/responsive-image/...
ld13 replied on at Permalink Reply
ld13
Thank you John, As a matter of fact I was reading your Front End File Uploader documentation just now. It looks awesome and it seems to be just what we are looking for.
We have used other packages by you and we really like the quality of your work. thanks and keep up the good work.