Scale Image solution? (and possibly crop, too)?
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Say a client has a bunch of 2MB photos and no Photoshop. Is there any way add-on or jQuery script compatible with C5 that would allow him to upload and compress (and possibly crop) the image so that it is a smaller web-friendly file? Other developers we've worked with included this sort of feature in their sites, but they weren't C5 sites.
Is this only in 5.4?
I'm using 5.3.3 and I don't see any options to reduce file sizes or crop images or anything. I can scale them in the WYSIWYG editor or click on the little tree icon and type in the dimensions, but this doesn't actually change the file size. A 2MB file will remain a 2MB file, just visually resized.
I'm using 5.3.3 and I don't see any options to reduce file sizes or crop images or anything. I can scale them in the WYSIWYG editor or click on the little tree icon and type in the dimensions, but this doesn't actually change the file size. A 2MB file will remain a 2MB file, just visually resized.
You should open the File Manger, click on the image, and choose Edit then edit it in the web graphic editor, picnik.
It's an external online editor.
It's an external online editor.
Don't have that option in 5.3.3 so I guess it's a 5.4 thing.
Any other solutions before 5.4 came along?
Any other solutions before 5.4 came along?
Oh you're talking abouthttp://www.picnik.com
Yeah...I guess that would work. It would be nice to have it in the CMS, though. The developers I worked with before integrated it into one of our sites. I guess it was a javascript type of widget.
Yeah...I guess that would work. It would be nice to have it in the CMS, though. The developers I worked with before integrated it into one of our sites. I guess it was a javascript type of widget.
No, the option is there since 5.3.3
I just installed it. Here's a screen shot.
From Dashboard -> File Manager -> click an image -> Edit
I just installed it. Here's a screen shot.
From Dashboard -> File Manager -> click an image -> Edit
holy crap. I never even noticed any of those options except for "Choose"... I have no idea why. Thank you!
Great. Mark the best answer then, please :)
no way. just kidding ;) ... I didn't realize that people wanted me to do that. I think I've been accidentally dissing a lot of people. I'll have to go through and mark a lot of old best answers!
Yep.. it's good for the Karma too ;)
Note also the 'View best answer' link at the top, which will immediately lead you to the solution.
Note also the 'View best answer' link at the top, which will immediately lead you to the solution.
This will allow you to use Picnik image editing which has a variety of options.