On 6/19/06, Steve Bennett <stevage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In that case, it sounds like the relevant parameter
should also be
stored on the image, rather than on the call to the image. It seems
unlikely to me that one would want to downscale using one method on
one page, and using a different method on another page. In extreme
cases (like, wanting to demonstrate pixelation), people can use the
current fallback method.
The amount of sharpening is size dependant.. I suppose you could
attach a sharpening list to the image, which provides a list of thumb
reduction ratios (rather than thumb sizes, so that it does the same
WRT cropping) well with and the correct sharpening for each. This is
a good idea because it would prevent the bloat of maintaining multiple
versions. I like this... okay, so my point 2 is dead. Thanks for
pointing this out. :) This also would allow the users to fully
specify the sharpening parameters, which would be much better than the
few fixed settings I'd envisioned.
Cropping still applies, however.