Ok.

My project have moved on at an amazingly steady pace… which is good I think.

small update: the uploaded files now resize *almost* properly, the script I am using maintains aspect ratio which is good, the problem is with images that are a bit wider than the usual 4:3 ratio…

Also, the website now have a more self explanatory text in english, which is going to be useful, since I pretend to go on a first public-beta release soon… Besides that now there are 5 usable graphics and in general is very nice. I would like to post the address, but so far the website is residing on my computer and although I have done some testing on my server with people checking the site from the internet, I rather wait until I move it to university server, hopefully I will do this week.

My dilemma now is about the “sharing” bit. There are two solutions. The first one (and the most unlikely to implement) is using flash to take an snapshot, then generate an jpeg.. the problem is this technique is not very practical,consumes a LOT of cpu and the process is slow in general… and this has a shortcoming that is that the user wont be able to “edit later” in case they want to save their progress and continue later…. the other option and more related to the technical skills required for this project is to use a “live” system… how live? well, all the positions of each used object are written in a table that holds them for further use. If you are the original editor, you will be able to move them around on a later stage, if you are not you will be able to see everything, but no editing… that is a first stage, I would like in the future to let other people edit the pictures if the original editor allows them too, or maybe allow SOME people, like his friends or something. Right now im working on that system and I already got some ActionScript to get the information, now I need to find the way to send it to PHP on the server, so it can be written on a given table.

Wish me luck, I think is not impossible and I am slowly getting grips with ActionScript.

 -j

Ok, on my site people will be able to upload pictures. (duh!) So far the filter is set to take jpeg’s but no gif’s or anything else. Should I add the .png file type?

I think .png is not as widely used for anything and much less for pictures. The thing is that *in general* I want to restrict the uploaded images to actual pictures of something preferably people, not photoshop artwork or stuff like that. Since the main idea is people sharing their pictures “with a twist” (ha! it starts to sound a bit boring now) with their friends.

If you have a suggestion on the topic, or you are a avid user of png’s for family pictures and parties, please leave me a comment.

ta.

-j