EBL Image Edit

Advanced Image Editing Plugin for Textpattern

Announcing the introduction of EBL Image Edit. This plugin introduces advanced image editing functionality to Textpattern 4.07 / 4.08. Users may now custom crop, resize, rotate, and create custom thumbnails directly within Textpattern.

Download

Click to Download : ebl-image-edit.zip

Features

This plugin allows for functions previously only available in image-editing programins. It allows for users, at any terminal which they’re logged in to to do the following:

• Cropping: The original uploaded image can be edited to cut out parts that are not desired and keep only those important facets of the original image.

• Thumbnail Crop: Make a thumbnail show not the entire image, but just enough to pique interest.
• Rotate: For those pictures that are sideways or upside down. Users may rotate the image clockwise 90°, counterclockwise 90° or rotate a full 180°.
• Resize: Many digital images are just too large to be shown on the web. This option allows for excessively sized images to be scaled down. Built into the resizing function is the ability to maintain the original height to width ratio, so images will never seem squished one way or the other.

Installation

Installation is straight forward and involves the installation of one plugin file, and the upload of one directory to your Textpattern folder.

Contained within the zip archive are two files:

1. ebl-image-edit_v1.0.txt : This is the plugin code that is pasted into the textbox in Admin -> Plugins
2. jcrop : This folder will need to be uploaded to the Textpattern directory (e.g., /textpattern/ )

Once the above has been completed, activate the plugin in Admin -> Plugins
Usage Instructions. Further help can be found online in the textpattern forum topic:
ebl image edit v1.0

• Crop: This tab permits the cropping of images. Click and drag across the image to select the crop area. While selecting the crop region, the size of the crop area willbe displayed in as Width X Height. This is measured in pixels. You’ll note that the area outside of the crop region is dark, whereas the area inside is lighter. This is the intended effect. Everything within the crop area will be selected and will replace the original image once the Crop Original button is clicked.
• Thumbnail Crop: Nearly identical in function to the main image crop, the thumbnail crop allows for a selected region to be highlighted to act as the primary image thumbnail. To create the cropped thumbnail, select the crop-area. If you want the image resized to a specific dimension, check Resize Thumbnail and edit the size accordingly. Once you are satisified with the crop area and the options, click on the Create Thumbnail button.
• Rotate: This tab allows three seperate methods of rotating. 1. Rotate Clockwise 90° (Turn Right), 2. Counter-Clockwise 90° (Left Turn) or 3. 180° (Flip). Clicking any of these buttons will rotate the original button. Do not repeatedly rotate the images as this will gradually degrade image quality.
• Resize: This tab allows the for a longest-side resize of an original image. Simply input the desired dimensions and the image will be sized down to fit. Note, if the image is smaller in any one dimension that which was entered, it will not be sized up to fit, but rather, sized down in proportion with the longest side. If the image is entirely smaller than the dimensions entered, it will not be resized.

Credits

I would like to thank the following TXP Forum members for their support in releasing this plugin from its ransom.

1. Saccade
2. mrdale
3. wet
4. Redfox
5. Jakob
6. Masa
7. smdnetau
8. kostas45
9. kemie