Boston Globe photo gallery effect.

animelion - August 20, 2009 - 21:15
Project:Imagecache Actions
Version:6.x-1.6
Component:Canvas Actions Module
Category:support request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed
Description

Hi everyone,

I have been playing around with several actions for the past two hours and I still can't achieve the effect I am looking for.
What I would like to do is format the images in my photo gallery similarly to http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/scenes_from_sri_lanka.html

So basically I want my photo to go onto a black canvas that is 900px wide. Image will only be scaled down to 900px and not up. Then the image is centered on the 900px black canvas.

*I will not be worrying about the 2px black border the Boston Globe has, I believe it will lead to to much hassle, but if you can figure it out feel free to include those instructions as well.

This seems pretty simple, but for the life of me I can not get it to work. Any help or pointers is very welcomed.

#1

dman - August 21, 2009 - 00:26

Well first, that particular effect may as well just be a css border.
Did you try just 'define canvas'? I don't see what the confusion could be.
sample border

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imagecache_actions-simple_border.jpg 101.5 KB

#2

dman - October 30, 2009 - 13:13
Status:active» fixed

good enough

#3

animelion - October 31, 2009 - 09:11

Worked perfect, sorry I never responded.

#4

System Message - November 14, 2009 - 09:20
Status:fixed» closed

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

 
 

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