Fred W Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You know what I'm talking about... these beautiful things: Is it a server-side script or something? I doubt someone fires up Photoshop every time just to make one of them. Thanks a lot. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I'd assume that they have a .PSD that they can edit the text on and save as needed. It'd take all of 2 minutes, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 They are done by a script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 yeah they certainly are nice... ps. Welcome to neowin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferjim Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Just noticed the "one post wonder" Welcome :D I have been on Neowin for a while now and each time I come on, Im amazed by those little windows which are there each time. Very nice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 They are done by a script. Really? Cool. I'm always amazed with image generating scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Really? Cool. I'm always amazed with image generating scripts. Yeah it is. They input the image and then type in what they want it to say and it is automatically done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 simon360 told me I should come take credit for the script (he only wrote the admin UI side, I did the heavy lifting :p ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 It was a coordinated effort :p Worth noting that the admin panel for those images is awesome, I'm sure the newsies would agree with that. Right, my little slaves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 I'm sure the newsies would agree with that. Right, my little slaves? You watch out :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 It was a coordinated effort :pWorth noting that the admin panel for those images is awesome, I'm sure the newsies would agree with that. Right, my little slaves? Sure, when it's working and isn't broken.... ;) hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Really good work on those pics guys ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Ahh... I want it. The images looks amazing. Is it like PHP and GD or something? Everyone that was working on it sure did an amazing job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 Plain PHP and GD (and a separate class for masking, but it's nothing special really) All you really do is copy a section of the main image to a temporary image, blur the temporary image, layer the image/colour over it, then draw it back over the main image. Then you draw text on top of it. The masking is just for the rounded corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted June 18, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 18, 2009 It was a coordinated effort :pWorth noting that the admin panel for those images is awesome, I'm sure the newsies would agree with that. Right, my little slaves? I always loved the deletion warning. Funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Wow... cool stuff. But how did you get everything to look anti-aliased and smooth? It looks so perfect you wouldn't expect it to be a product of GD. And I know this isn't a programming forum, but how exactly does the class draw the rounded corners? Anything to do with imagearc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 Greyscale PNG file :p Take the value of whatever channel (R, G, B) from the mask, and set the Alpha channel of the original image to match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted June 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2009 All you really do is copy a section of the main image to a temporary image, blur the temporary image, layer the image/colour over it, then draw it back over the main image. Then you draw text on top of it. The masking is just for the rounded corners. Sounds nice and easy then! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Yeah, really easy. :| And if you don't mind me asking, what's the name of that font? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted June 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2009 Calibri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Is that a copyright infringement on the Apple one? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted June 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2009 We make them like this :) Thanks to our wonderful dev team :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzyyfool Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 How cool is that. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted July 1, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2009 How cool is that. :) Very cool indeed ;) Makes them so much easier to maintain and customize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo0o Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 The script looks so cool. Especially the drag picture part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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