On 6 May 2010 00:04, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi gang: > > I found something that really impressed me -- please review this: -snip- > Now, we also have smaller images of 12 different stones (in heads) that are > all the same size. Thus, as the user picks the stones and positions they > want and the image is assembled "on the fly". > > Is that the way you see this? Or is there a better way? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > Personally, I wouldn't bother building an image generator (which isn't that difficult to do with GD or Imagick--and I wouldn't go as far as to save the values in a database). This can easily be done in Javascript. The only reason to build an image generator is if the images need to be used in a non-browser environment, e.g. sent to the user in an e-mail or enclosed in a PDF. At minimum you need all colorized images of the jewels, but you could even do with one single image and colorize it using <canvas>. Too bad that's not supported in anything other than (iirc) Firefox and the Webkit nightly. Michiel
