07-23-2010, 11:37 AM
[quote name='wim' date='22 July 2010 - 02:15 PM' timestamp='1279800933' post='1226']
This is why you need an engine indeed where it actually displays your own picture, and only does some clever resizing. This is why I went with SlideShowPro in the end. You can either have it work its own stuff, or just replace the images unaltered are completely as PP-ed by yourself. And it displays the images as intended, which is very good; no additional processing. I am quite happy with it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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It does require some Flash skills from the person using it, however. It is not a ready made offering, although simple galleries are quite easy to create with it. Another alternative is Zen gallery, I guess, which is quite highly respected, but I don't particularly like the style and layout options it provides. Obviously, that is a very personal thing.
Kind regards, Wim
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Wim, first, plus one to you again, nice resource links ! I'll have to check them out!
On colour management.I don't really see your point in your reply. It has nothing to do with applications messing with your images, resizing them or whatever, but rather that the flash renderer will by default not know about your profile needs and will display pictures with what often results in overly saturated reds. But the picture itself remains intact. This is something SlideshowPro might also been affected with AFAIK.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/color_correction_as3/
On Flash, I think the general misconception comes from its early life when it was mainly seen as a SFX language. So any pages made with flash would feature "funky" effects that have been used ad nauseam. It is also true that still too many photographers force you through unnecessary "funkiness".
But you can also do simple things with Flash, nobody put a gun to your head.Just look at Wim's suggested SlideShowPro, they have a "demo" of a very minimalistic mode : just the picture, and two click zones.
I think that, beyond the discussion about who's locking who into what ("open" vs "closed" standards, true W3C technologies, Apple compatible, battery drain...etc...), Flash/Flex has now evolved into a rich and clean web framework and I can imagine the benefits on architecture & maintenance. (YES, there are other powerful languages)
Just my two €cents...
This is why you need an engine indeed where it actually displays your own picture, and only does some clever resizing. This is why I went with SlideShowPro in the end. You can either have it work its own stuff, or just replace the images unaltered are completely as PP-ed by yourself. And it displays the images as intended, which is very good; no additional processing. I am quite happy with it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.It does require some Flash skills from the person using it, however. It is not a ready made offering, although simple galleries are quite easy to create with it. Another alternative is Zen gallery, I guess, which is quite highly respected, but I don't particularly like the style and layout options it provides. Obviously, that is a very personal thing.
Kind regards, Wim
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Wim, first, plus one to you again, nice resource links ! I'll have to check them out!
On colour management.I don't really see your point in your reply. It has nothing to do with applications messing with your images, resizing them or whatever, but rather that the flash renderer will by default not know about your profile needs and will display pictures with what often results in overly saturated reds. But the picture itself remains intact. This is something SlideshowPro might also been affected with AFAIK.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/color_correction_as3/
On Flash, I think the general misconception comes from its early life when it was mainly seen as a SFX language. So any pages made with flash would feature "funky" effects that have been used ad nauseam. It is also true that still too many photographers force you through unnecessary "funkiness".
But you can also do simple things with Flash, nobody put a gun to your head.Just look at Wim's suggested SlideShowPro, they have a "demo" of a very minimalistic mode : just the picture, and two click zones.
I think that, beyond the discussion about who's locking who into what ("open" vs "closed" standards, true W3C technologies, Apple compatible, battery drain...etc...), Flash/Flex has now evolved into a rich and clean web framework and I can imagine the benefits on architecture & maintenance. (YES, there are other powerful languages)
Just my two €cents...