PHP graphics object

date posted 23rd January 2003 22:05

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Hey kids

Bit of an obscure question maybe... but what the hell.

PHP graphics object thingy...

I need to recreate some silly drawing from a pile of vectors taken from =
flash and save it as a PNG. All well and good, but the flash files were =
drawn with a circular brush thickness that varies in size. I can get =
all this going no problem - but when I use the PHP graphics doobrey to =
recreate the image to save it, the lines come out all crappy as the =
imageline method draws pathetically when the thickness is increased with =
the imagesetthickness method. My problem is I really need it to draw =
lines with a circular brush.

All very well I thought - I'll use the imagesetbrush method to use a wee =
filled-in-circle image generated on the fly to draw them like that.

But it looks like a server killer. God knows why - I suspect I'm doing =
something idiotic. But it might just be that drawing loads of lines =
with an image as a brush is going to slow things down too much.

I won't post the code yet as I'd have to muck around with it to get it =
in a sensible format to post, but this is just a 'feeler' to see if =
anyone has any experience with this kind of thing.

Any takers?

Cheers,
Dan.

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Hey kids
 
Bit of an obscure question maybe... but =
what the=20
hell.
 
PHP graphics object =
thingy...
 
I need to recreate some silly drawing =
from a pile=20
of vectors taken from flash and save it as a PNG.  All =
well and good,=20
but the flash files were drawn with a circular brush thickness that =
varies in=20
size.  I can get all this going no problem - but when I use the PHP =

graphics doobrey to recreate the image to save it, the lines come out =
all crappy=20
as the imageline method draws=20
pathetically when the thickness is increased with the imagesetthickness=20
method.  My problem is I really need it to draw lines with a =
circular=20
brush.
All very well I thought - I'll use the imagesetbrush method to =
use a=20
wee filled-in-circle image generated on the fly to draw them like =
that.
But it looks like a server killer.  God knows why - I =
suspect I'm=20
doing something idiotic.  But it might just be that drawing loads =
of lines=20
with an image as a brush is going to slow things down too much.
 
I won't post the code yet as I'd have to muck around with it to get =
it in a=20
sensible format to post, but this is just a 'feeler' to see if anyone =
has any=20
experience with this kind of thing.
 
Any takers?
Cheers,
Dan.

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