I have a PHP website with images.
The Images (jpeg) are stored on the server where the site is hosted.
I need to be able to draw on those allready uploaded images.
By draw I mean add circles, squares, lines, arrows, and color those (circles, squares, lines, arrows) from within my site.
Here is how I would like the flow to go:
User logs into my site, finds the picture they want to edit and clicks it, that opens the toolbar/editor/page to draw on the picture, user draws squares and lines and so forth, clicks save and the changes are saved on that picture.
What (preferably free) tool/toolbar/code/widget..
Those are the only features it needs, it should not have any more or much more than what is needed, the users that will use it are not at all computer savy.
Cheers,
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Dear stealthwifi12,
Asido is your solution, please check the following link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
In the link you can see the instructions of how to use it, where you can download it and what are its featuares.
Hope it helped,
-JJ
Dear stealthwifi12,
Reviewing your picture, what you are looking for looks more like Dr Pic. http://www.drpic.com/
You can also check Pixlr http://www.pixlr.com/ and Sumo Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/w
Have a good day,
-JJ
jjperezaguinaga: I checked out your link to Asido and it does not appear to meet the requirments, you can not draw I mean add circles, squares, lines, arrows, and color those (circles, squares, lines, arrows)
jjperezaguinaga: Dr Pic is closer to what we need but as I stated I need it in my site not using another persons site, it needs to be fully integrated.
Dear stealthwifi12:
I'm sorry I didn't review your question with attention the first time. My second answer was trying to get a better aproach of what you were looking.
There are good jquery plug ings, but I haven't found one that works with pictures (you can draw rectangles, eclipes, etc). However, I found this Yahoo Widget, that may be what you want.
http://widgets.yahoo.com/w
I recommend you to try it, so you can tell us if it's what you wanted or if it's not, to keep searching and helping you.
Best regards,
-JJ
Dear stealthwifi12,
I had been looking for the script you need, but I haven't found it yet. There's a really good chance that all the features you have are not in a same plugin/widget/script/code.
Surfing in the net, I was thinking why there was not a feature like that... It's not that complicated as you say it, basically you need to get a PHP script/code to let the user upload the picture in your webpage and then load it in some other stuff (probably jquery/ajax or some widget) and save it.
The trouble comes with the save thing. Since you need more like "drawing", editing scripts/features that are on the web are going to be useless, because as you saw in ASIDO PHP library, most of them are based in functions that modify characteristics of the picture. When you say "drawing", you are creating through mathematical code or script OVER the picture.
I have two ideas about how to solve your problem:
1st: I'm not a Flash savy, and since I'm thinking as a PHP/Javascript programmer this thing sounds harder that it looks. However, I'm sure there's a Flash way to call the picture, create a basic drawing interface and creating a new bitmap that we would like to call the "new picture". Saving would be just XML stuff. Flash have way more features for bitmap handling so maybe you may want to go in the Flash forum. They will tell you if there's some way to do it or not. If you want to adjust the way you handle the bitmaps from Flash with Actionscript, that would be easier to do.
2ns: I'm not sure about this but it may work. Using other programming software, (probably Visual Basic or even basic Windows commands) you can print screen of a webpage automatically. Using a jquery easy drawing librery, you can draw the basic features you want. If you can load the user image as a webpage background, and you modify the jquery library to make it a smart friendly user interface to draw, you can set print the saved screen and upload it to your server. I don't know how to do this, and maybe it's harder than the 1st solution, but maybe some people in the forum can help with this idea (if it's possible).
Anyway, I'll hope you find the best way to solve your question and I'll keep in touch to see how's going on. I storngly recommend to check this in the Flash forum.
Have a nice day!
-JJ
I have been looking more into flash and still unable to find any program that meets the simple criteria needed (free or not checked many of each type).
I guess I will have to close the question.
I must say this is about the 3rd question I have posted on Experts-Exchange that didn't receive a working answer.
The other 2 I had to figure out on my own and it appears I will with this one as well.
Thank you jjperezaguinaga your seem to have tried very hard in researching this so I will just award the points to you. I am very disappointed in experts-exchange it is apparent that there are very few if any real experts on here. I will be reviewing this with my company and other tech firms I am in contact with.
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by: virmaiorPosted on 2009-08-04 at 04:37:24ID: 25012455
To do what you describe is either going to take a java app or a flash app as far as i am aware...
you may wish to add those zones.