Mercurial > hg > cropresize
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author | k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> |
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date | Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:55:04 -0500 |
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--- a/README.txt Sat Mar 06 13:22:31 2010 -0500 +++ b/README.txt Sat Mar 06 14:55:04 2010 -0500 @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ cropresize ========== -cropresize uses PIL to crop and resize an image as appropriate for web +cropresize uses `PIL <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/>`_ +to crop and resize an image as appropriate for web presentation. cropresize is a convenience package that allows image resizing without aspect ratio distortion. @@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ cropresize contains one useful function, ``cropresize.crop_resize``. The function takes three arguments: - * image: a PIL image object + * image: a `PIL image <http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm>`_ object * size: a 2-tuple of (width,height); at least one must be specified * exact_size: whether to scale up for smaller images @@ -26,6 +27,15 @@ package. The help for the program is displayed by running ``crop-resize`` with no arguments or ``crop-resize --help``. + +Future Work +----------- + +cropresize is written as a convenience function to PIL as this +methodology for cropping and resizing images is often desired for +presentation, particularly on the web. Since the utility is in +demand, the functionality should be ported upstream to PIL. + -- http://k0s.org/portfolio/software.html#cropresize