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Sure,, for setting up Apache and IIPImage server the dev's site documentation was fine, I did have some problems with the suggested conversion command on the site. Through trial and error and looking at the help for imagemagick within the command prompt window i came up with the following using ImageMagick-6.7.3-5 standalone:
original command given in IIPImage docs. : convert s -define tiff:tile-geometry=256x256 -compress jpeg 'ptif.tif'
where s=source image o=ouput image
I just opened a command prompt, dropped the imagemagick convert.exe icon into the window, dropped my source image into the window (i had moved a copy of the original .jpg into the image magick folder to keep things simpler) and added the tiff options and output name at the end, like so:
C:\Documents and settings\yourname>F:\Downloads\ImageMagick-6.7.3-5\convert.exe F:\Downloads\ImageMagick-6.7.3-5\minduril.jpg -define tiff:tile-geometry=256x256 -compress jpeg ptif:minduril.tif
The output image ends up in your documents folder on c drive
I've yet to try configuring advanced options in any of the clients or things such as overlaying one image on top of another in the client window. I think that'd be very nice for things like a button on someone's site to see the path of a famous army on its march to conquest, weather, underdark areas etc.
One of the demos on the dev site uses those overlay features for xray, etc. images overlayed on a painting.
I was happy enough for now to be able to have my webpage overlap the image server window. I'll make something more detailed for a tut after i learn more myself. *edit* oops my bad, the imagemagick version i used is called portable, not "standalone" link: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/bi...tatf05#windows
Last edited by Revock; 11-18-2011 at 05:49 PM.
For the Gimp Guru RobA,,,It's a pity I can't seem to make the tiled pyramidal tif images directly in gimp. I can open them but trying to save it results in Gimp demanding to merge the layers, Xnview can save a multipage .tif but the required file must be tiled and multires, the only programs I've come across for that are ImageMagick and VIPS, I'm hoping that once the .tif is prepared for the server I'd be able to replace the highest zoom tiles with ones showing additional labels or with some labels removed (Island and country for instance which will be larger) that'd allow for villages and towns etc. to be more readable and uncluttered when you zoom in.
My idea is to hide and show different label layers in Gimp save multiple versions, generate two or maybe more sets of tiled pyramidal tifs and "shuffle the deck" in Xnview. Any ideas for that or a plugin/script for Gimp to do it directly via Gimp would be helpful. I've searched the plugin repository but can't find anything to do it.