ImageCR

Overview

CFX_ImageCR is a professional quality custom tag for processing images natively and very efficiently in Coldfusion.

CFX_ImageCR loads an image file and saves another after performing the operations it has been directed to. Operations include converting, resizing, cropping and much more. All operations are detailed in the attributes section of this documentation. CFX_ImageCR has been used to process images for online retailers, real estate listings, art galleries, photo albums, uploaded images and many more.

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Examples

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Basic

<cfx_imagecr3 load="#expandpath('example.jpg')#" 
              save="#expandpath('example-resaved.jpg')#" >
basic.cfm

Resize

<cfx_imagecr3 load="#expandpath('example.jpg')#" 
              save="#expandpath('example-resized.jpg')#" 
              resize="200x200" >
<cfoutput>
  <img src="example-resized.jpg">
</cfoutput>
resize.cfm

Cropping

<cfx_imagecr3 load="#expandpath('example.jpg')#" 
              save="#expandpath('example-cropped.jpg')#" 
              crop="200x200" 
              anchor="center" >
<cfoutput>
  <img src="example-cropped.jpg">
</cfoutput>
crop.cfm

Simple Gallery

<cfset dir="#ExpandPath('photos/')#">

<cfdirectory name="dirlist" directory="#dir#" filter="*.jpg">

<cfoutput query="dirlist">  
  
  <cfx_imagecr3 load="#dir##dirlist.name#" 
                save="#expandpath('thumbnails/')#" 
                resize="x100" >
  
  <a href="photos/#dirlist.name#">
    <img src="thumbnails/#imagecr.filename#" border="0"></a>
    
</cfoutput>
gallery.cfm

Details

ImageCR is deployed as 100% native compiled software. This means it is more CPU efficient and uses less memory than competing products. ImageCR does not require Java and is not implemented in Java. ImageCR provides functionality not found in other solutions, from more advanced caching to simply better support for image formats and their parameters. ImageCR does this now and has for years.

ImageCR is meant to work on-the-fly for ease of use and will by default intelligently cache images. It can be used directly in live pages without performance consequences.

These capabilities allow developers to design better looking, more customizable sites in less time with professional quality image manipulation.

Additionally, in applications with no current thumbnail solution at all, the download time for end users can be drastically reduced as demonstrated in the before and after image on the right, saving precious bandwidth and processing.

Efflare writes software for everyone, from Nasa, to image server providers, to the telecommuting Coldfusion developer. Our customers know what our products offer, and praise us for that and our quick support.

Recently, millions of national television viewers were visiting a website which happened to be using a competitor's product. The site crashed under the load. The developer, already having found the benefit of ImageCR, but not the time to implement it on all their old developments, spent 15 minutes updating the entire downed site to ImageCR. The server was brought back up and it stopped crashing, handling the load as it was meant to. This is what Efflare expects.

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Features

threadsafe & scalable, cflock is not required
written with efficient assembly-optimized native code
registry independent, available as a zip file or setup executable
caches output intelligently, generating images only when it needs to
optimized native code runs in virtually no time on cached images
support for dozens of image and other media formats
fifteen types of resampling for professional resizing
smart detection when loading image files regardless of extension
returns image width and height when generating images
retrieve image details without loading the entire image with getimageinfo
set a default value for the save attribute with setdefaultsave, eg. d:\web\_cache\
optional automatic naming for saved images creates unique, but still cached, filenames
all new, more intuitive and flexible attributes and values, eg. load, resize, border, etc.
resizing capable of maintaining aspect ratio and performing common logic, ie. RectString
true cropping, with anchoring, to cut out unwanted or unnecessary sections of an image
autocontrast adjustment for repairing overly dark or bright images
contrast, brightness, border, bordercolor, blur, sharpen, rotate, flip, flop, and more...

More..

Anthony Webb says:

“I have been using Coldfusion for several years now and have tried nearly every image tag out there. One day I came across the ImageCR tag and decided to try it out. I was absolutely blown away at the foresight and thought put into this tag. I am by no means a wealthy man and don't usually buy custom tags at all, but I must say this tag is without a doubt worth every penny!

If you are stuck trying to decide whether you should just use a free tag or pay for ImageCR like I was, let me tell you... You will save time and headaches to see this tag pays for itself in short order.

The staff at ImageCR are unbelievably helpful and responsive. I have never seen such a great team dedicated to making sure you fully understand the tag and use it to its full potential. The service and support I got alone justified the purchase of the tag.

Furthermore, ImageCR is being updated and enhanced daily, as Efflare implements many of the suggestions customers send. Other tags simply aren't as user friendly, and don't produce near the same quality in images while still providing the smallest file size possible. I am an extremely satisfied customer and would strongly recommend ImageCR to anyone looking for a solution to their imaging needs.”

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