My Bulk cropping approach (low tech) & a simple ask

kbevphoto

As sad as it sounds, I am one of many that have the same issue with the ridiculously slow wait times for cropping photos 1 at a time. I knew there had to be a better way, so i figured I search today. Sure enough, I'll be posting this code from the blog to my page so I can try it. I hope it works. I'm guessing I just need to post everything in "as is" to the existing stuff on my page. http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Bulk+Zoom+Thumbnail

Up until now, I've just used a low-tech way to speed up my cropping a bit. I've kept 5 tabs open in my browser and do each photo in the gallery. 4-5 tabs seems to be about the right amount of time so that when I finish #5, #1 is done loading and ready for me to do the net pic.

The one humble ask I have is that the Crop Ratio be "set" the extra clicks to set it back to 1x1 each time stinks. It seems like it should default to the "last ratio" when it moves to the next photo.

Short of a native bulk crop tool, just "locking" the aspect ratio would be a huge step forward IMHO. Seems like a simple fix. :scratch

MarcusT

I agree that at the very least the thumbnail crop tool should default to 1x1 if the thumbnails option in the gallery settings is set to square, and otherwise to default to the image proportions.

However if displaying an image which has already been custom cropped then the custom crop area/size/settings for that image should be retrieved and displayed, not simply the defaults (above).

kbevphoto

So who do we have to bribe? I'm not sure you and me agreeing is going to drive change... 8-)

devbobo

just change your local code for the radio list to...

<select name="ratio" onChange="changeRatioBulk(this.value);">
        <option value="0,0">none</option>
        <option value="1,1" selected="selected">1 x 1</option>
        <option value=".6,1.67">3 x 5</option>
        <option value=".67,1.5">4 x 6</option>
        <option value=".72,1.4">5 x 7</option>
        <option value=".8,1.25">8 x 10</option>
        <option value=".56,1.78">9 x 16</option>
      </select>

<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Allen

Dev, after doing one page of Smugmug style, then going to next page, it
most always shows 1x1 but I have to toggle to "none" and back to 1x1 to
take effect.

kbevphoto

devbobo wrote: »

just change your local code for the radio list to...

<select name="ratio" onChange="changeRatioBulk(this.value);">
        <option value="0,0">none</option>
        <option value="1,1" selected="selected">1 x 1</option>
        <option value=".6,1.67">3 x 5</option>
        <option value=".67,1.5">4 x 6</option>
        <option value=".72,1.4">5 x 7</option>
        <option value=".8,1.25">8 x 10</option>
        <option value=".56,1.78">9 x 16</option>
      </select>

<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Nice - so I where should I paste this fragment? Java section?

Allen

kbevphoto wrote: »

Nice - so I where should I paste this fragment? Java section?

If you have this installed, this is just part of the html, probably in your header.

The only thing that changes is moving selected="selected" to the 1x1 line.

kbevphoto

Allen wrote: »

If you have this installed, this is just part of the html, probably in your header.

The only thing that changes is moving selected="selected" to the 1x1 line.

Sorry - You lost me in this one. I'm usually not this dense, but I don't know what you mean. My question was should I just cut/paste that whole code fragment into my java section or some other place?

Allen

kbevphoto wrote: »

Sorry - You lost me in this one. I'm usually not this dense, but I don't know what you mean. My question was should I just cut/paste that whole code fragment into my java section or some other place?

See this thread for smughack: bulk zoom thumbnail (super deluxe version)

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26959

There is a link to the wiki with the code.