[Typo3-dev] Image Processing API - getting rid of IM

[Daniel Brün]

Hi Masi!

Martin T. Kutschker wrote:
> Reverse situation for me. I'm not interested in a lock-down to just 
> another lib. GIMP/Firework will probably offer the best results, but I 
> expect them to be slow. GM is fine but is yet to be seen if there is 
> widespread support fo it with ISPs.

That's right, design-wise. And this is what Michael Stucki and me 
thought of first, too (see first post in this thread).
BUT, defining a general image processing API is not as simple as it 
might seem and some major changes would have to be applied to the core. 
The only point against such an API is development time, which I do not 
have to offer right now.
If someone has the time to define a fresh API based on design 
patterns... go ahead!
My first guess would be to develop some kind of base-interface-class 
that has to be implemented by a class using whatever image-processing 
library. In order to do so, a set of useful image-processing-operations 
should be investigated, first.

In the end this will take some time before it is going to work properly. 
Because of that, I would not mind to make a "quick" fix, so GM is 
supported, first (remember: there is NO perfectly working solution for 
windows out there right now).


Cheers,

Dan.