Python and gd library - Thank to all

[Chris Gonnerman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com>


> Chris Gonnerman wrote:
> >
> > > The old gd-lib 1.8 can create and manipolate low quality images jpg
but
> > > the new gd-lib 2.0 can create and manipulate high quality jpg.
> >
> > I wasn't aware of any difference there... I am now using
> > GD 2.0.1 on my development system, and my gddemo.py still
> > produces fuzzy and color-incorrect JPEG's; the *same* image
> > object produces a crisp, clear PNG.
>
> the first item under "what's new in 2.0" in the GD documentation says:
>
>     Support for truecolor images! /.../ To create a truecolor image
>     from scratch, call the new gdImageCreateTrueColor function. The
>     gdImageCreate function is still available to create palette images,
>     and may also be referred to as gdImageCreatePalette.
>
> </F>

Urr... I assumed that Mike's patch took care of those
things "automatically."  I'll review the code and maybe
get a new version out by the weekend.

> PS. PIL 1.1.4 now supports opentype/truetype fonts.  more info here:
> http://effbot.org/zone/pil-changes-114.htm

Is that the free or pay version?

Chris Gonnerman -- chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
http://newcenturycomputers.net