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« Reply #50 on: August 02, 2013, 17:16 »
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I've been following this and had checked my php settings last week. No luck with 5.3.27


According to the PHP version history website (http://php.net/releases/index.php), the latest version of PHP 5 is 5.3.25!  You might want to recheck to see what version you have.



« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2013, 17:18 »
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In the cPanel after picking 5.3 php, in the info it says 5.3.27

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« Reply #52 on: August 02, 2013, 17:24 »
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In the cPanel after picking 5.3 php, in the info it says 5.3.27


OK, it looks like the PHP version history website isn't up to date.

The PHP download website shows 5.3.27 as the latest:

http://php.net/downloads.php

« Reply #53 on: August 02, 2013, 17:28 »
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Thanks for checking. Online with WebHostingHub right now. They say Imagemagick is enabled and available at  use/bin/convert

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« Reply #54 on: August 02, 2013, 17:33 »
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Thanks for checking. Online with WebHostingHub right now. They say Imagemagick is enabled and available at  use/bin/convert

Yes, but in addition, Symbiostock requires that php has the ImageMagic module loaded.

I just sent you a PM.

« Reply #55 on: August 02, 2013, 17:37 »
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Yea I'm getting the following in SYXtra System Info

No Imagick extension loaded?  Try to add to php.ini: extension=imagick.so

Imagick class doesn't exists

« Reply #56 on: August 02, 2013, 17:52 »
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Wow.. @CrackerClips

That's a real NEWS!, I switched my PHP and it really works.

@DonLand

I got the same message until I switched to 5.3, I couldn't load the extension before



« Reply #57 on: August 02, 2013, 17:54 »
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I think the tech is getting close. Seems part was not loaded by default. Was told to do the following but got errors so tech is looking at it.

1. Login into your cPanel.
2. Go to Software / Services > Perl Modules.
3. In the Find a Perl Module box type "Image" and click Go.
4. You can find ImagMagick in the list and disable and enable it in there.

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« Reply #58 on: August 02, 2013, 17:59 »
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2. Go to Software / Services > Perl Modules.
3. In the Find a Perl Module box type "Image" and click Go.

Maybe he meant php instead of Perl.

« Reply #59 on: August 02, 2013, 18:06 »
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Tech is having same problems I had. He is sending it up the tech chain. They are making a ticket on it, so at least some progress!!!

« Reply #60 on: August 02, 2013, 19:15 »
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You *may* have saved me a week of work. I still have some things I want to build in for color manipulation (tell me if you see an improvement) but this is really wonderful.

Unfortunately, I didn't really see any improvement in the color issues except for one area.  The image icon that downloads to my desktop after purchase is much more vibrant and colorful than the image icon from gd library.  Go figure.  The thumbnail on my site and the larger image on the detail page still have less punch to them than my original.  So any further color developments in color manipulation would be good.

« Reply #61 on: August 02, 2013, 19:18 »
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Awesome!  I'm glad that did the trick for you as well.


Wow.. @CrackerClips

That's a real NEWS!, I switched my PHP and it really works.

@DonLand

I got the same message until I switched to 5.3, I couldn't load the extension before

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« Reply #62 on: August 03, 2013, 05:34 »
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Unfortunately, I didn't really see any improvement in the color issues except for one area.  The image icon that downloads to my desktop after purchase is much more vibrant and colorful than the image icon from gd library.  Go figure.  The thumbnail on my site and the larger image on the detail page still have less punch to them than my original.  So any further color developments in color manipulation would be good.

A few questions:

What colorspace are your photos saved with?

What ICC profile are the photos saved with?

What browser are you using to view the images?


« Reply #63 on: August 03, 2013, 12:27 »
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I save my images in Adobe RGB 1998 and I've primarily been using Firefox to view my website.  I would imagine that most browsers (firefox included) don't read color profiles.  I've always supplied my macro agents with Adobe RGB because that's what they require and then they handle any conversions for viewing thumbs etc. on the web.  Not sure what's best in this case as I want the images to look good on the site but want the customer to have the widest colorspace to work with.  Any thoughts?

« Reply #64 on: August 03, 2013, 12:35 »
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I save my images in Adobe RGB 1998 and I've primarily been using Firefox to view my website.  I would imagine that most browsers (firefox included) don't read color profiles.  I've always supplied my macro agents with Adobe RGB because that's what they require and then they handle any conversions for viewing thumbs etc. on the web.  Not sure what's best in this case as I want the images to look good on the site but want the customer to have the widest colorspace to work with.  Any thoughts?

Firefox is colour managed. At the moment, AdobeRGB images are not tagged in Symbiostock thumbs and previews so they look dull and flat on the site. What we do to fix that is download the thumbs and previews, apply AdobeRGB profiles (using EXIFtoolGUI) and re-upload. However, Leo is working on colourspace conversion for thumbs and previews, so this should be unnecessary in future.

This only works if the customers are using properly colour managed browsers (IE not included), but that's a fair bet for serious users.

« Reply #65 on: August 03, 2013, 13:05 »
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Ah, thank you that helps a lot!  I was not aware that the symbiostock thumbs and previews were not tagged with a profile.  That would definitely explain the dull and flat images that I'm seeing on my site.  Is this colorspace conversion part of the premium plugin that's coming up?  Once this is addressed will we just be able to reprocess the images already uploaded to correct the thumbs and previews?

« Reply #66 on: August 05, 2013, 12:58 »
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I dug out this thread to find out how to get ImageMagick going


this is what I received from my support:

We do not support imagick.so PHP module on the shared hosting  . You can use the ImageMagick binaries like /usr/bin/convert . I have seen most scripts offer to call the ImageMagick binaries directly and you will have the provision to define the path to these binaries.

Help!!!

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« Reply #67 on: August 05, 2013, 13:14 »
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this is what I received from my support:

We do not support imagick.so PHP module on the shared hosting  . You can use the ImageMagick binaries like /usr/bin/convert . I have seen most scripts offer to call the ImageMagick binaries directly and you will have the provision to define the path to these binaries.

Help!!!

My understanding is that Symbiostock checks to see if the ImageMagick php module is loaded.  If it is loaded, then it will use it.  If it isn't loaded, then it will use the GD library.

« Reply #68 on: August 05, 2013, 13:48 »
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It is using the GD Library, but that doesn't support Metadata in the downloads.

I did not know this for until yesterday.

If I can't correct this, get ImageMagick happening I will have to take my sites off-line....

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« Reply #69 on: August 05, 2013, 14:35 »
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You could try to please with support to install it, or you could switch hosts.  BTW, who is your host?

« Reply #70 on: August 05, 2013, 20:43 »
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I am running my site on bluehost, I successfully installed ImageMagick according to the post here, but I found that image processing is very unstable when using ImageMagick, it would stop after processing several images, so I changed back to GD library which can process more than 100 images at one time.

« Reply #71 on: August 07, 2013, 14:48 »
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Ah, thank you that helps a lot!  I was not aware that the symbiostock thumbs and previews were not tagged with a profile.  That would definitely explain the dull and flat images that I'm seeing on my site.  Is this colorspace conversion part of the premium plugin that's coming up?  Once this is addressed will we just be able to reprocess the images already uploaded to correct the thumbs and previews?

Any further info/update regarding the color profile tags for thumbs and previews?  It's a bit disconcerting to see the rather dull images on my website as compared to the original image.  I was thinking that getting imagemagick working would fix that issue but it does not.

« Reply #72 on: August 27, 2013, 14:01 »
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If you submit images in sRGB, the colors should look OK.
I find that if I forget and leave the workspace in ProPhoto, then the image looks dull and the colors are shifted (same thing happens not only on SYS but also on SS).

I also use GD Library, since my host (ipower) doesn't support ImageMagick PHP extension.
They told me that they support ImageMagick in binary form, but I don't know if Leo's template could use it (and how I could activate it).

What do we lose by using GD library instead of Imagemagick? Is it only the faster image processing or also a better IQ in the final image conversion for display and user download? I could live with slower processing times, but if Imagemagick produces better output files, it might be worthwhile to switch eventually to another host.
   
 

« Reply #73 on: August 27, 2013, 14:07 »
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There was an issue whereby images processed with GD showed faint gray horizontal lines through the image (on your website), especially noticeable on isolated images. I dont know if that was ever rectified. If i recall, the solution was to change to imagemagick.

« Reply #74 on: August 27, 2013, 14:36 »
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I never noticed any lines or banding on my screen, so maybe it was fixed in the GD library or present only in certain situations.
So far, the GD library seems to me quite satisfactory. 


 

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