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Perl help needed

Posted by Deep_Freeze (Deep_Freeze), 26 July 2006
i have the program that i downloaded one of the websites, it should work with the zoomify . com software.

all it does is pull the image and splites it to the few smaller pictures, after that flash using those small pics to view through them ... blah blah blah ... stuff like that.

so the size of the original image could be up to 10 Mb after splitting it on the local PC it equals about 30 Mb .. maybe not 100% sure, but this slice.pl script allows you to do the split on the server side, so if anyone can help me figure this program out  ...

im not that dumb but couldn't figure it out  ...

if this program works it will save TONS and TONS of time setting images on the server. thanks for your help

Posted by Deep_Freeze (Deep_Freeze), 26 July 2006
and here is the code ::

#!/usr/bin/perl

###############################################################################
#
# slice.pl
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) W.S. Packaging, Inc.          -- www.wspackaging.com
# Business & Marketing Development Department -- webflex(AT)wspackaging.com
# This code is free to use and extend, providing this seven-line copyright
# message remain intact. No warranties are given, expressed or implied.
# Go Packers.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Initial zoomer pre-processing function. It requires a filename; it will
# assume that zoom content will need to be made in that same dir. This will
# just create a directory called $slice filled with zoom content and the xml
# to match, so consider changing $slice as you see fit.
#
# call using: require("slice.pl");
#            $fault = slice("/full/path/to/source/image");
#            warn $fault if $fault;
# supports standard perl eval error handling.
#
#
###############################################################################

use strict;

sub slice {

     use File:ath or die "Module File:ath required.\n";
     use File::Basename or die "Module File::Basename required.\n";
     use Cwd or die "Module Cdw required. You SHOULD have it as part of your perl install. Otherwise, check CPAN.\n";
     use Image::Magick or die "Image Magick and the Image::Magick perl bindings required.\n";

     my $importantCWD = cwd(); # as a way to get around potential file system issues, we're going to change
                         # our relative path

     my $retVal = '';
     my $slice = 'slice'; # you may wish to change this

     $sysMove = 'mv'; # this is your OS's move command. on Win32, it'd be 'move'

###############################################################################
#
# First, lets establish that we've got everything we need to proceed, but not
# too much.
#
###############################################################################

     if ($#_ > 1) { $retVal = "slice: Too many arguements (I only take one, two tops, thanks)"; return $retVal; }
     my $sourceImg = $_[0];

     unless (-e $sourceImg) { $retVal = "slice: Source image '$sourceImg' unfound"; return $retVal; }

     my @suffixen = (".png",".jpg",".tif");
     my ($srcName, $srcPath, $srcSuffix) = fileparse($sourceImg, @suffixen);

     # look for the $slice dir. if it's there, blow it away. there was likely a very
     # good reason that we got called, so we should make new content.
     
     if (-d "$srcPath/$slice") {
           eval { rmtree("$srcPath/$slice") };
           if ($@) {
                 $retVal = "slice: Couldn't remove existing $srcPath/$slice: $@";
                 return $retVal;
           }
     }

     # make the $slice dir
     # give the option to pass two args

     my $outputPath;

     if ($_[1]) {
           $outputPath = $_[1];
           unless (-d $outputPath) { $retVal = "slice: $outputPath does not look like a directory"; return $retVal; }
           $outputPath = $outputPath.$slice;
     } else {
           chdir $srcPath or die "slice: chdir $srcPath died:$!\n";
           $outputPath = "./$slice";
     }

     eval { mkpath($outputPath) };
     if ($@) {
           $retVal = "slice: Couldn't create $outputPath: $@";
           return $retVal;
     }

###############################################################################
#
# Meat n potatos time.
#
###############################################################################
     
     my $source = Image::Magick->new;
     my $tileSize = 256; # don't change this unless Dave@Zoomify says its okay
     
     my $fault = $source->Read($sourceImg);
     if ($fault) {return $fault;}
     
     my ($srcWidth, $srcHeight) = $source->Get('columns','rows');
     my ($xmlWidth, $xmlHeight) = ($srcWidth, $srcHeight);
     my ($x, $y) = ($srcWidth, $srcHeight);

     my $levels = 0;
     my $scale = .5;
     # find out how many levels of chopping we'll need to do. in other words,
     # how many downscales does it take to get to something smaller than
     # $tileSize?
     while ($x > $tileSize || $y > $tileSize) {
           $x = $srcWidth; $y = $srcHeight;
           $x = $x * $scale;
           $y = $y * $scale;
           if ($x > $tileSize || $y > $tileSize) {
                 $scale = $scale / 2;
           }
           $levels++;
     }
     
     
     my $ratio = 1;
     
     # main block to do the chopping. we start at the BIGGEST size (aka $levels)
     # and work our way down until we have an image that shouldn't need to be
     # chopped at all. this SHOULD be $levels+1 iterations.
     
     # now for the chopper itself. the logic is as follows:
           
     # set row / column markers for file naming (starting with zero)
     my $colNum = 0; my $rowNum = 0; my $numTiles = 0;
     my ($i, $chopWidth, $chopHeight, $rowSTOP, $rowNum, $tile, $tmpFileName);
     
     for ($i = $levels; $i >= 0; $i--) {
           # unless this is the first time through, we need to scale the $source image down
           # don't forget to set $ratio at the bottom of the 'for' loop.
           unless ($ratio == 1) {
                 $srcWidth = int($srcWidth / 2);
                 $srcHeight = int($srcHeight / 2);
                 $fault = $source->Resize(width=>$srcWidth, height=>$srcHeight);
                 if ($fault) { return $fault;}
           }
     
           # set x/y markers.
           my $xMark = 0; my $yMark = 0; my $colSTOP = 0; my $colNum = 0;
     
           # move column by column, until the $colSTOP var is triggered
           while ($colSTOP == 0) {
                 # if image width - the x marker is less than the tile size, use that as the width to chop
                 # AND SET THE STOP VAR...THIS IS THE LAST TIME THROUGH!!!
                 #
                 # ...otherwise, use the defaults
           
                 if ($srcWidth - $xMark <= $tileSize) {
                       $chopWidth = $srcWidth - $xMark;
                       $colSTOP = 1;
                 } else { $chopWidth = $tileSize; }
           
                 # Now within the rows in the column, same STOP idea. Also set the row to zero. Always zero
                 # when beginning a row iteration
                 $rowSTOP = 0;
                 $yMark = 0;
                 $rowNum = 0;
                 while ($rowSTOP == 0) {
                 
                       # if image height - the y marker is less than the tile size, use that as the height to chop
                       if ($srcHeight - $yMark <= $tileSize) {
                             $chopHeight = $srcHeight - $yMark;
                             $rowSTOP = 1;
                       } else { $chopHeight = $tileSize; }
                 
                       # chop a single file out based on the x/y markers and the size to chop from the above two tests
                       $tile = $source->Clone();
                       $fault = $tile->Crop(width=>$chopWidth, height=>$chopHeight,x=>$xMark,y=>$yMark);
                       if ($fault){ return $fault;}

                       # name a file based on the row/column markers (X-Y-Z.jpg)
                       $tmpFileName = $i."-".sprintf("%02d",$colNum)."-".sprintf("%02d",$rowNum).".jpg";
                       $fault = $tile->Write(filename=>"$outputPath/$tmpFileName", quality=>'90');
                       undef $tile;
                       if ($fault) { return $fault;}

                       $numTiles++;
                       
                       # move the y marker. if it results in a negative value because we're at the end,
                       # it's no big deal. it'll get reset when we break out of the row while( ) and
                       # start a new column
     
                       $yMark = $yMark + $tileSize;
                       $rowNum++;
                 }
                 
                 # move the x marker over to the next column
                 $xMark = $xMark + $tileSize;
                 $colNum++;
           }
           $ratio = $ratio * 2;
     }
     undef $source; #AND THE KERNEL BREATHES A SIGH OF RELIEF! HURRAH!
     
###############################################################################
#
# yaaay! now for the hard part. we need to separate everything into subdirs...
# don't ask how this is actually accomplished.
#
###############################################################################

     my $dir = $outputPath;
     my $dirTotal = 0; my $tileGroupNum = 0;
     my $mkdirName = "$dir/TileGroup";
     my $tileGroup = $mkdirName.$tileGroupNum;

     eval { mkdir ($tileGroup) };
     if ($@) {
           $retVal = "slice: Cannot create $tileGroup: $@";
           return $retVal;
     }

     my ($arg1, $arg2, $count, $fattestNode, $file, @nodes, $j, @stuff, $tmpfile, @newfile, @moveCMD);
     for ($i = 0; $i <= $levels; $i++) {
           $count = 0;
           $fattestNode = 0;
           while (<$dir/$i*.jpg>) {
                 $count++;
                 $file = $_;
                 $file =~ s/$dir\///;
                 $file =~ s/\.jpg//;
                 @nodes = split(/-/,$file);
                 if (int($nodes[2]) > $fattestNode) { $fattestNode = int($nodes[2]); }
                 
           }
     
           for ($j = 0; $j <= $fattestNode; $j++) {
           
                 if ($j < 10) { $j = sprintf("%02d",$j); }
                 @stuff = <$dir/$i-*-$j.jpg>;
                 
                 foreach $file (sort @stuff) {
                       $file =~ s/$dir\///;
                       $tmpfile = $file;
                       $tmpfile =~ s/\.jpg//;
                       @newfile = split(/-/,$tmpfile);
                       $newfile[0] = int($newfile[0]);
                       $newfile[1] = int($newfile[1]);
                       $newfile[2] = int($newfile[2]);
                       $dirTotal++;
           
                       $arg1 = "$outputPath/$file";
                       $arg2 = "$tileGroup/$newfile[0]-$newfile[1]-$newfile[2].jpg";
           
                       @moveCMD = ("$sysMove", $arg1, $arg2);
                       
                       system(@moveCMD) == 0 or return "slice: @moveCMD failed: $?";
                       
                       if ($dirTotal == 256) {
                             $tileGroupNum++;
                             $tileGroup = "$mkdirName$tileGroupNum";
                             
                             eval { mkdir ($tileGroup) };
                             if ($@) {
                                   $retVal = "slice: Cannot create $tileGroup: $@";
                                   return $retVal;
                             }
                             $dirTotal = 0;
                       }
                 }
           }
     }

     #assuming everyting else went well, create the XML and
     #call it a day

     open (XML, ">$outputPath/ImageProperties.xml") or return "slice: couldn't creat $outputPath/ImageProperties.xml: $!";
     print XML "<IMAGE_PROPERTIES WIDTH=\"$xmlWidth\" HEIGHT=\"$xmlHeight\" NUMTILES=\"$numTiles\" VERSION=\"1.8\" TILESIZE=\"$tileSize\" />";
     close XML;

     chdir $importantCWD or die "Couldn't chdir back where we started in $importantCWD: $!";

     return '';
}
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thanks again

Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 27 July 2006
If you're able to cut down the question / sample program to about 20 or 30 lines, I've got a sporting chance of being able to help.   I'm not entirely clear what you're asking either - whether you've installed the program and it doesn't work for you, or whether you're asking for a Perl geek to add in a whole swathe of extra comments to help you follow what it does?

Anyhow ... post up a short sample showing the nubbs of the issue, tell us what it does (and what it should do) and we can have a look and pay be able to offer you practical answers.

Posted by Deep_Freeze (Deep_Freeze), 27 July 2006
on 07/27/06 at 11:32:02, Graham Ellis wrote:

i wish i could ... the whole thing is  doesnt make sence to me .... i wish it could be the different language.

the only thing i can say that i havent wrote this script i downloaded it .. suposly it should pull the image and split it up, so it needs atleast the variable for the image name and the path to the file, that make sence but i couldnt fine the plase to put it in and couldnt fine the variable that it's refers to later in the program.

unfortunately i can not make this program smaller coz i have no clue what it does in every part ... and the comments in that program doesnt make me any good.

sorry that i can not be more specific ...
dont worry if you not able to help me.


Posted by Deep_Freeze (Deep_Freeze), 27 July 2006
i think the whole thing is working but it needs few variables to be put in if someone can point me in the right direction on that one ...

Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 27 July 2006
We typically provide training rather than other services, so my temptation to help you further would be to suggest you learn enough Perl to be able to work out the script and help yourself (and if you're in the UK I might try and sell you a course!).   If someone does the specific for you this time on the script you've got, you'll still be asking again next time. But if you go one step further and learn it yourself, you'll be able to solve your own questions in the future.

Posted by Deep_Freeze (Deep_Freeze), 27 July 2006
on 07/27/06 at 16:58:04, Graham Ellis wrote:


i dont think i will coming back to CGI scripts anymore ...

that is the only one i would need.

anyways i understood the whole point thanks for trying kinda ...

i dont wanna do corses on cgi and im not in UK.
i guess ill have to pay someone to figure that out for me.

thanks again.



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