dump newbie image questiosn

[J. Landman Gay]

On 6/1/05 2:20 PM, Jon wrote:

> Is there any way to specify the magnification ratio of the image (the 
> ratio between the native/intrinsic size and the displayed size)?  One 
> might want to alter this ratio in order to "zoom" or "unzoom" an 
> image.   Note that I do NOT want a separate "zoom" window or magnifier.  
> I want to take a image and either display it to "fit" in a window, or 
> display it "normally" (1:1).
> 
> Is there any way to specify the displayed width of an image independent 
> of the actual width of the image (in pixels)?  One might want to do this 
> to "fit" an image into a fixed screen space, even if it is larger or 
> smaller (in pixels) than the screen space.
> 
> I've tried to manipulate real (large) images using the pixels, and have 
> found Revolution to be stunningly slow (perhaps 100 times slower than 
> native code).  Am I doing it "wrong", or is Revolution aimed at doing 
> things other than manipulating millions of pixels in tight loops?

Lots of old threads on this do exactly what you want. Go here:

<http://www.mail-archive.com/use-revolution@lists.runrev.com/>

and search for the words "zoom image". You'll get scripts and everything.

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