dump newbie image questiosn

[Jon]

"So unless there's a way to get the image to display at a specified size 
without setting the width, height of the image then I can't see how this 
helps with the most recent question.

Am I just missing something ?  (or has the "crossing-in-time" nature of 
email led to some confusion ?) "


That was also my take on this part of the thread.

:)

Jon



Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Chipp Walters wrote:
>
>> Alex and Jon,
>>
>> See the function I posted. It's really fast and invisible to the user, 
>
>
> I'm surprised it can be faster than   "the formatted width" of an 
> image that you have already imported (or referenced via file). Given 
> that I know I'm going to display the photo, it seems like an extra 
> effort to create an image, import the file into it, check its size, 
> then delete the image.
>
> Given a "lock screen" in the right place, using the formattedwidth of 
> the image that you have already imported (or referenced) is also 
> invisible to the user (and seems like it ought to be faster).
>
>> and will return the image size in pixels BEFORE you import it into 
>> your stack (or set the filename). I use it for ImageGadget.
>>
>
> If you use those pixel sizes to set the dimensions of the image object 
> you are going to use, then you again have the problem of  losing track 
> of the maximum size available for the image; that was Jon's latest 
> question, and my latest answer.
>
> So unless there's a way to get the image to display at a specified 
> size without setting the width, height of the image then I can't see 
> how this helps with the most recent question.
>
> Am I just missing something ?  (or has the "crossing-in-time" nature 
> of email led to some confusion ?)
>
>
>