Description: "Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software" paperback textbook (first printing 1999) by Shawn P. Wallace "Most people think that creating web graphics is solely a job for graphics editors like Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. The truth is that with Open Source software like Perl and GNU Image Manipulation Program (Gimp), you have the power to dynamically generate graphics based on user input and activity, easily manipulate graphics content, and optimize graphics for compression and quality. From access counters and log-report graphs to scientific plots and on-the-fly animated GIFs, graphics scripting is within the grasp of most web scripters. It is a little-documented field, however, and many programmers are unaware of the many valuable free libraries and tools available on the Internet. Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software is aimed at intermediate and advanced web programmers who want to use CGI scripts to generate dynamic graphic content. Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software takes a practical, resource-like approach. It documents and uses several powerful Perl modules for generating graphics (GD, ImageMagick, PerlMagick, and GIFgraph). In addition, it provides detailed documentation for scripting the Gimp, both in Script-Fu and via a Perl Interface. Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU covers such topics as:How to create image maps from data extracted from a databaseThe implementation of several new Perl modules for the creation of neatly formatted PostScript filesReusable recipes for many popular applications such as web counters and web camsHow to create animated GIFs on the flyHow to optimize server-side graphics generation As for documentation, it provides:A tour through the most popular web graphics file formatsDescriptions of the PNG, JPEG, and giflib libraries, as well as many other free and proprietary libraries and SDKsExtensive documentation and examples using Perl graphics modules GD and GIFgraph, and the Perl interface to ImageMagick librariesDocumentation of the Gimp, Script-Fu, and the Perl interface to the Gimp Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software will change how you think about creating and manipulating graphics for the Web." -Summary from back of cover.
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Subject Area: Artistic Techniques, Software Development, Visual Arts
Publication Name: Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Software
Item Length: 7 in
Publisher: O'reilly, Incorporated
Subject: Graphics
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 10 in
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Author: Shawn P. Wallace
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Item Weight: 30 Oz
Number of Pages: 468 Pages
