We are a small, independent photography company specialising in junior team sports photography.
We have developed all our tech systems in-house using a series of shell (bash) scripts. We use Macs (Mavericks), and the bulk of our image processing is done through a loosely coupled collection of modules based on ImageMagick.
One task we complete manually is the conversion of a text file (people's name) into a transparent background png to be overlaid on the rest of the print. We are looking to automate this process. The final product should:
-- receive parameters such as the text file (including tabs), font, colour, minimum/maximum font size (eg 9.0/14pt), box size (based on photo orientation)
-- automatically fit the text to box, aligning tabs (Back Row: etc), auto text size, line breaks (not breaking names) on commas if needed, line spacing (leading)
-- produce a transparent png based on the inputs that displays the txt file contents 'beautifully'
Things that I would build on the script in the future:
-- ability to select an alternative font if the best fit font size is too small (under 8.5pt) - eg Arial to Arial Narrow
-- ability to alter box size based on input logic if the best fit font size was too small - eg make the box a little bigger and the photo a little smaller
What we have tried:
-- LaTeX appears to be an obvious choice. Tab stops were do-able, but the background transparency was problematic. Requires a heavyweight install
-- ImageMagick has a text resize functionality, but can't do tabs. Could still be an option if two text pngs were outputted with the same font size could be combined
-- wkhtmltoimage appears to be the best option, and is lightweight. Can be styled easily with css, but I still can't get it right enough
There is no restriction on how this is done, other than it should be fast and run on the systems specified above.
I have attached some samples of outputs that we do manually.
I've created programs to do custom text layout using the os x text layout apis in Quartz/Core Graphics, so i can create a small program to generate your image with beautifully rendered text.
I've already done the basics of the program here:
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You can run it like this
txtpng -input [login to view URL] -width 3100 -height 350 -output [login to view URL] -font Helvetica
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Dear there
This seems an interesting job. Could you please send me some example of input and output, so I could review?
I could work on immediately
Thanks & B/R
I am new to freelancer. Hence you may not see any ratings. I am a general programing enthusiast and thought that this may be a good way to put my skills to good use.
This is a simple task. I already have a basic working version of this program. Need some more formatting with the text - tabs, text wrapping, etc. Your job will be completed to your satisfaction.
Hello,
I read your project and I can help you. I can write you a java program that would be able to do what you want. I look forward to hearing from you to discuss this project further.
Clay P