ImageMagick

[pauljb]

Right i am relatively new to php and the likes and i am confused. I can handle most things but this ImageMagick has be smacking my head off the wall. If some one would so kind to answer my questions. btw i have a plusnet broadband account and this gives me php and mysql and cgi support.

What is ImageMagick and what does it do?
I noitce on some things like ur gallery you need to have it installed, what do u mean by this, installed on your computer or on ur server?
If on your server how do i do that? Or if it is already there how can i find the path to it?
Last of all i setup the gallery using /user/local/bin as the path for ImageMagick the only problem i have with the gallery is when i batach upload. i get a wee X where the upload pic shud be and when i click on it it says something about ImageMagick. i tried it again and i now get NR. What can i do to fix this?
Finally, the pictures that are uploaded where are do they go, where are they stored is there noway i can upload a folder into the albums section and it will display the pictures?

Thanks for reading this and sorry for the length of it and the spelling.
p.s. Dont sent me to another part of ur forum i already checked and nothing is there that helped me.

Thanks

[Casper]

Hi Paul,

Coppermine requires that either Imagemagick or GD is on the server.  This is installed by the server admin, and most web hosts have one or the other.  If it is GD, you just need to know what version (1x or 2x).  If it is Imagemagick, you need to know the path.  Ask your host which image lib software the site uses, and the path if it is imagemagic.

These programs create the intermediate pics and thumbs.

Have you tried setting coppermine to use GD, instead of imagemagick.  Set it at GD1 first, if it creates thumbs, which look horrible, try GD2.
If it doesn't create thumbs at all, GD isn't there.

You could also try using imagemgick with the path '/user/bin'

You should upload pics by ftp to coppermine_directory/albums/your_folders, remembering to set them to chmod 777.  Do not put these folders inside the 'userpics' folder.  That is where coppermine puts the pics uploaded by your members/users.

Once you have uploaded them, you need to use the 'batch add' facility to put them in the albums you want them in.  If the albums do not yet exist, create them first.

Please keep future posts to one question per thread.

[pauljb]

Thanks for that it was very informative.
Sorry about all the questions.