Doug Griffith
03-11-2012, 8:45 PM
Hey All,
I'm curious if it's worth my time converting a program I recently wrote to an API. I built it for a customer but I retained rights to use the code. It's an online design tool where high resolution images can be uploaded, masked, moved around, scaled and layered. Type can be added using any true type font that I embed. It can be moved, scaled, masked, layered, and colored. It uses templates for different products that the images can be placed onto. It also embeds .ai/.eps files as well as vector polygons. It uses no Flash or applets just plain ol' jquery, php, and perl.
The tricky part is that the original image files are not touched during manipulation and are mirrored in a PDF for high resolution output. The goal was to make it as easy as clicking the print button.
I ask this question because I've had numerous people (some even from Sawmill Creek) request a tool like this but the problem has always been that the cost to develop was too high. Well now that the meat and potatoes are done and paid for, I can program the tool so it can be embedded in numerous websites through an iframe. I just don't know if it's worth the effort. There is still a lot of work to do.
I'm curious if it's worth my time converting a program I recently wrote to an API. I built it for a customer but I retained rights to use the code. It's an online design tool where high resolution images can be uploaded, masked, moved around, scaled and layered. Type can be added using any true type font that I embed. It can be moved, scaled, masked, layered, and colored. It uses templates for different products that the images can be placed onto. It also embeds .ai/.eps files as well as vector polygons. It uses no Flash or applets just plain ol' jquery, php, and perl.
The tricky part is that the original image files are not touched during manipulation and are mirrored in a PDF for high resolution output. The goal was to make it as easy as clicking the print button.
I ask this question because I've had numerous people (some even from Sawmill Creek) request a tool like this but the problem has always been that the cost to develop was too high. Well now that the meat and potatoes are done and paid for, I can program the tool so it can be embedded in numerous websites through an iframe. I just don't know if it's worth the effort. There is still a lot of work to do.