Thumbnail not created - bmp

Post by **Don Chambers** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:17 pm

s9y 1.3.1 - just added a bmp image to the media library and it did not create a thumbnail. Is this an oversight for bitmap file types, or deliberate?

File is here: http://www.optional-necessity.com/uploa ... eworks.bmp

Post by **garvinhicking** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:53 am

Hi!

Converting files is dependent on your PHP GD lib or Imagemagick only. if it doesn't convert, it's not because of s9y but because your converter does not support that firmat.

Regards,
Garvin

Post by **Don Chambers** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:29 pm

Thanks Garvin - I tried this image on 4 different servers - all using GD - and none of them created the thumbnail.... I can always convert it to jpg using photoshop, just thought I would ask. Seems wierd that it would not resize the image just because it is a bitmap.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:06 pm

Hi!

Historically, bitmaps have little support on browsers/webpages. Since PHP was optimized for web-usage, als the GDLib did not really take bitmaps into consideration.

So, usually on the web, remember to not use bitmaps. They are too large and too unsupported.

Regards,
Garvin

Thumbnail not created - bmp

Thumbnail not created - bmp

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