Extension talk:EditImage

This is really awesome idea. I've thought of it before but never had time to try to build something like this. One question--are the images diff-able yet? Diff is an integral part of the wiki experience. Also I think that it'd be even better if images were able to be edited while inside a wiki page. Smaug  16:13, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * No, images are not diffable yet (which would be cool, but should probably be a separate (core) development to this extension). At the very least, having them side by side would be useful. Beyond that I have difficulty imagining how the diff page could highlight differences. I'm sure there are some interesting possibilities though.


 * Regarding "editing images while inside a wiki page", I don't know that would be desirable because it could have unintended effects, if the image takes on your edits everywhere it is used. There have been proposals for extending the image syntax though - something like  [[Image:foo.jpg|crop=100x200]]  or something...not really changing the image, just the thumbnail that is displayed when it is embedded for that page. --pfctdayelise 04:52, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Suggestions
What I've always wanted on a Wiki is to be able to reuse an existing image on my Wiki on another page but with it showing the cropped area.

For example, the original image may have two objects on it. I'd then use the crop extension to use the image again on a second image tag (or on a different page) to show the 2nd object.

Alternatively I could use it to have tow image tag on a page. The first one shows the full image and the second image shows a zoomed up area of that image.

I'd not want to create a permanent 2nd image using the crop function, just a cached version to save disc space.

What do you think?

I guess it would mean a tool to crop/edit and a new Image: tag to show the modified image.

ie CropImage:Image.jpg|x1|y1|x2|y2|width|height|etc..

Comments?

--Quatermass 19:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)