Customizing a Graphic

I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
as professional as possible.

Re: Customizing a Graphic

grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote in
news:1185336543.003366.239300@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:

> I have web course on a website that I would like to
> generate a certificate for when completed. I would like
> the certificate to be presented to the user as a single
> graphic. This means getting the persons name and date into
> the graphic. I don't want HTML text overlaying a
> background image. I would also like the option for the
> user to upload an image which could also be put into the
> certificate. I want the user to be able to download this
> image, the big reason I want it all in a single graphic.
> Can someone offer me some advice on how to make these
> images automatically. I do want the quality to look as
> professional as possible.

Forgive me if I misunderstood, but YOU are TEACHING a COURSE???
O N W H A T ???????


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Re: Customizing a Graphic

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:09:03 GMT
scribed:

> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
> as professional as possible.

Don't think that can be done but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

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Re: Customizing a Graphic

On 2007-07-25, grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote:
> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
> as professional as possible.

That can be done with ImageMagick.

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Re: Customizing a Graphic

"Chris F.A. Johnson" wrote:

>On 2007-07-25, grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
>> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
>> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
>> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
>> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
>> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
>> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
>> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
>> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
>> as professional as possible.

> That can be done with ImageMagick.

instead it can modify an already existing image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick

He would need something that could generate images (persons name and
such) as layers, then flatten the image.
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Re: Customizing a Graphic

grantroelofs@gmail.com writes:

> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> certificate for when completed.

A "web course?" I hope it's not about web development, because if so then
asking this question seems to disqualify you from teaching it. :-)

> I would like the certificate to be
> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
> overlaying a background image.

Options abound. You could use ImageMagick or GD, which are both accessible
from a wide variety of languages:




Regardless of the toolkit or language you use, the general approach will be
the same: You'd composite the image layers on the server, using the static
background, generated text, and uploaded image. The result would be a bitmap
that you would then compress to either GIF or JPEG to return to a browser.

None of that is at all relevant to HTML though - it's all done on the server,
which produces either image/gif or image/jpeg data in its response. You'd
refer to the server-side app that produces the image the same way you would
any other image, with an img element:



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Re: Customizing a Graphic

On 2007-07-25, Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
> "Chris F.A. Johnson" wrote:
>
>>On 2007-07-25, grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
>>> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
>>> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
>>> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
>>> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
>>> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
>>> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
>>> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
>>> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
>>> as professional as possible.
>
>> That can be done with ImageMagick.
>
> instead it can modify an already existing image
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick
>
> He would need something that could generate images (persons name and
> such) as layers, then flatten the image.

With ImageMagick, a command like this could be used to put the
text "John Doe" onto the image xx.png:

convert -font "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*" \
-fill black -draw "text 160,100 'John Doe'" \
xx.png xxx.png

Unfortunately, convert requires an X server, so it cannot be used
in a CGI (or is there a way?).

Another possibility is to write a PostScript file (see
); ideally it should be
converted to PDF, but that, too, requires X.

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Re: Customizing a Graphic

grantroel...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> certificate for when completed...

This is a simple process with Flash. All of the training we create
have printable certificates when the courses are over. I believe you
can find something at www.flashkit.com that will meet your needs.

Re: Customizing a Graphic

On Jul 25, 1:12 am, Neredbojias wrote:
> > I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> > certificate for when completed....
> Don't think that can be done but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

Flash can do it...

Re: Customizing a Graphic

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:15 GMT
Travis Newbury scribed:

> On Jul 25, 1:12 am, Neredbojias wrote:
>> > I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
>> > certificate for when completed....
>> Don't think that can be done but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
>
> Flash can do it...

The methods I've read about in this thread so far seem kind of hard. I
want something easy, man, like a no-brainer.

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Re: Customizing a Graphic

grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote:
> I would also like the option for the
> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
> as professional as possible.
>

'As professional as possible'? Does it need to be online? You could just
set up a PDF-form with Adobe Acrobat where people can enter their name
and insert their own image into a predefined text and image-field. This
can be done pretty easy with Adobe Acrobat. If it needs to be online:
let the person download the PDF-form, then she will complete the
certificat offline, save it, and upload it again to your course-server...

Just my two cents
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Re: Customizing a Graphic

Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:09:03 GMT
> scribed:
>
>> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
>> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
>> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
>> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
>> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
>> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
>> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
>> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
>> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
>> as professional as possible.
>
> Don't think that can be done but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
>

Php can generate images, I think. Though am unsure if this can be done
purely in html.

Other option would be to generate a pDF from a latex installation on Linux.

Re: Customizing a Graphic

Animesh K writes:

> Php can generate images, I think.

Pretty much any server-side technology I can think of is capable of it.
Some (like Macradobe's Generator) are specialized for just that.

> Though am unsure if this can be done purely in html.

I can't imagine how it possibly could be - especially given the OP's
requirements of the end result being a single graphics file with no
overlaid HTML text.

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Re: Customizing a Graphic

grantroelofs@gmail.com wrote:
> I have web course on a website that I would like to generate a
> certificate for when completed. I would like the certificate to be
> presented to the user as a single graphic. This means getting the
> persons name and date into the graphic. I don't want HTML text
> overlaying a background image. I would also like the option for the
> user to upload an image which could also be put into the certificate.
> I want the user to be able to download this image, the big reason I
> want it all in a single graphic. Can someone offer me some advice on
> how to make these images automatically. I do want the quality to look
> as professional as possible.
>

An interesting example is

http://www.churchsigngenerator.com/

Re: Customizing a Graphic

More example image genrators:

http://www.CustomSignGenerator.com has a certificate maker.

Make other images:

http://www.web2.0button.com
http://www.text2logo.com
http://www.comicstripgenerator.com
http://www.avatargenerator.org
http://www.rssbuttons.com
http://www.glitterizer.com
http://www.happyfacegenerator.com
http://cooltext.web20appz.com
http://www.WallpaperGenerator.com
http://www.web20searchengine.com/web-tools/graphics.htm
http://www.bannergenerator.org
http://www.famousdefaces.com
http://www.signgenerator.net
http://www.txt2jpg.com
http://www.signgeneratormaker.com
http://www.headerbar.com
http://www.comedysearchengine.com/comedy-humor/generator.htm
http://www.dangersigngenerator.com
http://www.txt2png.com