Just installed Pictorialis. I’ve got it up and running; very nice!
A few questions:
1. Has there been any talk about rolling this functionality into WordPress proper? With more and more improvements incorporated into WordPress and possibilities of some structural changes, it seems like a it would just benefit being in the same package.
2. On uploading a photo, I’ve uploaded a 600×400 photo which goes into the “upload” folder, Pictorialis automatically resizes then moves the sizedFilename.jpg file into images. Now, the original file was 60kb, but the sized is 108kb (due to the default compression at 100) even though there was no real modification to the image other than it getting filtered through GD. Is there a way to do a check before resizing and/or processing the image through GD and keeping it from re-filtering the image (thus degrading it somewhat from my Photoshop output)? This is also because the resized/filtered image also loses some contrast through GD.
3. The original file remains in the upload area… I understand that clicking the image will show the original which is in upload, but is this really necessary? Do we want to provide the original for all? If someone wants a higher resolution, they can just ask the publisher. Why not have the image in the index go to the comments page when clicked and then the image on the comments page go to the index page when click for easier navigation. Then just have Pictorials delete the original on successful resizing/thumb creation; this would also save on server space… Just a suggestion.
