Image Management

[DonAshby]

Hi Everyone -
Has anyone figured out the best way to manage - resize, compress, and upload lots ( 1000s ) of images. We have a master image and then need to create 3 or 4 more of the same images - smaller. We are doing this manually.

There has to be a better way to do this offline and then upload it all. Someone earlier mentioned 1 image and let the server resize it on the fly - but doesnt that use a lot of processeor power?

We have up to 3 image views and need a way to put them up efficiently.

Don

[AbleMods]

Don,

I found a batch image resizer program on the internet for $20. It takes an entire folder at a time and lets you resize every image in the folder to a specific W x H. It's what I used for my store.

Has some nice features too. Adds a watermark to every picture if you want and it can automatically add the _i or _t like AC7 wants.

I would make three passes through the same images. Once with the sku.jpg, another with the sku_i.jpg and finally sku_t.jpg. Then you just copy all the result files into the product images folder. AC7 matches the file names with the product SKU's.

http://www.softorbits.com/batch_picture ... index.html

[rdevarona]

Don,

I do this in Photoshop via the File | Automate | Batch function. You first record an action that does the following:

1. Open an image
2. Resize to appropriate dimensions
3. Export (Save for web) to the appropriate folder
4. Close the image

You can then use the batch function on an entire folder of images and specify that action.

Regards,

rdv

[Shopping Cart Admin]

Hello Don,

If you have 1000's of images then it's easiest to use the SKU based image lookup as Joe has suggested.

Admin > Website > Logo's and Images

Product Image Lookup by SKU
When this option is enabled, product image URLs are automatically calculated using the SKU if no image is otherwise specified. The expected format is ?_i.jpg for icons, ?_t.jpg for thumbnails, and ?.jpg for standard images.

If you have a 4th larger image a customization to the product page would get that handled.