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> Hi,
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> Does anyone know of a good way to do server-side image processing, and
> take advantage of Photoshop's filters (e.g. drop shadow, inner glow,
> etc.). Basically we need the image quality of Photoshop, but all the
> images are processed in a multi-threaded non-GUI service. [...]

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> "r4d0n" <mqtest@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4404b0d.0311281258.5bd70ed8@posting.google.com...
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> Yes. It is not too hard to noodle out. Have a _licensed_ version of PS on a
> machine (call it a server if you want). Have a simple process watching a
> drop folder. When the folder changes, pick up the user id from the
> drop-process (hopefully FTP), thene= invoke PS via a droplet that does what
> you want it to do against the folder. Set the rights of the user to the
> folder. Of course there is more to it, and there is a _lot_ one can do in
> this regard, but I don't think we should be doing the job for one with such
> ambitions. Work out the rest on your own.

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> Do you mean watch a folder for Photoshop files (i.e. PSDs) dropped
> into it? Actually, I don't really need to work with Photoshop files
> so much as use Photoshop's filters on some in-memory raster image.
> Also, the user accessing the service is not particularly important, so
> I'm not clear as to why it would be needed, as noted below. Besides,
> the service may have to deal with many users so it would not scale if
> PS were invoked for every user. I was trying to avoid having to
> invoke PS and if possible, work solely in a service (non-GUI) context.

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