Tag: thumbnails

  • Photoshop thumbnails in Windows Explorer, part II

    Shortly after my last post, in which I showed how to activate Photoshop thumbnails in Windows Explorer, I was made aware of the PSD Codec by Ardfry Imaging, which promises similar and better results. For $ 19.95, it will display Photoshop preview images not only in the Explorer, but also in the Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo…

  • Photoshop thumbnails in Windows Explorer

    Those who regularly work with Photoshop are perhaps also annoyed of Windows Explorer’s inability to support .psd files in thumbnail view: While bitmaps, JPEGs and other common image formats all appear as a small thumbnail, you only get to see the blue Photoshop icon for PSDs. Now, if you own an image management program anyway…

  • Preserve PNG transparency with GD Lib

    Lately I had to write a PHP function that generates differently sized thumbnails from an image with GD Lib. Thereby I had lots of trouble with semi-transparent PNG graphics. Although I found many tips on the internet that pointed me in the right direction, I couldn’t find a really complete and neat solution. Many people…