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Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

#21

Post by UncleEntity »

thrusong wrote: post #16

I built four tools that looked and functioned almost exactly like this about six years ago, but using PHP. They were called "Picture Perfect," "Portrait Perfect," "Partner Perfect," and "Process Perfect." I initially developed Picture Perfect for my reporter colleagues at a news radio station to use for our website, and they loved it. Just drag a photo on the site, crop it exactly how you want to our website's exact…

> My homophobic boss didn't like that I had this on my own server and didn't get approval to share it first...

> When I left that job, I pulled them offline...

Sounds like the first boss had the right idea...and obviously not the homophobia.

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Post by thrusong »

UncleEntity wrote: post #21
thrusong wrote: post #16

I built four tools that looked and functioned almost exactly like this about six years ago, but using PHP. They were called "Picture Perfect," "Portrait Perfect," "Partner Perfect," and "Process Perfect." I initially developed Picture Perfect for my reporter colleagues at a news radio station to use for our website, and they loved it. Just drag a photo on the site, crop it exactly how you want to our website's exact…

> My homophobic boss didn't like that I had this on my own server and didn't get approval to share it first... > When I left that job, I pulled them offline... Sounds like the first boss had the right idea...and obviously not the homophobia.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook.

Extra context: people complained about how tedious the SoCast CMS was to use for years before I got there.

Either way, whatever, as long as the tool effected change, I got what I wanted for myself and my co-workers.

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Post by fpgaminer »

thrusong wrote: post #22
UncleEntity wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> My homophobic boss didn't like that I had this on my own server and didn't get approval to share it first... > When I left that job, I pulled them offline... Sounds like the first boss had the right idea...and obviously not the homophobia.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook. Extra context: people complained about how tedious the SoCast CMS was to use for years before I got there. Either way, whatever, as long as the tool effected change, I got what I wanted for myself and my co-workers.

> I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook.

Your friends, sure, but not necessarily your coworkers, depending on the context. The company might be under various legal obligations with regards to how those photos are used, and sending them to an unapproved third party could put them in serious legal hot waters. That's regardless of your intentions.

I doubt that's the case here and trust your assessment of the situation. I also think the comment you're replying to wasn't particularly tactful. But yeah, it could be an issue in some situations and, like it or not, as engineers we always have to keep an eye out for this kind of stuff.

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Post by nitrogen »

thrusong wrote: post #22
UncleEntity wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> My homophobic boss didn't like that I had this on my own server and didn't get approval to share it first... > When I left that job, I pulled them offline... Sounds like the first boss had the right idea...and obviously not the homophobia.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook. Extra context: people complained about how tedious the SoCast CMS was to use for years before I got there. Either way, whatever, as long as the tool effected change, I got what I wanted for myself and my co-workers.

Depends on the state, but often if you make something that relates to your employer's business, even on your own time, your employer owns it.

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Post by worker767424 »

thrusong wrote: post #16

I built four tools that looked and functioned almost exactly like this about six years ago, but using PHP. They were called "Picture Perfect," "Portrait Perfect," "Partner Perfect," and "Process Perfect." I initially developed Picture Perfect for my reporter colleagues at a news radio station to use for our website, and they loved it. Just drag a photo on the site, crop it exactly how you want to our website's exact…

> My homophobic boss

This is either the opposite of how people used to say things that weren't cool were "gay," or you just added a useless detail to the story for I'm not sure what reason.

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

#29

Post by bigiain »

biryani_chicken wrote: post #13

Here is how you can do it with ImageMagick: `convert -gravity center -background black -compose Copy -resize 800x450 -extent 800x450 input.png output.png` Sadly I don't know how to do it without specifying the size in pixels. Using `16:9` for resize and extent doesn't do the trick.

Do you have instructions so your mom could do that? Or would you just send here to the OPs website?

I know which I'd do...

Re: Show HN: Make Your Photo 16x9

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Post by thrusong »

fpgaminer wrote: post #23
thrusong wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook. Extra context: people complained about how tedious the SoCast CMS was to use for years before I got there. Either way, whatever, as long as the tool effected change, I got what I wanted for myself and my co-workers.

> I'm pretty sure you're allowed to build little utility websites and share them with your friends on Facebook. Your friends, sure, but not necessarily your coworkers, depending on the context. The company might be under various legal obligations with regards to how those photos are used, and sending them to an unapproved third party could put them in serious legal hot waters. That's regardless of your intentions. I…

Fair enough. Thanks for the tactful and insightful comment.
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