Automatically preparing an image for download
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1. A method of preparing an image for downloading over a link, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection for an image to prepare for downloading over a link;
retrieving current user settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the image, the current user settings defining a first compressed file size for the image;
automatically deriving alternative compression settings, the alternative compression settings including compression settings scaled from the current user settings and defining alternative compressed file sizes for the image, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size; and
substantially simultaneously displaying to a user a plurality of variations of the image where at least one variation is generated using current user settings and at least one variation is generated using one or more of the alternative compression settings that define an alternative compressed file size of the variation.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing an image for downloading over a link. The method includes receiving a user selection for an image to prepare, retrieving current user settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the image and automatically presenting a plurality of variations of the image to the user where each variation is derived using compression settings that are scaled from the current user settings.
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1. A method of preparing an image for downloading over a link, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection for an image to prepare for downloading over a link;
retrieving current user settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the image, the current user settings defining a first compressed file size for the image;
automatically deriving alternative compression settings, the alternative compression settings including compression settings scaled from the current user settings and defining alternative compressed file sizes for the image, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size; and
substantially simultaneously displaying to a user a plurality of variations of the image where at least one variation is generated using current user settings and at least one variation is generated using one or more of the alternative compression settings that define an alternative compressed file size of the variation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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8. The method of clam 6 further comprising determining if the predominant form is line-art and if so, setting the optimum file format to a GIF format.
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28. A computer program for preparing an image for downloading over a link, the computer program includes instructions for causing a computer to:
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receive a user selection for an image to prepare for downloading over a link;
retrieve current user settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the image, the current user settings defining a first compressed file size for the image;
automatically derive alternative compression settings, the alternative compression settings including compression settings scaled from the current user settings and defining alternative compressed file sizes for the image, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size; and
substantially simultaneously display to a user a plurality of variations of the image where at least one variation is generated using current user settings and at least one variation is generated using one or more of the alternative compression settings that define an alternative compressed file size for the variation. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer-implemented method for preparing an image for downloading over a link, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more compression settings for compressing the image and a number specifying how many variations of the image are to be generated, the received compression settings defining a first compressed file size for the image;
automatically deriving a plurality of alternative compression settings that are different from the received compression settings and define alternative compressed file sizes for the image, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size;
using the derived alternative compression settings to generate at least one variation that has an alternative compressed file size in a plurality of variations of the image, the plurality of variations including as many variations as specified by the received number; and
substantially simultaneously displaying two or more of the plurality of variations of the image. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer program for preparing an image for downloading over a link, the computer program including instructions for causing a computer to:
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receive one or more compression settings for compressing the image and a number specifying how many variations of the image are to be generated, the received compression settings defining a first compressed file size for the image;
automatically derive a plurality of alternative compression settings that are different from the received compression settings and define alternative compressed file sizes for the image, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size;
use the derived alternative compression settings to generate at least one variation that has an alternative compressed file size in a plurality of variations of the image, the plurality of variations including as many variations as specified by the received number; and
substantially simultaneously display two or more of the plurality of variations of the image. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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