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Add Text to Image Online

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by iShopHQ, Jun 3, 2007.

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    I had an idea after reading a news article about lolpresidents, a site where people post pictures of presidents and presidential candidates with (sometimes) funny captions. I thought: "Wouldn't it be cool if there was a site where you could upload and add the text to the image right online?"

    So this weekend I built it.

    www.AddCaption.com
    Add Text to an Image Online

    You can resize images online too.

    Check it out...
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  2. CarlosP

    CarlosP Peon

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    #2
    Pretty basic, but it can be useful sometimes.
     
    CarlosP, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  3. Wicked Sushi

    Wicked Sushi Peon

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    That's pretty cool! I wish I would know how to do stuff like that.
     
    Wicked Sushi, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  4. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    thanks sushi! I had fun doing it.

    Today I added the capability to paste in an image URL and AddCaption will go out and get the image so you can add your caption to it.

    What else would anyone like to see?
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  5. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    #5
    More enhancements:

    Pimped the home page after getting feedback on how 'ugly' it was

    Added some images with captions I made myself using AddCaption.com (celebrity endorsements!)

    Altered the add text process to allow you to add a caption at both the top and bottom of the image
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 6, 2007 IP
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    #6
    pretty cool little site. good job!
     
    zander1226, Jun 6, 2007 IP
  7. marioland

    marioland Banned

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    #7
    I agree, nice site! Adding more fonts would be fun!
     
    marioland, Jun 6, 2007 IP
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #8
    Nice work and great idea.
     
    Kerosene, Jun 6, 2007 IP
  9. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    #9
    interesting that you would mention that marioland....

    Latest News:
    Did some major cleanup/pimping on the form used to add the text to the image. Got rid of most of the radio buttons and went for dropdowns, which gives more room for options. Also added in a 'preview' of sorts, so you can see how your choices will affect the text you're putting into the image. Have I mentioned what a pain in the ass JavaScript is? Also, the 'underline' preview doesn't work on FireFox; seems it doesn't recognize the JavaScript textDecorationUnderline attribute. Couldn't find a hack to make it work either, so if you know one, send it to me.

    Got a gmail addy and added a contact link too.

    Next is to cleanup the other radio buttons...
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 7, 2007 IP
  10. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    Finished cleaning up the text formatting form....

    SHould I spend the time nad effort to turn it insto sme sort of post and vote site, like a hot or not for iamges with captions?
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  11. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    Added TOS page and a javascript validation on the form.....
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 12, 2007 IP
  12. priyakochin

    priyakochin Banned

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    #12
    Are u using GD for adding captions to that images ?
     
    priyakochin, Jun 12, 2007 IP
  13. iShopHQ

    iShopHQ Peon

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    don't know what GD is, so I feel safe in saying I'm not using it.....
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 13, 2007 IP
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    #14
    Decent idea, a bit like ytmnd.com. Don't make it to similar, you WON'T beat YTMND.com at it's own game ;).
     
    almondj, Jun 13, 2007 IP
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    bilalghouri Banned

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    #15
    nice great i idea..il try it later.
     
    bilalghouri, Jun 15, 2007 IP
  16. bilalghouri

    bilalghouri Banned

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    so sorry for double posting.. i clicked quick reply button accidentally 2 times.
    sorry again..
     
    bilalghouri, Jun 15, 2007 IP
  17. iShopHQ

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    #17
    checked out YTMND, pretty cool. much more than I'm aiming for though. there are some online image editors you can use, and roflbot, but that's about it.

    next step is saving images to a DB i think, then I can look at a voting process....
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 15, 2007 IP
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    Found a way to call the Save As dialog with a button, so I added that. No more complicated right-click-save-as to save the images you create...
     
    iShopHQ, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    iShopHQ Peon

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    Latest update: save and voting added!

    After you add text to an image, you now have the option to save the image for voting.

    Enter your email (you have to confirm your email, so make sure it's valid) and then tag your image. Use as manay tags as you want up to a total of 100 characters, with each tag separated by commas (tag 1,tag2, this is tag3, etc.,).

    Then click submit and your image will be added. It won't be live until you've confirmed your email address. Once you've confirmed your email, the image will be available for voting on the site.
     
    iShopHQ, Sep 9, 2007 IP