Rails - Apr 2009 - Using Paperclip::Processor and RMagick to sharpen my thumbnails

Hi, I''m brand new to RMagick (and pretty new to Rails for that
matter!). Right now, site owners are allowed to upload product and
ingredient photos to the website. Everything works great, ingredients
are sized down and proportioned correctly...the problem is that the
resulting images are so blurry! So I''ve been doing some research and
it looks like Paperclip::Processor may be the way to go. Here is what
I have so far:


*** RAILS_ROOT/lib/paperclip_processors/paperclip_sharpen_image.rb ***

require ''RMagick''

module Paperclip
    class SharpenImage < Paperclip::Processor

        def initialize file, options = {}
            super
            @file             = file
            @format           = options[:format]
            @current_format   = File.extname(@file.path)
            @basename         = File.basename(@file.path,
@current_format)
        end

        def make
            src = @file
            image = Magick::Image.read(File.expand_path
(src.path)).first

            image.sharpen(10, 10)!

            # Create Templfile object and write image data to its file
            dst = Tempfile.new([@basename, @format].compact.join("."))
            dst.binmode
            image.write(File.expand_path(dst.path))

            # Return Tempfile object to Paperclip for further handling
            return dst
        end
    end
end


*** ingredient.rb ***

has_attached_file :photo, :styles => {:small => "63x75"},
                            :processors => [:sharpen_image]


But, I''m not having any luck. I just grabbed most of this code from
another site and have been trying to adapt it...but to no avail! Any
help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.


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Depends what exactly your error is, but I seem to recall RMagick having 
issues with TempFile''s default naming convention. The default processor
deals with that. Try subclassing Paperclip::Thumbnail instead?

If not, could you provide more details on the nature of the actual 
error?
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Matt W. wrote:
>             image.sharpen(10, 10)!
"I''m not having any luck" isn''t a very good
description of your problem.
However, this is not valid Ruby. It''s possible you meant:

image.sharpen!(10,10)

but there is no Magick::Image.sharpen! method. I think what you want is:

image = image.sharpen(10,10)
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Matt W. wrote:
> Hi, I''m xxxxx new to RMagick (and pretty new to Rails for that
> matter!). Right now, site owners are allowed to upload product and
> ingredient photos to the website. Everything works great, ingredients
> are sized down and proportioned correctly...the problem is that the
> resulting images are so blurry!
Magick::Image.resize takes a "support" (a.k.a "sharpen")
argument. See
http://www.imagemagick.org/RMagick/doc/image3.html#resize.
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I apologize for the poor description. What I should have said is that
nothing appears to happen at all. I don''t see any errors logged, the
thumbnail is still created, but it doesn''t appear to be any different
than before (when I wasn''t using the processor). I appreciate
everyone''s feedback, looks like I''ve got a couple of things I
can try.

Thanks.

On Apr 17, 9:10 am, Tim Hunter
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wrote:
> Matt W. wrote:
> >             image.sharpen(10, 10)!
>
> "I''m not having any luck" isn''t a very good
description of your problem.
> However, this is not valid Ruby. It''s possible you meant:
>
> image.sharpen!(10,10)
>
> but there is no Magick::Image.sharpen! method. I think what you want is:
>
> image = image.sharpen(10,10)
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How would I go about utilizing the "support" argument with Paperclip?

On Apr 17, 9:14 am, Tim Hunter
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wrote:
> Matt W. wrote:
> > Hi, I''m xxxxx new to RMagick (and pretty new to Rails for
that
> > matter!). Right now, site owners are allowed to upload product and
> > ingredient photos to the website. Everything works great, ingredients
> > are sized down and proportioned correctly...the problem is that the
> > resulting images are so blurry!
>
> Magick::Image.resize takes a "support" (a.k.a
"sharpen") argument.
Seehttp://www.imagemagick.org/RMagick/doc/image3.html#resize.
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It seems that my processor isn''t even being fired. There is no
evidence that it is even being called. I have it in the RAILS_ROOT/lib/
paperclip_processors directory and I''ve double checked the file names.
Does anyone have any idea what I''m doing wrong here?

Thanks!

M@

On Apr 17, 1:19 am, Shaun Keller
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wrote:
> Depends what exactly your error is, but I seem to recall RMagick having
> issues with TempFile''s default naming convention. The default
processor
> deals with that. Try subclassingPaperclip::Thumbnail instead?
>
> If not, could you provide more details on the nature of the actual
> error?
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.