Awesome Image Effects with ColdFusion 8 - Part 1

With the release of ColdFusion 8, came a whole new set of long-awaited tags and functions for image manipulation. Developers can now easily read, manipulate, create images as well as create captchas.

Thanks to the release of the brand new CFImageEffects CFC by Foundeo, you can now do even more with images that blows other languages' image capabilities even further out of the water.

I am going to be starting a mini-series on the use of this fantastic addition to your CF 8 library of code.

The first example that I cooked up fairly quickly (thanks to the excellent documentation) was a page to test the reflection effect as well as the rounded corners effect on a photo.

Lab Url: http://www.kylehayes.info/imageeffects/

The demonstration allows you to choose an effect to apply to the photo and to tweak the basic effect settings. In this case, the reflection height, and the rounded corners radius. Give it a try and leave your feedback and what you think about the speed of the product. I think Pete has done an excellent job on this component. If you are interested in getting this for your own website, check out Foundeo's ImageEffects product page.

My next implementation idea for this is to allow the user to select multiple effects at a time and choose the order in which the effects are applied.