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selaux / node-sprite-generator

Generates image sprites and their spritesheets (css, stylus, sass or less) from sets of images. Supports retina sprites. Provides express middleware and grunt task.
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removing native dependancy? #41

Closed duncanmapes closed 8 years ago

duncanmapes commented 9 years ago

It would be awesome if you could build out a version of this that uses something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/jimp or http://camanjs.com/ instead of the more native stuff like GM or cairo

selaux commented 9 years ago

True, I will try to add this in the ear future.

alberto-bottarini commented 9 years ago

Take a look here: https://github.com/alberto-bottarini/node-sprite-generator-jimp

selaux commented 9 years ago

Nice work! since the other compositor dependencies are currently optionalDependencies this is a good way to setup js-only node-sprite-generator.

Currently jimp does not yet support setting png quality options, so this needs to be implemented first to make it an "official" compositor https://github.com/oliver-moran/jimp/issues/25. My time is limited atm, but I will try to get to it.

selaux commented 9 years ago

Prerequisites are now there. @alberto-bottarini: Can I use your compositor as a base for a built-in? Can you submit a PR with the current code so you get the credits you deserve :wink:

haydenbleasel commented 8 years ago

Hey @selaux, sorry to reference a closed issue but is it possible to figure out a state where we don't need to install native dependencies just to use the JIMP compositor?

selaux commented 8 years ago

You dont need to install them, they are optional dependencies, the jimp compositor can be used even when building node-canvas fails.