Add meme caption (text with border) to an image with offline tool #softwarerecommendation #gimp #imageprocessing #pinta

https://askubuntu.com/q/1564999/612

Add meme caption (text with border) to an image with offline tool

There are online web pages (https://imgflip.com and the like) where you can add a "meme caption" to an image. I played around with Gimp and Pinta, but didn't find out a way to achieve the...

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Need image dimensions from S3 or a CDN? Don't download the whole file. FastImage reads the header—1-16KB instead of megabytes. 5-199x faster.

Pure Ruby. Zero dependencies. Done.

https://rubystacknews.com/2026/03/20/fastimage-overview/

#OpenSource #DeveloperTools #TechTools
#ImageProcessing #CDN #S3 #AWS #Ruby

FastImage Overview

FastImage Overview March 20, 2026 The Gem: Fetch image dimensions and type without downloading the entire file. The Problem Your app needs image dimensions from remote URLs (S3, CDN, etc.). Downloa…

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🖼️ ImageToolkit — Free image tools that respect your privacy.

Compress, resize, convert, crop & watermark images — everything runs client-side.

Your images never leave your device. Batch processing + ZIP download included.

https://dannycranmer.github.io/imagetoolkit/

#imageprocessing #privacy #webdev #tools #opensource

ImageToolkit — Free Private Image Tools Online

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Unable to open most image formats

Running Kubuntu 24.04.4: /etc/lsb-release: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS" I'm suddenly unable to open most images

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In today's episode of "Let's Overcomplicate the Obvious," Sophie Wang presents JPEG compression as if it's the eighth wonder of the world 🌍. Spoiler alert: It's just squishing images until they're pixelated blobs 💾👾. File that under "No duh" and move on, shall we? 🚀
https://www.sophielwang.com/blog/jpeg #JPEGCompression #Overcomplication #ImageProcessing #DigitalArt #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Sophie Wang

Sophie Wang

🚀 We have a new G’MIC-powered Demo Kiosk: The SteamFace Machine!

Check out our physical demo station featuring our neural-network based facial feature detection & analysis. Still WIP but looks cool!

👉 Video demo attached—try it live at our next events! 🤩

#GREYC #CNRS #ENSICAEN #UNICAEN #ImageProcessing

FairScan 1.15 and 1.16 improve automatic document detection and edge detection.

These updates make the automatic cropping more reliable across different kinds of documents.

I also wrote a short post about how FairScan turns a detected document into a clean quadrilateral, and why this step is trickier than it looks:

https://fairscan.org/blog/where-to-cut-automatic-document-cropping/

#FairScan #Android #FOSS #ImageProcessing

Where to cut? Automatic document cropping strategies

Oh boy, someone spent an entire weekend reinventing the wheel 🛞 just to find an "OK" color for an image background! 🎨 Because resizing an image to 1x1 pixel and getting mud was too avant-garde for their taste. But fear not, they heroically named their groundbreaking library "Okmain," because apparently "MediocreMain" was too on the nose. 😂
https://dgroshev.com/blog/okmain/ #reinventingthewheel #imageprocessing #colorpicker #Okmain #techhumor #weekendproject #HackerNews #ngated
Okmain

You have an image but you want a colour

Okmain

You have an image but you want a colour