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DirectSmile

Owned by Bram Verniest (Unlicensed)
Apr 22, 2020
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DirectSmile is the manufacturer of the DirectSmile Image Server.
The software allows you to create and personalize images that can be used in different on or offline applications. 

Via Dynamic Assets Providers a connection can be made to a DirectSmile Image Server.
The integration is offered via the "DirectSmile StreamImage Interface".
This will build a URL that holds the necessary information to request the personalised Image from the DirectSmile Server. 


More information about this can be found in the "DirectSmile Online Interfaces Documentation."

DirectSmile Settings

  

 

  • Name: Name of the setting
  • Description: Here you can add a description of what this setting will do. (e.g. describe the DirectSmile imageset used)
  • Base URL: Here you define the URL to the DirectSmile StreamImage Interface. The CHILI Publisher server must have access to the Base URL
  • Asset Folder: Defines the location where the "high resolution" assets will be stored when an output is made of the CHILI Publisher document.
  • Extension: Specify the image type generated by DirectSmile
  • Asset Width: Width of the high resolution image generated by DirectSmile
  • Asset Height: Height of the high resolution image generated by DirectSmile
  • Asset Resolution: Resolution of the high resolution image generated by DirectSmile
  • Set: Name of the DirectSmile motif (image set) that will be used to generate the personalised images
  • Watermark: Specify the watermark that will be used when visualising low resolution preview images provided by DirectSmile. Possibilities are DirectSmile, Preview or none. 
    Please be aware that you may be charged for the creation of the personalised image when selecting "none".
  • Preview compression:  Select the compression used for the generation of the preview images. Compression ranges from 20 to 100%
  • Authenticate Using: The preferred authentication method to the DirectSmile server. Username and password or Authentication code

DirectSmile integration in the Editor

To use a DirectSmile image in a document, a variable of type image is created. This variable is assigned to an image frame.
In the "Type Specific" settings" of the variable the source is set to "Dynamic Asset Provider". 

Select the "Dynamic Asset Provider" settings you've created in the backoffice and specify which value you want to use to create personalised images.
To specify a specific variable to be used provide the name of the variable in between 2 "%" characters.

This way you can combine fixed text with a variable or combine several variables. 

 


   

 

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