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shoeblade YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Large number of images Dec 8th, 2009, 2:37pm   I am looking to make a photo gallery that handles large numbers of images (say 1000) and displays them for browsing in a 3D environment. All of the image loading that I have done in processing thus far has been slow. What would be a good way to do this? Thanks!

liudr Full Member Offline Posts: 175	Re: Large number of images Reply #1 - Dec 8th, 2009, 7:57pm   Maybe describe how you're doing the loading so others may give you some suggestions. IMO, 1000 images, even in vga resolution will likely drain system memory so slow you down.

antiplastik YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 699 France	Re: Large number of images Reply #2 - Dec 9th, 2009, 1:26am   Don't try to load all that stuff in setup. Load your images when needed. You'd better find out which images are visible in your 3D viewport, then load them in a separate thread (so your applet won't hang). A search on "separate thread" will give you some tips on how to do so.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Large number of images Reply #3 - Dec 9th, 2009, 1:43am   antiplastik wrote on Dec 9th, 2009, 1:26am: load them in a separate thread (so your applet won't hang). A search on "separate thread" will give you some tips on how to do so. See also requestImage().

shoeblade YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: Large number of images Reply #4 - Dec 9th, 2009, 2:08pm   Thanks all. What I am trying to do is load a large library of my pictures and be able to navigate them in 3D space (fly through them, zoom all the way out to see all of them, zoom in to see detail). The pictures displayed will be dynamic based on selection criteria.