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Asked: 2026-05-17T18:24:40+00:00

I’m currently developing a solution for a web-to-print, poster printing application. One of features

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I’m currently developing a solution for a web-to-print, poster printing application.

One of features I’d like to include is the ability to ‘edit’ (crop/scale/rotate) a given image, before proceeding to order a poster of said image.

To avoid the requirement of the user uploading the image to a remote server before editing, I’d like to know the following:

Is it possible (using JavaScript) to load an image stored on the client machine into the browser / browser memory for editing, without uploading the image to a remote server? And if so, how is this done?

Thanks,

BK

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  1. Editorial Team

    Using Html/Javascript you can only select files using the file upload html component (I think Flash / Silverlight wrap this to make things easier but its still sandboxed)

    You can however use Java Applets (orwhatever they are called these days), Native ActiveX controls or .Net Controls to provide additional functionality (this hase security implications and required VM/Runtimes Frameworks etc)

    Adobe Air or other client side technology might work, but looks like you want to do this in JavaScript. In this case, uploading the file to the server and manipulating from there is the best bet.

    *[EDIT]
    Since 2010, since this question was answered, technology has moved on, html now has the ability to create and manipulate within the browser. see newer answers or these examples:
    http://davidwalsh.name/resize-image-canvas
    http://deepliquid.com/content/Jcrop.html
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