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[webtrekker]

A good while back I was experimenting with my own version of a MEME Generator to make it easy for anyone to easily produce their own MEME's using any graphics they liked, not just pre-set options as inn many of the current online generators.

 

To give a quick example, and to show my current progress, here are a few screenshots of a MEME I've just knocked up for this demonstration.

 

The Generator app (runs in your browser)

 

 

 

The downloaded MEME (save anywhere on your device)

 

 

 

A PDF version can be produced at the click of a button for printing off and distributing

 

 

 

Here's a link to the finished PDF for anyone interested - https://tinyurl.com/4j7bymmn

 

 

Any thoughts, opinions or suggestions gratefully accepted.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Edited May 28 by webtrekker

[lake]

It does look good and would be of use to many (although they do have the current sites available, but I don't know if you can upload your own image to them).

I am not sure what else you would add to 'finish' it (you wrote it in html, javascript and php I recall) .... or do you mean finish it by making it available online?

 

Really, it comes down to what you wish to do with it??

 

But again looks good and nicely made 

[Anti Facts Sir]

I'd use it for sure.

[webtrekker]

10 hours ago, lake said:

It does look good and would be of use to many (although they do have the current sites available, but I don't know if you can upload your own image to them).

I am not sure what else you would add to 'finish' it (you wrote it in html, javascript and php I recall) .... or do you mean finish it by making it available online?

 

Really, it comes down to what you wish to do with it??

 

But again looks good and nicely made 

 

Thanks.

 

It's nearly there but I need to remove a redundant button or two and generally improve the UI. I made the original app for my daughter to print signs and posters for her sweet shop (she's not really into Photoshop) and then decided it would make an excellent MEME generator. I know there are many of these online but I've not come across one that produces a printable PDF of your MEME which could be very useful for flyers and posters.

 

Here's a (not exhaustive) list of the main features ...

 

• Images can be uploaded from your computer/device, or Ctrl+V copy/pasted onto the canvas as image objects (eg. from Google Images etc)
• Canvas objects can be moved, scaled, rotated and flipped
• Objects are layered and can be brought forward or sent backward
• Objects can be locked to avoid accidental movement
• A grid can be toggled on/off for easy alignment of objects
• Text objects can have various fonts, colours and background colours, and can have various attributes set, such as weight, kerning and size, with justification and line spacing for multiine text
• There are 3 inbuilt shapes objects that can be added: rectangle, triangle and circle which can also have a colour set, as well as resizing, rotation, etc
• All objects can have opacity set, and can have a drop-shadow of any colour with added blur if needed
• Objects can be cloned then transformed individually, or as a group
• A click of a button fetches up an Emoji panel with a vast selection of emoji's which can be used as objects and transformed the same as all of the other objects
• The final canvas can be saved as a PNG image, or made into a PDF suitable for printing with a single click
• The best part - it will be FREE to use! No ads, and no watermarks will be added to your designs!

 

I'm hoping to add a library of popular MEME backgrounds to use as templates as well as some useful transparent PNG cutouts (such as Zoe, the little girl in the demo image above) and other clipart, although of course you can still get your own from Google Images and other places.

 

Hope that whets your appetites! I'm definitely going to plod on with this and hope to have a beta version online soon for testing so that I can get some feedback.

 

Thanks for the replies so far.

 

 

 

Edited May 29 by webtrekker

[webtrekker]

Because all objects can be rotated, this could be useful for producing Landscape images ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 29 by webtrekker

[webtrekker]

Here's the Emoji Panel.

 

First, I added a background ...

 

 

 

Next, I chose emoji's from the panel and copy/pasted them into a Text Object (emoji's are text) ...

 

 

 

I Cloned each one and transformed the clones a bit (size, rotation, flip) then added a white blur as a glow and this was the result ...

 

 

 

The kids can save them as PDF and print out posters!

 

 

 

So it's not only useful for MEMES but also as a quick way to knock up signs and posters for all sorts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anti Facts Sir]

This is brilliant stuff. I wouldn't know where to start with something like this. I can't even work out how to add emojis to my posts here (not that I mind).

 

[lake]

If you put this online then please make sure that your code is secure. That no injection etc can take place.

 

I think that you would get a huge amount of interaction on the site and thus you will (most likely) 'need a bigger boat'!

I comprehend the no adverts etc but atleast put up a 'buy me a coffee' to help you with the server costs??

 

Either way .... great work and I really like folk who can create shit :)