Re: ImageMagick

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 23:35 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Here's the scenario - > > Website has some demonstrative images. > > I create these images with the gimp - starting with a jpeg, adding a few > text layers and straight lines. > > I then save as xcf in case I ever need to edit. > > Then I export to jpeg, resize for thumb and export to jpeg again. > > Admin interface to my web face needs to allow for upload of image. > > What would be sweet is if I could just upload the gimp xcf in these > cases, and have ImageMagick do the export to jpeg and thumbnail creation. > > Advantage of doing it this way - it will allow me to keep the original > xcf on the server along with the generated images. > > Issues - > > I'd rather not have any code that spawns a shell, so I can only do this > if the pecl imageMagick module is up to snuff for xcf->jpeg conversion. > Anyone used it? Looks like I'll have to compile it, before I do that I > would like to know if it even is up to the task. > > Second possible issue - I don't know how well imageMagick can deal with > an xcf file that uses text layer / fonts. I assume I'll have to install > the font used on the server (Adobe New Century Schoolbook Type 1 - yes, > I have license for it), but if so, how would I specify to ImageMagick > the font path? > > Anyone done this sort of thing? > > I may just do the export on my home box via gimp and just scp the xcf to > the server so a copy is stored there as well, but it would be nice to > just stick the xcf into a file upload field and just have php do the rest. > Do the text layers have to go beneath something on the original xcf, or have special effects applied to them? If not, you can add t existing images with GD, by using a source image, adding text layers, etc, and then exporting it as a new graphic. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk