Image Manipulation
| From: | Kevin Rose | Date: | Sat, 08 Jul 2000 19:20:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Image Manipulation | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hello,
I would like to get the community's thoughts on image manipulation tools.
I have a project I need to overlay some text over a graphic (similar to the common tutorials --
building a graphic button dynamically).
The archives seem to mention to basic tools -- GD and ImageMagick. What are the pros, cons, etc. of
using the tool. I would like to get started on the right foot with the proper tool. I am using
PHP4.
Is FreeType still the basic ttf library in use?
In addition every tutorial I see uses GIF images, after seeing some recent posts (and knowing the
patent issues), I would also like to stay away from them (I think), so how does this come into play?
TIA,
Kevin