note 81819 added to function.imagick-clippathimage

I found Imagick::clipPathImage and Imagic::clipImage did not work as I had expected. I thought they would just clip the path and throw away the extra data and you are done. Not the case. Here is how I was able to use a clipping path: <?php $img = new Imagick("/Path/To/Test/Image.psd"); $geometry = $img->getImageGeometry(); // Uses the first path as the clipping path $img->clipPathImage("#1", false); // Fill the clipped part with a color $draw = new ImagickDraw(); $draw->setFillColor("#000000"); $draw->color(0,0, imagick::PAINT_RESET); $img->drawImage($draw); // Composite the clipped image with the old image. Set the color of the composite to any color you want to be the outside part. $composite = new Imagick($path); $composite->newImage( $geometry['width'], $geometry['height'], new ImagickPixel("white"), 'png'); $composite->compositeImage($img, imagick::COMPOSITE_COPY, 0, 0); ?> Then doing any resizing or creating thumbnails from the resulting image disregarded all the previous commands so I "saved" it and started with a new Imagick object <?php // Copy the image so clip is "saved" $clipped = new Imagick(); $clipped->readImageBlob($composite->getImageBlob()); ?> I'm sure there is a simpler way, but this took me awhile to get right and there were some hurdles to cross so I hope it is able to help someone on the way. This is all the convert equivalent of: $ convert Test.psd -fill white -colorspace rgb -draw "color 0 0 reset" -clip -colorspace rgb -draw "Image Copy 0,0 0,0 'Test.psd'" OutputFile.png ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 12.15.136.26 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagick-clippathimage.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81819 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81819 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81819 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php