perl -MGD -e"$im = new GD::Image(100,100);open $fh,'>','out.jpg';binmode $f; print $fh $im->jpeg" #### use strict; use warnings; use GD; GD::Image->trueColor(1); # gray image 100x100 my $im_gray = new GD::Image(100,100); my $gray = $im_gray->colorAllocate(127,127,127); $im_gray->filledRectangle(0, 0, 100,100, $gray); open my $fh_gray,'>','gray.jpg'; binmode $fh_gray; print $fh_gray $im_gray->jpeg; # red image 100x100 my $im_red = new GD::Image(100,100); my $red = $im_red->colorAllocate(255,0,0); my $black = $im_red->colorAllocate(0,0,0); $im_red->filledRectangle(0, 0, 100,100, $red); # with a black circle $im_red->ellipse(50,50,100,100,$black); open my $fh_red,'>','red.jpg'; binmode $fh_red; print $fh_red $im_red->jpeg; # copy resized red image scaled 50% and centered inside the gray one $im_gray->copyResized($im_red,25,25,0,0,50,50,100,100); open my $fh_both,'>','both.jpg'; binmode $fh_both; print $fh_both $im_gray->jpeg;