Wanted: Graphics module(s)

michaeld has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by broquaint (Abbot) on Jun 24, 2003 at 23:07 UTC
Another option is the up and coming `Imager` which is apparently all the rage these days (or so I've heard). It does all sorts of fancy tricks and doesn't require an external library to do the graphical manipulations (only requiring the libraries associated with the various image formats) and from the looks of it fulfils your requirements. Nice. HTH `_________ broquaint`	[reply]
Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:51 UTC
You can certainly produce graphics that include polygons and text and then output the results using GD. You can also load an existing image into GD and copy a sub-rectangle of it to a new image. Ie crop. I don't think it has any facilities for scaling. The salient question here is what format are those "existing graphics" in? If you mean images in the form of jpg or png or similar, then GD can load and modify (by over writing) and output those. If the graphics are in some vector graphic format you would need to render them to an image format first. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller	[reply]
Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by hossman (Prior) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:52 UTC
This google link might come in handy: +perl +graphics +module +(import OR text OR crop OR resize OR polygons OR save OR JPG)	[reply]
Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by halley (Prior) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:31 UTC
It's nice you asked us, but did you ask Google or CPAN first? I imagine GD and ImageMagick are the top two. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]
Re: Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by michaeld (Monk) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:45 UTC
BTW... Copy/paste is another requirement of mine (as allolex gracefully pointed out) Cheers, MichaelD	[reply]
Re: Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by michaeld (Monk) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:35 UTC
Actually, I did... ( + I CB'ed the question as well...) Not the first time I'm around, you know ;-) Image::Magick is not what I want... as for GD, I'm not sure. Thanks for the tip, anyway Cheers, MichaelD	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by waswas-fng (Curate) on Jun 24, 2003 at 21:57 UTC
Image::Magick is not what I want... care to elaberate? -Waswas	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Wanted: Graphics module(s) by michaeld (Monk) on Jun 28, 2003 at 21:27 UTC


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