Do be aware that GD is only able to handle 8-bits of color, and will 'posterize' (reduce the colors) of any higher-color image. For some cases, this may be acceptable, but is typically not the norm.

If you need better color support, you'll probably have to go with a module like Image::Magick that uses the ImageMagick library to support nearly all popular formats and 24-bit+ color.

I do wonder, now that I think about it, on the usefulness of a perl mod to handle 'object-oriented' raster imaging, similar to how the Macintosh PICT format is handled; objects would be stored nicely in XML until the need to be render is needed, and then backend off something like Image::Magick to actually do the generation.

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In reply to Re: Re: Which graphics format can Perl alter easier and more? by Masem
in thread Which graphics format can Perl alter easier and more? by bladx

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