I was told "If you append [0] to a filename it will always return the first frame of a multi-frame image (e.g. image.gif[0])."

I'm using a CGI upload form and it works if it's not a multi-frame image. If it is, I get a million thumbnails I don't want. I tried this suggestion but now NO thumbnails are created whatsoever. Can someone point out where I made my OOPSIE? 

my $remotefile = param("image");
# make new variable to prevent overwriting

my $filename = $remotefile;

# remove all the junk in our filename
$filename =~ s/^.*[\\\/]//;

#begin image magic
my ($image, $x);

$image=Image::Magick->new;
$x = $image->Read($localfile);
warn "$x" if "$x";

$x = $image->Resize(width=>500, height=>500);

$localfile = $filename;
$localfile =~ /(.*)\.(.*)/;
$newfilename = "$1.png";
$x = $image->Write($newfilename);

warn "$x" if "$x";

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In reply to Saving the first frame of any image by Anonymous Monk

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