$x = $image->Read($localfile);
You are not reading any data in.
The following is a partial listing from some code I use often enough. Look for ## <-- LOOK AT ME below to see how to only get a single image.
Note: this code is not tested per se, it is ripped from working code. But it should get you on the right path.
my $remotefile = param("image");

## you need to read in the data from the uploaded file
my $data;
{
  local $/;
  $data = <$remotefile>;
}


## directory is defined above
## name is defined above, dependings on what sort of naming convention
+ you want
## magick is defined above
my $saveFile = "${directory}${$name}.${magick}";

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

$image=Image::Magick->new
   or die( 'my error message' );
$image->BlobToImage($data);  ## read uploaded data into IM

## kill layers/pages/etc
$image = $image->[0];  ## <-- LOOK AT ME
$image->Flatten();     ## i don't know why art directors hate uploadin
+g flattened images, but they do..

#$x = $image->Resize(width=>500, height=>500);
## scale the image if I need to
## hardcoded 500s!
my ( $hRatio, $wRatio ) = ( 500 / $image->Get( 'rows' ), 500 / $image-
+>Get( 'columns' ) );
unless ( $hRatio > 1 and $wRatio > 1 ) {                            ##
+ image is smaller than limits
    my $multiplier = $hRatio < $wRatio ? $hRatio : $wRatio ;
    $image->Scale(    height => int( $image->Get('rows')      * $multi
+plier ),
                        width  => int( $image->Get('columns') * $multi
+plier ) );
}

## explicitly set the magick
$image->Set( 'magick' => $magick ); 
$x = $image->Write( $saveFile );
warn "$x" if "$x";

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In reply to Re: Saving the first frame of any image by gt8073a
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