Merging two seperate gifs into one...

DumpyTron2084 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi perl monks...

I have two gif images, each of which is a 50x50 pixel square...

How would I use perl to combine them into a single gif image that is a 100x50 pixel rectangle? (Not an overlap, just place them adjacent to each other) I think the GD package can handle this, but my webserver might not install this package on their machine for me...

Any other ideas?

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Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by strredwolf (Chaplain) on Jan 24, 2001 at 09:29 UTC
`use Image::Magick;` I've posted an example on how to do it here. -- $Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.keenspace.com";	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by dws (Chancellor) on Jan 24, 2001 at 13:49 UTC
If you have an older version of GD (one from before the Unisys-inspired GIF purge), you're in luck, unless Unisys patent lawyers catch you before December 10, 2002, which is when the cursed patent expires.	[reply]
Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by clemburg (Curate) on Jan 24, 2001 at 14:19 UTC
You might be interested in acquiring a copy of Programming Web Graphics with Perl and GNU Software. Christian Lemburg Brainbench MVP for Perl http://www.brainbench.com	[reply]
Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by eg (Friar) on Jan 24, 2001 at 08:39 UTC
Use Image Magick and if you're webserver won't (or can't) install it for you, think about finding one who can.	[reply]
Re: Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by myocom (Deacon) on Jan 24, 2001 at 08:50 UTC
Then again, unless you actually need to do this from a CGI script (or similar), there's no need to petition your web provider to install it for you. Hie thee over to http://www.imagemagick.org and download and install it on your own machine!	[reply]
Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by repson (Chaplain) on Jan 24, 2001 at 09:20 UTC
You could find out if the webserver has any commandline versions of imagemagik, GD or any other similar tools that exist, then use perl to drive it. That way you don't need to negotiate a module install (or try to do one in the directories accessible to you).	[reply]
Re: Merging two seperate gifs into one... by Beatnik (Parson) on Jan 24, 2001 at 14:35 UTC
Fly can still do some GIF manipulation, altho it's probably coz it hasn't been updated in a LONG time :) As mentioned above, Thomas Boutell dropped GIF support in GD and added PNG support. Older version are still online. Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]