Image Generation

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

I want to create a counter on a page...
is there a way to make a perl script generate one image out of several images??

ex:
I have the files 0.gif | 1.gif | 2.gif ..... 9.gif which represent the numbers.. can I make the perl file read these files and generate a single image file counter.gif out of them.. this way I can use it in the html like :

<IMG SRC="./path/to/counter.pl">
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thanx in advance

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Re: Image Generation by Beatnik (Parson) on Jan 24, 2001 at 18:43 UTC
Check Image::Magick question here, module downloadable on CPAN here. Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]
Re: Image Generation by t0mas (Priest) on Jan 24, 2001 at 18:48 UTC
Image::Magick has a command called montage that you can use to combine several images into one. /brother t0mas	[reply]
Re: Image Generation by davorg (Chancellor) on Jan 24, 2001 at 18:41 UTC
You can probably do this with ImageMagick or (older) versions of GD. However, it's worth knowing the legal implications of creating GIFs without paying large sums of money to Unisys. this article has the gory details. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply]
Re: Image Generation by mr.nick (Chaplain) on Jan 24, 2001 at 19:34 UTC
Also note that the extension ".pl" is rarely used by servers as an executable script extension (though it can be, I just never have seen it). ".cgi" is the usual extension. Hehe, whoops! That's what I get to writing a node before my gallon of coffee in the morning. I suppose all Slashcode and Everything derivitives use .pl as their extention. Ah well.	[reply]
($code or die) Re: Re: Image Generation by $code or die (Deacon) on Jan 24, 2001 at 20:49 UTC
Have you looked at the Address bar at Perl Monks recently? =) $code or die Using perl at The Spiders Web	[reply]
Re: Re: Image Generation by merlyn (Sage) on Jan 24, 2001 at 20:49 UTC
There is no "usual" extension. A server can be configured to recognize CGI scripts "anywhere" via extensions such as ".cgi" and ".pl". This is bad. Much safer is to have a specific directory under which all files (regardless of extension) are treated as CGI. This is good. I won't repeat the details... this has been hashed about before here and other places. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]