OK. This is true for the 4.5.0 version of image.module: You cannot call ImageMagick or any other program run by exec() in php if your php is running in safe_mode on, and this program is not on the "safe_mode_exec_dir" path. Solutions for this:
1. Turn safe_mode off
or
2. Ask your provider to put the following line inside your VirtualHost block in your httpd.conf:
php_admin_flag safe_mode Off
(It does not work for .htaccess since php_admin_* directives are not recognized there)
Apache has to be restarted.
Maybe there are other possibilities like using symlinks; not tested.

I think this should go into the INSTALL.txt file of the image.module, since so many people (and myself) had/have trouble with this.

Excelent module.

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drewish’s picture

Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 4.6.x-1.x-dev
Component: Documentation » imagemagick toolkit
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

i'm trying to clean up the image module's issue queue. this issue looks like it's been resolved by more recent versions of the module. feel free to re-open this if you disagree.