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Why not using IMagick?

Posted by OnkelTem on August 3, 2008 at 3:29am
Project:ImageAPI
Version:6.x-1.x-dev
Component:ImageAPI Imagick
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:postponed

Issue Summary

There is a module for PHP, called IMagick, which is full functioning API of ImageMagick lib.
Why ImageAPI uses external process 'convert' with restricted functionality (comparing to 'compose', for example)?

I think the ImageMagick part of ImageAPI should be rewritten and start using native calls.

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#1

Posted by VM on August 3, 2008 at 3:41am

patches welcome : )

#2

Posted by OnkelTem on August 3, 2008 at 5:02am

I'm afraid its more a matter or full rewrite then patching :)

#3

Posted by drewish on August 4, 2008 at 6:59pm
Version:5.x-1.2» 6.x-1.x-dev
Status:active» postponed

first of all new development doesn't happen in old branches, second of all imagick is totally broken. dopry'd tried using it initially and had nothing but problems. if you'd like to take a swing at writing an toolkit for it in D6 we'd love the help.

#4

Posted by OnkelTem on August 4, 2008 at 7:20pm

First, I don't care about anything except D5: port all modules to D6 then promote it ;-)

#5

Posted by markus_petrux on October 26, 2009 at 12:33pm

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#6

Posted by Wolfgang Reszel on May 4, 2010 at 9:35am

Some Servers don't allow proc_open() or even is_file(). There we need the use of IMagick.

#7

Posted by drewish on May 4, 2010 at 1:48pm

Or GD ;)

#8

Posted by OnkelTem on May 10, 2010 at 10:25am

Tried IMagick. Should confirm, that its too buggy and unstable to be seriously considered as solution. Crap :)

#9

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