Releasing the power of ImageMagick with this fast, friendly tutorial and tips guide tutorial and gallery full of tricks and techniques Create an impressive image manipulation and animation on-the-fly from the command line or in the program complete PHP-based application example shows how to use ImageMagick to add sites Your web pizzazz In Detail This book is packed with examples of interesting and fun. We have a lot of fun comes with a cool way to show the power of ImageMagick, and we are sure you will have fun learning how to make them. Although the books are printed in black and white, there is a free full-color PDF screenshots are available, which includes all the pictures in this book. Use ImageMagick to see what looks like color effects, or browse and see what you will learn to do with this book. ImageMagick is a free software package for creating, editing, and writing bitmap images using text-based commands. Commands can be issued from the command line, but more often will be included in web or desktop applications - carrying out complex image-manipulation tasks in response to user input. ImageMagick is a popular way to generate images on-the-fly in web pages, whether it produces thumbnails of large images, or creating complex combinations of images, text, and effects chosen by the visitors or the creator of the website. What you will learn from this book? Understand what ImageMagick can do and why you would want to use ImageMagick Install the software on your own computer or server, and understand the surrounding streets Create interesting text effects and produce eye and post arrest logo for use in your page or application Slice, dice, and filter your images turn your photos into a simple design and mind-bending illusions Create thumbnail by changing the file type, size, and cropping to consistent size, aspect ratio, and format. Make your images look 3D with clever application of blur, displacement, and mask Extract information from your file such as size, compression level, and sources of information Use ImageMagick to create GIF animations, from simple slideshows to gradual morphs and Generate ImageMagick scripts in MSL effects using utility conjure Write web applications such as e-card generator forward, and even make your own book cover Packt!