Predefined Constants
The Imagick class
Imagick Image Library
PHP Manual

# Examples

Imagick makes image manipulation in PHP extremely easy through an OO interface. Here is a quick example on how to make a thumbnail:

Example#1 Creating a thumbnail in Imagick

`<?php
header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
$image = new Imagick('image.jpg');
// If 0 is provided as a width or height parameter,
// aspect ratio is maintained
$image->thumbnailImage(100, 0);
echo $image;
?>`

Using SPL and other OO features supported in Imagick, it can be simple to resize all files in a directory (useful for batch resizing large digital camera images to be web viewable). Here we use resize, as we might want to retain certain meta-data:

Example#2 Make a thumbnail of all JPG files in a directory

`<?php
$images = new Imagick(glob('images/*.JPG'));
foreach($images as $image) {
// Providing 0 forces thumbnailImage to maintain aspect ratio
$image->thumbnailImage(1024,0);
}
$images->writeImages();
?>`

This is an example of creating a reflection of an image. The reflection is created by flipping the image and overlaying a gradient on it. Then both, the original image and the reflection is overlayed on a canvas.

Example#3 Creating a reflection of an image

`<?php
/* Read the image */
$im = new Imagick("test.png");
/* Thumbnail the image */
$im->thumbnailImage(200, null);
/* Create a border for the image */
$im->borderImage(new ImagickPixel("white"), 5, 5);
/* Clone the image and flip it */
$reflection = $im->clone();
$reflection->flipImage();
/* Create gradient. It will be overlayd on the reflection */
$gradient = new Imagick();
/* Gradient needs to be large enough for the image and the borders */
$gradient->newPseudoImage($reflection->getImageWidth() + 10, $reflection->getImageHeight() + 10, "gradient:transparent-black");
/* Composite the gradient on the reflection */
$reflection->compositeImage($gradient, imagick::COMPOSITE_OVER, 0, 0);
/* Add some opacity. Requires ImageMagick 6.2.9 or later */
$reflection->setImageOpacity( 0.3 );
/* Create an empty canvas */
$canvas = new Imagick();
/* Canvas needs to be large enough to hold the both images */
$width = $im->getImageWidth() + 40;
$height = ($im->getImageHeight() * 2) + 30;
$canvas->newImage($width, $height, new ImagickPixel("black"));
$canvas->setImageFormat("png");
/* Composite the original image and the reflection on the canvas */
$canvas->compositeImage($im, imagick::COMPOSITE_OVER, 20, 10);
$canvas->compositeImage($reflection, imagick::COMPOSITE_OVER, 20, $im->getImageHeight() + 10);
/* Output the image*/
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $canvas;
?>`

Predefined Constants
The Imagick class
Imagick Image Library
PHP Manual