Image Module

[audiopro]

I currently use a PHP program - GD library which is a great tool for manipulating images and requires very little setup.
I am looking for a similar tool to use from within Perl.

I found a Perl GD module, but it requires numerous other modules in order to function and an attempt to load one of the modules (GD::Image), from CPAN, results in the download opening my media viewer (What's that about then?).
Is GD, Perl's best option or is there something else out there?


Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[feherke]

Hi

Another image manipulation library is ImageMagick. I used it in PHP, so no experience with its Perl version. See PerlMagick.

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[audiopro]

Looked into that and it seems to split the modules rather than GD in PHP which does all the standard functions - resize, polygon, line etc.
I am happy using the PHP version from Perl but I need the size of images on the fly and passing them to perl has proved to be a problem.
Resize - would solve the problem but I would miss the other native functions.
I could write the info from PHP to a file and then read it from Perl but it seems a long winded way of doing it.
Maybe, I should write the app in PHP but I like Perl as it suits my old fashioned programming style.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk