History of ImageMagick
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MagickWandThe official API from the ImageMagick project is called MagicWand. This program interface is highly capable and well supported.For developers, we have the MagickWand API documentation available. MagicWand on UnixCurrently there is now RPM distro for the magickwand API. However, the good news is that it is very easy to compile.
MagicWand on Windows
php-imagickphp-imagick was a 3rd party interface to the ImageMagick code libraries. It has not been well supported, and Windows support is very sketcky at best. The API support is also incomplete in areas. We highly recommend MagickWand instead for these reasons.ImageMagick for UnixImageMagick for PHP5 on WindowsInstall version 5.5.7 of ImageMagic ( same applies for PHP4 ) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=24099&package_id=47692&release_id=236163 The Q16 versions provide 48/64 bit resolution(16 bits per pixel), while the Q8 versions provide 24/32 bit (8 bit per pixel). The Q8 is probably more than adaquate for bitweaver. PHP5 Get php_imagick.dll from the matching PECL distribution for your version of PHP5 http://www.php.net/downloads.php PHP4 4.3.x distributions do not have this file but the http://php.chregu.tv/php_imagick.dll link should work with PHP4 Just for the record http://kromann.info/download.php?strFolder=php5-Release_TS&strIndex=PHP5 Always has the latest build for the current development version of PHP5.1 | MagickWandThe official API from the ImageMagick project is called MagicWand. This program interface is highly capable and well supported.For developers, we have the MagickWand API documentation available. MagicWand on UnixCurrently there is now RPM distro for the magickwand API. However, the good news is that it is very easy to compile.
MagicWand on UNIX as embedded ext in PHP src-buildif you're installing MagickWand-PHP *into* (embedded) a PHP src build, the instructions are just a little different ...i've removed this option/comment, as bw.o's installer isn't 'happy' unless the re's a standalone *.so ... i.e., don't embed the extension. MagicWand on Windows
php-imagickphp-imagick was a 3rd party interface to the ImageMagick code libraries. It has not been well supported, and Windows support is very sketcky at best. The API support is also incomplete in areas. We highly recommend MagickWand instead for these reasons.ImageMagick for UnixImageMagick for OSXAn elegantly simple way to get ImageMagick etc installed on OSX is to use the TeXShop installer ... cref: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/index.html fwiw, i use the installer to install/maintain:
for MagickWand-PHP to build successfully you'll need to install, of course 'ImageMagick', as well as the libjasper jpeg libs (cref: http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/) provided by the 'JPEG Tools & Library' install, above. ImageMagick for PHP5 on WindowsInstall version 5.5.7 of ImageMagic ( same applies for PHP4 ) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=24099&package_id=47692&release_id=236163 The Q16 versions provide 48/64 bit resolution(16 bits per pixel), while the Q8 versions provide 24/32 bit (8 bit per pixel). The Q8 is probably more than adaquate for bitweaver. PHP5 Get php_imagick.dll from the matching PECL distribution for your version of PHP5 http://www.php.net/downloads.php PHP4 4.3.x distributions do not have this file but the http://php.chregu.tv/php_imagick.dll link should work with PHP4 Just for the record http://kromann.info/download.php?strFolder=php5-Release_TS&strIndex=PHP5 Always has the latest build for the current development version of PHP5.1 |