[Typo3-dev] Image processing with TYPO3 (was: Re: [Typo3] OT: ImageMagick 6.0)

[Michael Stucki]

Hi all,

ImageMagick 6.0 has landed yesterday. The developers have kept the API
compatible to IM 5.5.7, but the commandline interface seems to have
changed:
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/cmdline/

I am not yet sure if this will make any problems for TYPO3 to work, but I
think it's a good chance to discuss about modularizing the whole image
processing functions in TYPO3.

See the forwarded thread below and feel free to add your comments.

Regards - michael

Martin T. Kutschker wrote:
> Michael Stucki wrote:
>> 
>> !!They did it again!!
> 
> Hehe, but it seems that simple infile/outfile pairs are still valid.
> Incompatibilities will only arise with image sequences and/or multiple
> input files.
> 
> Might happen with Typo3?
> 
>> Well, I see these possibilities:
>> 
>> - Modularizing the whole IM processing in TYPO3 (nice, but is it useful?)
> 
> May be useful because the same effects may be achieved with other image
> processing software or eg the ImageMagick PHP extension. *)
> 
>> - Writing a wrapper script for convert/composite/identify which
>> translates
>>   the old 5.x parameters sent by TYPO3 into the new form
> 
> Let's check first the new syntax before. Perhaps it's all well for Typo3
> anyay
> 
>> - Dropping support for IM6 in TYPO3
> 
> Nah, not supporting a newer versoin (of whatever) doesn't seem to me a
> right approach.
> 
>> I really hope that GD can replace the whol IM stuff one day, but I still
>> think that IM 4.2.9 (at least this version) is much faster than anything
>> else.
> 
> You should talk to the GD developer then.
> 
> Masi
> 
> *) I would split the whole stuff into three groups:
> 
> # format conversion, resizing
> # image effects
> # text handling
> 
> These could be implemented as a new 3.6 service or something similar.
> 
> Problem would only be seemless data flow between these "modules". I mean
> if an implementation used in-memory image processing it'd be a waste of
> resources to dump the image to intermediate temp. files. But I guess
> this can be solved with a clever designed API.
> 
> Masi
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