[Typo3-dev] Tip of the day: Test/use GraphicsMagick

[Michael Stucki]

Hi folks,

TYPO3 3.8 contains native support for GraphicsMagick. This means that
ImageMagick is no longer needed.
For those of you who don't know the whole story: This is GOOD news!! :-)

GraphicsMagick is faster than ImageMagick and the generated files are
smaller! Decide yourself if you also find the quality better...


In order to switch to GraphicsMagick, just install it whereever you want,
change $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[GFX][im_version_5] to "gm" and set the ImageMagick
path accordingly.

Thanks to a stable API, no other adjustements are needed. Aaaahhhh :-)


You can download the latest version GraphicsMagick from the following
locations:

Linux - statically linked binary:
http://typo3.sunsite.dk/software/linux/

Windows installer:
http://typo3.sunsite.dk/software/windows/

Debian packages:
- Add one of these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
  deb http://typo3.sunsite.dk/software/debian/ sarge all ( <== for Sarge )
  deb http://typo3.sunsite.dk/software/debian/ woody all ( <== for Woody )
- Next, run "apt-get update && apt-get install graphicsmagick"
- Thanks to Sven Wilhelm who initially created these packages!


Main website:
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/

Source:
ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/


Have fun!
- michael
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