Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

Can ImageMagick be used in such a way that it will overwrite files atomically? That is I don't want a file be half-written at any stage of creating a new version of the file.

I use PerlMagick, but think that this my question is common for all ImageMagick interfaces.

I suggest to add the capability to read image with specified MIME type (now it works guessing the image type from filename).

Use Resize() to resize the image. By default it maintains the aspect ratio. Use Extent() with a gravity of center to fill in any empty space. Something like Resize('400x400') and Extent(geometry=>'400x400', background=>'white', gravity=>'center'). Oh, well, now I noticed that Resize() maintains the...

Use Resize() to resize the image. By default it maintains the aspect ratio. Use Extent() with a gravity of center to fill in any empty space. Something like Resize('400x400') and Extent(geometry=>'400x400', background=>'white', gravity=>'center'). I don't understand how Resize() maintains the aspec...

I have an image and a given size. Image must be changed to fit exactly into given size. It must be cropped (with -gravity Center) if either width or height does not fit into the given size. Resizing must be proportional. How?