Creating a box with inner shadow and image

[mrblackman]

Anyone have any idea if IM can be used to basically create this image from a simple square image (i.e. an instagram image):

http://cl.ly/2U1y1D2g101K3k1U462A

Its essentially a white border of around 15 around an image followed by another border with a neat inner shadow effect.

Thoughts?

Josh

[fmw42]

Something like this from my script imageborder, see link below:



imageborder -s 5 -m black -p 75 -r white -t 15 -e edge -f inner zelda1.jpg zelda1_border.jpg





The outer shading could be modified to make it softer.

See
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#border
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/thumbnails/#frame
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/thumbnails/#framing
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/blur/#blur

OR using the above commands:


convert \( zelda1.jpg -bordercolor white -border 15 \) \
\( -clone 0 -fill black -frame 5x5+0+5 \) \
+swap -gravity center -compose over -composite zelda1_border2.jpg



OR with a softer bevel


convert \( zelda1.jpg -bordercolor white -border 15 \) \
\( -clone 0 -mattecolor black -frame 5x5+0+5 -blur 0x2 \) \
\( -clone 0 -shave 5x5 \) \
-delete 0 -gravity center -compose over -composite zelda1_border3.jpg

[mrblackman]

I don't know what's more amazing - ImageMagick or the support of this forum.

That worked great. One last thing - is it possible to either add a random patterned background/border or place the newly created image on top of a pattern that would fill the whole screen?

Right now my background looks like this:

Click for large view - Uploaded with Skitch

and updates every 5 minutes from Instagram. Thats nice and all, but would be nicer if the blue (or whatever color) background had some texture to it.

Thanks again,

J

[fmw42]

try this, but adjust the 640x480 to your screen resolution


convert \( zelda1.jpg -bordercolor white -border 15 \) \
\( -clone 0 -mattecolor black -frame 5x5+0+5 -blur 0x2 \) \
\( -clone 0 -shave 5x5 \) \
-delete 0 -gravity center -compose over -composite \
\( -size 640x480 xc: +noise random \) \
+swap -gravity center -compose over -composite \
zelda1_border4.jpg



or
convert \( zelda1.jpg -bordercolor white -border 15 \) \
\( -clone 0 -mattecolor black -frame 5x5+0+5 -blur 0x2 \) \
\( -clone 0 -shave 5x5 \) \
-delete 0 -gravity center -compose over -composite \
\( -size 640x480 plasma: \) \
+swap -gravity center -compose over -composite \
zelda1_border5.jpg



see

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/canvas/#random
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/canvas ... _gradients

also see tiling from some small image for the background
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/canvas/#tile



convert \( zelda1.jpg -bordercolor white -border 15 \) \
\( -clone 0 -mattecolor black -frame 5x5+0+5 -blur 0x2 \) \
\( -clone 0 -shave 5x5 \) \
-delete 0 -gravity center -compose over -composite \
\( -size 640x480 tile:tile_aqua.jpg \) \
+swap -gravity center -compose over -composite \
zelda1_border6.jpg

[mrblackman]

Once again, amazing. Its now selecting from a dir of different backgrounds. Thanks!

If you use Instagram and want the script, let me know.

-J


Click for large view - Uploaded with Skitch

[anthony]

You may also like to look though the various methods of adding 'fluff' to thumbnails...
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/thumbnails/#fluff