Nigel Peck wrote: > > Can someone please let me have some example code of setting the colour of > text being added to an image, my current code is: > > my $image = GD::Image->new( $data_path . '/voucher/voucher.jpg' ); > > # Write the date $image->string( gdGiantFont, 315, 198, $expiry_date , 0 ); > > # Write the voucher number $image->string( gdGiantFont, 270, 642, > $unique_booking_reference , 8 ); > > I've tried various uses of colorAllocate with no success.
GD seems to create palette-based images by default, which means your colour will be selected from those already in the image. Fix it by calling GD::Image->trueColor(1); right before you create $image from the JPEG file. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
