On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:16:03 +0700 "Robert Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, > >I just read the thread on 'Adding text to an image' and it has inspired me >to want to create a drop shadow text image using a script. Both the value of >text and its color will be parameters to the script. The background of the >final image is to be transparent. > >To that end I need to learn the following: >1. What parameters may I use to 'xc:'? >2. Once I have a text on a suitable background how can I determine the >bounding box for the text and cut the image to that size? >3. If I can do step 2 then I can create the same text in say a dark gray for >the shadow. How do I apply a small guassian blur to the shadow image? > >Thanks, >Bob I was just looking thru the IM hhelp pages online, and saw this http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/#anno_on You can put a text with transparent bg on an image with the undercolor set to 00 saturation ( the last 2 0's on the color ) ########################################## #!/bin/sh #usage: ./thisscript text file txt=$1 file=$2 convert $file -fill white -undercolor '#00000000' -gravity South \ -pointsize 36 -fill pink -stroke pink \ -annotate +0+5 $txt output-trans.jpg ########################################3 zentara -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. http://zentara.net/Remember_How_Lucky_You_Are.html _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
