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fbf/instafilter
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Replicate Instragram-style filters in PHP. Translates photoshop functions to PHP.

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Since Nov 1Pushed 13y ago17 watchersCompare

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Instafilter
===========

[](#instafilter)

Replicate Instragram-style filters in PHP. Translates photoshop functions to PHP.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

The tmp directory must be writable.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Fork and pull request any useful changes you make.

```
\Instafilter\Image::load('kittens.png')
	->resize(200, 200)
	->apply_filter(new Instafilter\Filter\Earlybird())
	->save('new.jpg');
```

n.b. applying the filter is quite slow; You'll get a significant performance gain by resizing *before* applying the filter.

If you don't use an autoloader, you'll need to load in the classes:

```
require_once('classes/Image.php');
require_once('classes/Filter.php');
require_once('classes/Filter/Earlybird.php');
require_once('classes/Filter/Inkwell.php');
```

Todo
====

[](#todo)

- Add more filters
- (Somehow) Improve performance
- Improve interface
- Implement more photoshop functions in imagemagick
    - Implement 'curves' properly by using polynomial regression to get the coefficients needed for imagick's FX function
- Abstract and decouple from Image class
- Make composer/packagist compatible

Author
======

[](#author)

Rob McCann

Thanks
======

[](#thanks)

- FuelPHP for use of (parts of) their image class.
- Daniel Box for his Photoshop actions for instagram filters ()

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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