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Features -------- [](#features) - **Multiple backends** - ImagickDriver, GdDriver, ImDriver (CLI), SvgDriver, PngDriver (pure PHP), NullDriver - **Interface Segregation** - ImageDriver for single images, SequenceDriver for animation/multi-frame - **Immutable resources** - all operations return new ImageResource instances - **Drawing API** - path-based DrawingContext with state stack, SVG output and brush shapes - **Filters** - Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Grayscale, Colorize, Modulate, Sepia, Negate, Sharpen, Pixelate, Blur - **Effects** - TextWatermark, PolaroidImage, PhotoStack, Border, DropShadow, RoundCorners, SmartCrop, CenterCrop, LiquidResize, Composite - **Metadata** - EXIF/IPTC/XMP reading with GPS parsing and MakerNote support - **Sequences** - multi-frame image support (animated GIF, APNG) via ImagickDriver - **Color utilities** - named colors (140+ CSS names), lighten/darken/intensify and brightness calculation - **Named font sizes** - FontSize enum with bidirectional point-value lookup - **DI-friendly** - ImageFactory wrapper, all drivers are constructor-injectable Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 8.1+ - At least one of: ext-imagick, ext-gd or ImageMagick CLI tools. A Pure PHP driver exists for a subset of features. Installation ------------ [](#installation) ``` composer require horde/image ``` Quick Start ----------- [](#quick-start) ``` use Horde\Image\Driver\ImagickDriver; use Horde\Image\Color\Color; use Horde\Image\Format\ImageFormat; use Horde\Image\Geometry\Size; $driver = new ImagickDriver(); $image = $driver->create(new Size(800.0, 600.0), Color::named('white')); $resized = $image->resize(new Size(400.0, 300.0)); $data = $driver->encode($resized, ImageFormat::JPEG); file_put_contents('output.jpg', $data); ``` See [doc/USAGE.md](doc/USAGE.md) for full documentation. See [doc/UPGRADING.md](doc/UPRGADING.md) for upgrading calling code from legacy lib/ format or older versions. See [doc/COPYING-EXIF.md](doc/COPYING-EXIF.md) for copyright and licensing clarification on exifer code included. License ------- [](#license) LGPL-2.1-only. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details. ### Health Score 63 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance95 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity27 Limited adoption so far Community37 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity84 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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. 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