

ImageMagick usually produces better quality images, although sometimes better quality image will also increase the image file size.ImageMagick supports over 200 image formats.The key differences between ImageMagick and GD library are: Adding content to image, for example text, shape, other image (watermark), etc.Apply filters to image, for example color, contrast, brightness, etc.GD is another library that is also very popular and it is automatically available in RunCloud server.īoth ImageMagick and GD Library can be used for: ImageMagick is not the only image optimization library in PHP application. You can use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves. It can read and write over 200 image formats, including PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. ImageMagick is a free and open-source software that was created in 1987 by John Cristy to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images.
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In this post, we will discuss about how to install ImageMagick PHP Extension (Imagick) for your PHP web application. RunCloud does support the ImageMagick PHP extension, but it is not enabled by default.

When building your website, some PHP web applications including WordPress and Laravel may require the additional ImageMagick PHP extension for advanced image processing.
