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PHP | Imagick distortImage() Function

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The Imagick::distortImage() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to distorts an image using various distortion methods. Syntax:
bool Imagick::distortImage( $method, $arguments, $bestfit )
Parameter: This function accepts three parameters as mentioned above and described below:
  • $method: This parameter stores the value of the method of image distortion.
  • $arguments: This parameter stores the value of the arguments for the distortion method as an array.
  • $method: This parameter stores the value of type of method which attempt to resize destination to fit distorted source
Return Value: This function returns True on success. Original Image: Below program illustrates the Imagick::distortImage() function in PHP: Program: php
<?php 

/*Imagick Object*/
$imagick = new Imagick(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeksforgeeks-17.png');

$points = array(
    0, 0,
    55, 25,
    100, 0,
    100, 50
);

$imagick->setimagebackgroundcolor("lightgreen");
$imagick->setImageVirtualPixelMethod(\Imagick::VIRTUALPIXELMETHOD_BACKGROUND);

/* distortImage */
$imagick->distortImage(\Imagick::DISTORTION_AFFINE, $points, true);

/*Image Header*/
header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");
echo $imagick;
?>
Output: Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.distortimage.php

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