Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

Okay, I was on the right track. This works better. Thanks.

I don't use Perl, but the documentation http://www.imagemagick.org/script/perl-magick.php says there is an "Evaluate()" method. Doesn't that work?
Yeah, I saw the Evaluate method, and it looked like the way, but syntax examples were lacking. How does 'evaluate set 50%' translate into working ...

If I have an image without transparency, then how do I give it partial transparency the PerlMagick way? At the commandline, this can be achieved with something like this...

convert input.png -alpha set -channel A -evaluate set 50% output.png

So if anyone can show me how to do the same in ...

Bonzo wrote: 2018-03-04T14:12:25-07:00I am using Windows 10 and double clicking the file opens it in "Windows font viewer".

I am using Debian 9, and my file manager is ranger. Slightly awkward, but I will find a way...

Bonzo wrote: 2018-03-04T08:01:08-07:00 If you click on a .ttf file it should open as an image showing the standard sizes.

Having trouble "opening" the ttf file. Which application is your file manager using to open ttf files plz? Thanx.

Not sure what the standard font sizes are for ttf DejaVu-Sans-Mono-Bold. But having just tested for all sizes between 6pt and 22pt, I havent really found a sweet spot where unicode chars look accurate. So still having mixed results with ttf dejavu.

And I'm still not sure why IM didn't render ...

I want imagemagick to create an image of unicode chars that is sharp and accurate. And my attempts with ttf fonts worked okay, but didn't look exactly right. So I tried again with the fixed bitmap font, which I read has good unicode support, but the unicode chars failed to render at all ...

Thank you, that works fine

I'm looking to change the brightness of a set of icons. When I previously used imagemagick from the cmdline, the -brightness-contrast option worked fine. But as I look at the perlmagick webpage, I don't see that option there.

So I ask, what is the best way to brighten some icons with perlmagick ...