Image Merge
See the sample site. I need to "merge" the two images so that the picture of the boy is overlyed with the frame, with the inner part of the frame transparent & the outer part overcovering the "edge" portions of the picture.
At the moment, the Pticture of the boy is a jpg & the frame is a transparent gif. I can make the frame a jpg.
Is there a way to do this using the php image functions, or, if not, using something else?
At the moment, the Pticture of the boy is a jpg & the frame is a transparent gif. I can make the frame a jpg.
Is there a way to do this using the php image functions, or, if not, using something else?
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Glad i could help.
For imagejpeg() to work correctly i would need no other data to be outputed to the browser .... so the browser sees the file as an image ..
Normally the way i do it is put all the image creation code in a file by itself and then give it as a source to the <img> tag
i.e
<img src='create_image.php'>
For imagejpeg() to work correctly i would need no other data to be outputed to the browser .... so the browser sees the file as an image ..
Normally the way i do it is put all the image creation code in a file by itself and then give it as a source to the <img> tag
i.e
<img src='create_image.php'>
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To steelseth12,
So there is another thing I perhaps did NOT address in the original question. I'll put it here, in case you can answer directly, but what I need is to be able to "blot out" all aspects of the original image that are OUTSIDE the overlay frame. Think of the overlay as a picture frame, we want the excess outside the frame cut off. I can of course make the outside black or a light gray or ?? but any color other than white will look strange.
If you want I will start a new question & you can look for it. I'll put it in the same categories, etc.
Let me know.
Thanks,
rkorts
So there is another thing I perhaps did NOT address in the original question. I'll put it here, in case you can answer directly, but what I need is to be able to "blot out" all aspects of the original image that are OUTSIDE the overlay frame. Think of the overlay as a picture frame, we want the excess outside the frame cut off. I can of course make the outside black or a light gray or ?? but any color other than white will look strange.
If you want I will start a new question & you can look for it. I'll put it in the same categories, etc.
Let me know.
Thanks,
rkorts
Why not make the outsite of the border white
e.g https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/ee-stuff/5564-imgoverlay.gif
There are ways to calculate it in php but it requires alot of work and it will put unnecessary strain on the server.
e.g https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/ee-stuff/5564-imgoverlay.gif
There are ways to calculate it in php but it requires alot of work and it will put unnecessary strain on the server.
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To steelseth12,
I got the image, thanks. But the inside is now black. Don't I have to change something in the php code?
Thanks,
rkorts
I got the image, thanks. But the inside is now black. Don't I have to change something in the php code?
Thanks,
rkorts
Black ? No you shouldnt have to change anything ... it displays fine on my local host.
Thats strange ... try it with a png https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/ee-stuff/5565-imgoverlay.png
change
$overlay = imagecreatefromgif("imgove
to
$overlay = imagecreatefrompng("imgove
Thats strange ... try it with a png https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/ee-stuff/5565-imgoverlay.png
change
$overlay = imagecreatefromgif("imgove
to
$overlay = imagecreatefrompng("imgove
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EXCELLENT! The only thing that didn't work from your php was: imagejpeg($image_resized);