International PHP Conference Berlin 2025

Imagick::liquidRescaleImage

(PECL imagick 2 >= 2.2.0, PECL imagick 3)

Imagick::liquidRescaleImageAnimates an image or images

Description

public Imagick::liquidRescaleImage(
    int $width,
    int $height,
    float $delta_x,
    float $rigidity
): bool

This method scales the images using liquid rescaling method. This method is an implementation of a technique called seam carving. In order for this method to work as expected ImageMagick must be compiled with liblqr support. This method is available if Imagick has been compiled against ImageMagick version 6.3.9 or newer.

Parameters

width

The width of the target size

height

The height of the target size

delta_x

How much the seam can traverse on x-axis. Passing 0 causes the seams to be straight.

rigidity

Introduces a bias for non-straight seams. This parameter is typically 0.

Return Values

Returns true on success.

See Also

add a note

User Contributed Notes 1 note

up
0
spider at man dot net
13 years ago
<?php

/* Create new object */
$im = new Imagick( 'test.jpg' );

/* Scale down */
$im->liquidRescaleImage( 500, 200, 3, 25 );

/* Display */
header( 'Content-Type: image/jpg' );
echo
$im;

?>
To Top