Image Magick and some effects

Image Magick is a powerfull application for pictures effects… They provide php api but you can simply use it with an exec php command.

You can find here some effects :

• Drop Shadow effect
  convert -page +5+5 pic.png ( +clone -background black -shadow 50×2+5+5 ) +swap -background white -mosaic pic_shawod.png

• Reflect effect :
  convert pig.png +append \( +clone -threshold -1 +matte \(pig.png -channel A -fx ‘j/(h*3)’ -flip \) -composite \) -append pig_reflect.png

  

• ASCII effect
  convert pic.png -colorspace Gray img/pattern.gif -virtual-pixel tile -fx \(u[floor\(3*u\)+1]\) pic.png +matte -compose multiply -composite pic_dest.png
  The pattern.gif is a animated gif :

  

You can check all of this effects on http://dev.makemepulse.com/imageTool/