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PHP | Imagick morphImages() Function

The Imagick::morphImages function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to morph a set of images. The image pixels and size of the image are linearly interpolated to give the appearance of metamorphosis from one image to the next. 

Syntax: 

Imagick Imagick::morphImages( $number_frames )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $number_frames which is used to store the number of in-between images to generate.

Return Value: This function returns new Imagick object on success.

Original Images:  



Below program illustrate the Imagick::morphImages function in PHP: 

Program:  

PHP




<?php
 
// Set of images
$images = [
    "img/neveropen.png",
    "img/charcoalImage.png",
    "img/colorMatrix.png",
    "img/adaptiveThresholdImage.png",
    "img/recolorImage.png",
];
 
// Create new Imagick object
$imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($images[count($images) - 1]));
 
foreach ($images as $image) {
    $nextImage = new \Imagick(realpath($image));
    $imagick->addImage($nextImage);
}
 
$imagick->resetIterator();
 
// Use morphImages function
$morphed = $imagick->morphImages(5);
$morphed->setImageTicksPerSecond(10);
 
header("Content-Type: image/gif");
 
// Set the image format
$morphed->setImageFormat('gif');
 
// Display the output image
echo $morphed->getImagesBlob();
?>


Output: 

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.morphimages.php
 

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