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PHP | Imagick recolorImage() Function

The Imagick::recolorImage() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to translate, scale, shear, or rotate image colors. This function is used as the matrix size variable. Normally 5×5 matrix is used for RGBA and 6×6 is used for CMYK. 
Syntax: 
 

bool Imagick::recolorImage( $matrix )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $matrix which is used to store the value of the color matrix.
Return Value: This function returns True on success.
Original Image: 
 

Below program illustrate Imagick::recolorImage() function in PHP:
Program 1: 
 

php




<?php
 
// Create new Imagick object
$imagick = new \Imagick(
 
// Color Matrix
$remapColor = [ 1, 0, 0,
                0, 0, 1,
                0, 1, 0, ];
  
// Recolor the Image
$imagick->recolorImage($remapColor);
header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
 
// Display the image
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
?>


Output: 
 

Program 2: 
 

php




<?php
 
$string = "Computer Science portal for Geeks!";
 
// Creating new image of above String
// and add color and background
$im = new Imagick();
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
 
// Fill the color in image
$draw->setFillColor(new ImagickPixel('green'));
 
// Set the text font size
$draw->setFontSize(50);
 
$matrix = $im->queryFontMetrics($draw, $string);
$draw->annotation(0, 40, $string);
$im->newImage($matrix['textWidth'], $matrix['textHeight'],
        new ImagickPixel('white'));
 
// Draw the image        
$im->drawImage($draw);
 
// Recolor the Image
$remapColor = [ 1, 300, 70,
                10, 0, 40,
                10, 10, 0, ];
  
$im->recolorImage($remapColor);
  
$im->setImageFormat('jpeg');
 
header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
 
// Display the output image
echo $im->getImageBlob();
?>


Output: 
 

recolor

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

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