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So I used this Imagemagick library wrapper written in PHP and came to know about this function called steganoImage() which simply says that it will hide a watermark inside the image. But problem is documentation doesn't state how to restore that image back. I checked all the other functions too, didn't find anything. I would like to have an Imagick solution for this.
Before you spend to much time on this you need the original dimension you used to create the secret image to retrieve it. So if the image is cropped, resized or format changed you probably will not be able to retrieve the message.
For your information this is a good site for Imagick examples: https://phpimagick.com/Imagick/queryFormats Although they do not mention steganoImage()
Looking on the web I found the code below ( Codesearch ) which adapted should work for IMagick:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Image::Magick;
#
# Hide an image within an image
#
$watermark=Image::Magick->new;
$watermark->ReadImage('smile.gif');
($width, $height)=$watermark->Get('width','height');
#
# Hide image in image.
#
$image=Image::Magick->new;
$image->ReadImage('model.gif');
$image->SteganoImage(image=>$watermark,offset=>91);
$image->Write('model.png');
$image->Write('win:');
#
# Extract image from image.
#
$size="$width" . "x" . "$height" . "+91";
$stegano=Image::Magick->new(size=>$size);
$stegano->ReadImage('stegano:model.png');
$stegano->Write('stegano.gif');
$stegano->Write('win:');
The answer provided by Bonzo is correct. An example in PHP's Imagick would look very similar.
$image = new Imagick('rose:');
$watermark = new Imagick('label:Hello World!');
// The decoding process must "know" about the watermarks size, and starting
// pixel offset.
define('STEGANO_OFFSET', 64); // Secret offset
define('STEGANO_WIDTH', $watermark->getImageWidth());
define('STEGANO_HEIGHT', $watermark->getImageHeight());
$stegano = $image->steganoImage($watermark, STEGANO_OFFSET);
$stegano->writeImage('output.png');
To decode the original watermark, define the width, height, and offset of the hidden image before reading the file.
$decoded = new Imagick();
$decoded->setSizeOffset(STEGANO_WIDTH, STEGANO_HEIGHT, STEGANO_OFFSET);
$decoded->readImage('STEGANO:output.png');
$decoded->writeImage('decoded.png');
Let's suppose I want to create a face generator, where I would design several pictures for face form, ears, noses, mouth, hair. Given a combination of those pictures how can I create a new picture in PHP? For instance, a simplified version:
There is face1.png, face2.png, nose1.png and nose2.png. How could I programmatically merge face1.png with nose2.png, so the result picture would hold content from both picture?
You've basically got three options: GD, Cairo or ImageMagic. I'd recommend using the Imagick class if it's available. If not, ImageMagick through PHP system calls. If that's not available, GD will probably suffice.
It depends on your server configuration, which of these are available and which would require additional packages to be installed.
There's a very simple example in the Imagick documentation of combining images: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/imagick.compositeimage.php
I also found this example for GD:
Merge two PNG images with PHP GD library
There is a function named imagecopy. This function overrides a part of the destination image using a source image. The given part is specified as parameters. Before you tell me that this does not solve your problem, I have to add that the pixels in the destination picture will not be overriden by the pixels of the source picture if the pixels are transparent. You need to use imagealphablending and imagesavealpha on the source picture, like this:
public static function experimental($images, $width, $height, $dest = null) {
$index = 0;
if ($dest === null) {
$dest = $images[$index++];
}
while ($index < count($images)) {
imagealphablending($images[$index], true);
imagesavealpha($images[$index], true );
imagecopy($dest, $images[$index++], 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height);
}
return $dest;
}
If we have these two pictures:
The result will be this:
You really want make it with PHP?
Ok.
1) You can use GD library for image processing.
2) You can use imagemagic PHP wrapper -- imagic.
But I think you should use canvas on client side. And for saving result you can send base64 png image representation of canvas (or separated layers/pictures) to backend.
I'm working on a web project that involves a dynamically generated map of the US coloring different states based on a set of data.
This SVG file gives me a good blank map of the US and is very easy to change the color of each state. The difficulty is that IE browsers don't support SVG so in order for me to use the handy syntax the svg offers, I'll need to convert it to a JPG.
Ideally, I'd like to do this with only the GD2 library but could also use ImageMagick. I have absolutely no clue how to do this.
Any solution that would allow me to dynamically change the colors of states on a map of the US will be considered. The key is that it is easy to change the colors on the fly and that it is cross browser. PHP/Apache solutions only, please.
That's funny you asked this, I just did this recently for my work's site and I was thinking I should write a tutorial... Here is how to do it with PHP/Imagick, which uses ImageMagick:
$usmap = '/path/to/blank/us-map.svg';
$im = new Imagick();
$svg = file_get_contents($usmap);
/*loop to color each state as needed, something like*/
$idColorArray = array(
"AL" => "339966"
,"AK" => "0099FF"
...
,"WI" => "FF4B00"
,"WY" => "A3609B"
);
foreach($idColorArray as $state => $color){
//Where $color is a RRGGBB hex value
$svg = preg_replace(
'/id="'.$state.'" style="fill:#([0-9a-f]{6})/'
, 'id="'.$state.'" style="fill:#'.$color
, $svg
);
}
$im->readImageBlob($svg);
/*png settings*/
$im->setImageFormat("png24");
$im->resizeImage(720, 445, imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 1); /*Optional, if you need to resize*/
/*jpeg*/
$im->setImageFormat("jpeg");
$im->adaptiveResizeImage(720, 445); /*Optional, if you need to resize*/
$im->writeImage('/path/to/colored/us-map.png');/*(or .jpg)*/
$im->clear();
$im->destroy();
the steps regex color replacement may vary depending on the svg path xml and how you id & color values are stored. If you don't want to store a file on the server, you can output the image as base 64 like
<?php echo '<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,' . base64_encode($im) . '" />';?>
(before you use clear/destroy) but ie has issues with PNG as base64 so you'd probably have to output base64 as jpeg
you can see an example here I did for a former employer's sales territory map:
Start: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Blank_US_Map_(states_only).svg
Finish:
Edit
Since writing the above, I've come up with 2 improved techniques:
1) instead of a regex loop to change the fill on state , use CSS to make style rules like
<style type="text/css">
#CA,#FL,HI{
fill:blue;
}
#Al, #NY, #NM{
fill:#cc6699;
}
/*etc..*/
</style>
and then you can do a single text replace to inject your css rules into the svg before proceeding with the imagick jpeg/png creation. If the colors don't change, check to make sure you don't have any inline fill styles in your path tags overriding the css.
2) If you don't have to actually create a jpeg/png image file (and don't need to support outdated browsers), you can manipulate the svg directly with jQuery. You can't access the svg paths when embedding the svg using img or object tags, so you'll have to directly include the svg xml in your webpage html like:
<div>
<?php echo file_get_contents('/path/to/blank/us-map.svg');?>
</div>
then changing the colors is as easy as:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#CA').css('fill', 'blue');
$('#NY').css('fill', '#ff0000');
</script>
When converting SVG to transparent PNG, don't forget to put this BEFORE $imagick->readImageBlob():
$imagick->setBackgroundColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent'));
You mention that you are doing this because IE doesn't support SVG.
The good news is that IE does support vector graphics. Okay, so it's in the form of a language called VML which only IE supports, rather than SVG, but it is there, and you can use it.
Google Maps, among others, will detect the browser capabilities to determine whether to serve SVG or VML.
Then there's the Raphael library, which is a Javascript browswer-based graphics library, which supports either SVG or VML, again depending on the browser.
Another one which may help: SVGWeb.
All of which means that you can support your IE users without having to resort to bitmap graphics.
See also the top answer to this question, for example: XSL Transform SVG to VML
This is v. easy, have been doing work on this for the past few weeks.
You need the Batik SVG Toolkit. Download, and place the files in the same directory as the SVG you want to convert to a JPEG, also make sure you unzip it first.
Open the terminal, and run this command:
java -jar batik-rasterizer.jar -m image/jpeg -q 0.8 NAME_OF_SVG_FILE.svg
That should output a JPEG of the SVG file. Really easy.
You can even just place it in a loop and convert loads of SVGs,
import os
svgs = ('test1.svg', 'test2.svg', 'etc.svg')
for svg in svgs:
os.system('java -jar batik-rasterizer.jar -m image/jpeg -q 0.8 '+str(svg)+'.svg')
This is a method for converting a svg picture to a gif using standard php GD tools
1) You put the image into a canvas element in the browser:
<canvas id=myCanvas></canvas>
<script>
var Key='picturename'
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
base_image = new Image();
base_image.src = myimage.svg;
base_image.onload = function(){
//get the image info as base64 text string
var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL();
//Post the image (dataURL) to the server using jQuery post method
$.post('ProcessPicture.php',{'TheKey':Key,'image': dataURL ,'h': canvas.height,'w':canvas.width,"stemme":stemme } ,function(data,status){ alert(data+' '+status) });
}
</script>
And then convert it at the server (ProcessPicture.php) from (default) png to gif and save it. (you could have saved as png too then use imagepng instead of image gif):
//receive the posted data in php
$pic=$_POST['image'];
$Key=$_POST['TheKey'];
$height=$_POST['h'];
$width=$_POST['w'];
$dir='../gif/'
$gifName=$dir.$Key.'.gif';
$pngName=$dir.$Key.'.png';
//split the generated base64 string before the comma. to remove the 'data:image/png;base64, header created by and get the image data
$data = explode(',', $pic);
$base64img = base64_decode($data[1]);
$dimg=imagecreatefromstring($base64img);
//in order to avoid copying a black figure into a (default) black background you must create a white background
$im_out = ImageCreateTrueColor($width,$height);
$bgfill = imagecolorallocate( $im_out, 255, 255, 255 );
imagefill( $im_out, 0,0, $bgfill );
//Copy the uploaded picture in on the white background
ImageCopyResampled($im_out, $dimg ,0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height,$width, $height);
//Make the gif and png file
imagegif($im_out, $gifName);
imagepng($im_out, $pngName);
I do not know of a standalone PHP / Apache solution, as this would require a PHP library that can read and render SVG images. I'm not sure such a library exists - I don't know any.
ImageMagick is able to rasterize SVG files, either through the command line or the PHP binding, IMagick, but seems to have a number of quirks and external dependencies as shown e.g. in this forum thread. I think it's still the most promising way to go, it's the first thing I would look into if I were you.
I would like to share my answer too it might help someone.
This it is more for simple case when your svg dose not contain fill style and by default black and you want to convert it to png and add color to result png.
function convertSvgToPng($svgPath, $fillColor, $outPath)
{
$im = new Imagick();
$svg = file_get_contents($svgPath);
// !!! THIS is the trick part - just appending to all <path fill color
$svg = str_replace('<path ', '<path style="fill:'.$fillColor.'" ', $svg);
$im->readImageBlob($svg);
$im->setImageFormat("png24");
$im->writeImage($outPath);
$im->clear();
$im->destroy();
}
You can use Raphaël—JavaScript Library and achieve it easily. It will work in IE also.
$command = 'convert -density 300 ';
if(Input::Post('height')!='' && Input::Post('width')!=''){
$command.='-resize '.Input::Post('width').'x'.Input::Post('height').' ';
}
$command.=$svg.' '.$source;
exec($command);
#unlink($svg);
or using : potrace
demo :Tool4dev.com
does anyone know how to apply fade effect to an image using PHP ? what I am looking for is a way to apply gradient transparency ( i mean : at the top , the image is opaque , which gradually gets more and more transparent , and at the bottom it is completely transparent).
i have been reading up on http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecolortransparent.php , but did not see anything about applying a gradient effect to an image.
i also read : PHP - Generate transparency (or opacity) gradient using image , but it kinda trailed off without any solution!
I am also open to any other suggestion / libraries that can do this from command line.
Obviously you'll need to work with a png for this effect, but you can convert any png into a jpg using php. The following question I believe covers what you are asking about. Part of the code will have to be removed to clear the image reflection effect.
Can You Get a Transparent Gradient using PHP ImageMagick?
The piece of code which seems to do what you are trying to accomplish is:
$im = new Imagick('image.jpg'); //Reference image location
if (!$im->getImageAlphaChannel()) {
$im->setImageAlphaChannel(Imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_SET);
}
$refl = $im->clone();
$refl->flipImage();
$gradient = new Imagick();
$gradient->newPseudoImage($refl->getImageWidth() + 10, $refl->getImageHeight() + 10, "gradient:transparent-black");
I'm working on a web project that involves a dynamically generated map of the US coloring different states based on a set of data.
This SVG file gives me a good blank map of the US and is very easy to change the color of each state. The difficulty is that IE browsers don't support SVG so in order for me to use the handy syntax the svg offers, I'll need to convert it to a JPG.
Ideally, I'd like to do this with only the GD2 library but could also use ImageMagick. I have absolutely no clue how to do this.
Any solution that would allow me to dynamically change the colors of states on a map of the US will be considered. The key is that it is easy to change the colors on the fly and that it is cross browser. PHP/Apache solutions only, please.
That's funny you asked this, I just did this recently for my work's site and I was thinking I should write a tutorial... Here is how to do it with PHP/Imagick, which uses ImageMagick:
$usmap = '/path/to/blank/us-map.svg';
$im = new Imagick();
$svg = file_get_contents($usmap);
/*loop to color each state as needed, something like*/
$idColorArray = array(
"AL" => "339966"
,"AK" => "0099FF"
...
,"WI" => "FF4B00"
,"WY" => "A3609B"
);
foreach($idColorArray as $state => $color){
//Where $color is a RRGGBB hex value
$svg = preg_replace(
'/id="'.$state.'" style="fill:#([0-9a-f]{6})/'
, 'id="'.$state.'" style="fill:#'.$color
, $svg
);
}
$im->readImageBlob($svg);
/*png settings*/
$im->setImageFormat("png24");
$im->resizeImage(720, 445, imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 1); /*Optional, if you need to resize*/
/*jpeg*/
$im->setImageFormat("jpeg");
$im->adaptiveResizeImage(720, 445); /*Optional, if you need to resize*/
$im->writeImage('/path/to/colored/us-map.png');/*(or .jpg)*/
$im->clear();
$im->destroy();
the steps regex color replacement may vary depending on the svg path xml and how you id & color values are stored. If you don't want to store a file on the server, you can output the image as base 64 like
<?php echo '<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,' . base64_encode($im) . '" />';?>
(before you use clear/destroy) but ie has issues with PNG as base64 so you'd probably have to output base64 as jpeg
you can see an example here I did for a former employer's sales territory map:
Start: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Blank_US_Map_(states_only).svg
Finish:
Edit
Since writing the above, I've come up with 2 improved techniques:
1) instead of a regex loop to change the fill on state , use CSS to make style rules like
<style type="text/css">
#CA,#FL,HI{
fill:blue;
}
#Al, #NY, #NM{
fill:#cc6699;
}
/*etc..*/
</style>
and then you can do a single text replace to inject your css rules into the svg before proceeding with the imagick jpeg/png creation. If the colors don't change, check to make sure you don't have any inline fill styles in your path tags overriding the css.
2) If you don't have to actually create a jpeg/png image file (and don't need to support outdated browsers), you can manipulate the svg directly with jQuery. You can't access the svg paths when embedding the svg using img or object tags, so you'll have to directly include the svg xml in your webpage html like:
<div>
<?php echo file_get_contents('/path/to/blank/us-map.svg');?>
</div>
then changing the colors is as easy as:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#CA').css('fill', 'blue');
$('#NY').css('fill', '#ff0000');
</script>
When converting SVG to transparent PNG, don't forget to put this BEFORE $imagick->readImageBlob():
$imagick->setBackgroundColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent'));
You mention that you are doing this because IE doesn't support SVG.
The good news is that IE does support vector graphics. Okay, so it's in the form of a language called VML which only IE supports, rather than SVG, but it is there, and you can use it.
Google Maps, among others, will detect the browser capabilities to determine whether to serve SVG or VML.
Then there's the Raphael library, which is a Javascript browswer-based graphics library, which supports either SVG or VML, again depending on the browser.
Another one which may help: SVGWeb.
All of which means that you can support your IE users without having to resort to bitmap graphics.
See also the top answer to this question, for example: XSL Transform SVG to VML
This is v. easy, have been doing work on this for the past few weeks.
You need the Batik SVG Toolkit. Download, and place the files in the same directory as the SVG you want to convert to a JPEG, also make sure you unzip it first.
Open the terminal, and run this command:
java -jar batik-rasterizer.jar -m image/jpeg -q 0.8 NAME_OF_SVG_FILE.svg
That should output a JPEG of the SVG file. Really easy.
You can even just place it in a loop and convert loads of SVGs,
import os
svgs = ('test1.svg', 'test2.svg', 'etc.svg')
for svg in svgs:
os.system('java -jar batik-rasterizer.jar -m image/jpeg -q 0.8 '+str(svg)+'.svg')
This is a method for converting a svg picture to a gif using standard php GD tools
1) You put the image into a canvas element in the browser:
<canvas id=myCanvas></canvas>
<script>
var Key='picturename'
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
base_image = new Image();
base_image.src = myimage.svg;
base_image.onload = function(){
//get the image info as base64 text string
var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL();
//Post the image (dataURL) to the server using jQuery post method
$.post('ProcessPicture.php',{'TheKey':Key,'image': dataURL ,'h': canvas.height,'w':canvas.width,"stemme":stemme } ,function(data,status){ alert(data+' '+status) });
}
</script>
And then convert it at the server (ProcessPicture.php) from (default) png to gif and save it. (you could have saved as png too then use imagepng instead of image gif):
//receive the posted data in php
$pic=$_POST['image'];
$Key=$_POST['TheKey'];
$height=$_POST['h'];
$width=$_POST['w'];
$dir='../gif/'
$gifName=$dir.$Key.'.gif';
$pngName=$dir.$Key.'.png';
//split the generated base64 string before the comma. to remove the 'data:image/png;base64, header created by and get the image data
$data = explode(',', $pic);
$base64img = base64_decode($data[1]);
$dimg=imagecreatefromstring($base64img);
//in order to avoid copying a black figure into a (default) black background you must create a white background
$im_out = ImageCreateTrueColor($width,$height);
$bgfill = imagecolorallocate( $im_out, 255, 255, 255 );
imagefill( $im_out, 0,0, $bgfill );
//Copy the uploaded picture in on the white background
ImageCopyResampled($im_out, $dimg ,0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height,$width, $height);
//Make the gif and png file
imagegif($im_out, $gifName);
imagepng($im_out, $pngName);
I do not know of a standalone PHP / Apache solution, as this would require a PHP library that can read and render SVG images. I'm not sure such a library exists - I don't know any.
ImageMagick is able to rasterize SVG files, either through the command line or the PHP binding, IMagick, but seems to have a number of quirks and external dependencies as shown e.g. in this forum thread. I think it's still the most promising way to go, it's the first thing I would look into if I were you.
I would like to share my answer too it might help someone.
This it is more for simple case when your svg dose not contain fill style and by default black and you want to convert it to png and add color to result png.
function convertSvgToPng($svgPath, $fillColor, $outPath)
{
$im = new Imagick();
$svg = file_get_contents($svgPath);
// !!! THIS is the trick part - just appending to all <path fill color
$svg = str_replace('<path ', '<path style="fill:'.$fillColor.'" ', $svg);
$im->readImageBlob($svg);
$im->setImageFormat("png24");
$im->writeImage($outPath);
$im->clear();
$im->destroy();
}
You can use Raphaël—JavaScript Library and achieve it easily. It will work in IE also.
$command = 'convert -density 300 ';
if(Input::Post('height')!='' && Input::Post('width')!=''){
$command.='-resize '.Input::Post('width').'x'.Input::Post('height').' ';
}
$command.=$svg.' '.$source;
exec($command);
#unlink($svg);
or using : potrace
demo :Tool4dev.com