Re: image manipulation package?
Dundonald wrote:
On 19 May, 21:54, viv <barousse.viv...@gmail.com> wrote:
On May 19, 10:39 pm, Dundonald <mark.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
can anyone recommend a good image package that will allow me to add
text to certain image templates? Without going in to too much detail
(and boring you) I have a small number of image templates, for example
a business card being one of them, that I wish to allow users to enter
their details on a form and then I want to add those details to my
business card template image at set positions per field then render
the updated image for the user to download or print.
Any ideas please?
Thanks
Hi,
Did you tried java.awt.image ? I think you can use the BufferedImage
class to load your image template, and use the method createGraphics()
to get a Graphics2D instance. This object will allow you to put some
text on these images.
Hope this helps,
Vivien Barousse
Vivien I've never had reason to do image manipulation so thanks for
pointing the tinned up package, I'll check it. I'll report back for
completeness.
In the meantime if any other suggestions please pass on.
Thanks
For more sophisticated image manipulation, check out JMagick.
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