On Tuesday 13 March 2007 00:09, Andrei Stebakov wrote:
> Hi, Anthony
>
> I did my tests on PIII 650 Mhz PC (our web server) and it takes 35 sec! to
> do this command:
> convert -background lightblue  -fill blue -font Arial -gravity Center -size
> 2000x500 caption:'Hello Image Magick!' text_image.gif
> And 24 sec to do it with specified pointsize.
> This speed in unacceptable for the things I am trying to do. Is it normal
> for this kind of PC config? Anything I can do to speed it up (without
> system upgrade)? Are there some alternative library that maybe simpler than
> ImageMagick but can draw text faster?
>
You may try to target a png image format rather than a gif.

> Thank you very much!
> Andrew
>
> On 3/11/07, Anthony Thyssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Andrei Stebakov" on  wrote...
> >
> > | Hi,
> > |
> > | If let's say I am given a limited box in which I should write some text
> > | "Hellow, ImageMagick!", how would I calculate font parameters (size
> > | etc)
> >
> > to
> >
> > | make sure the text doesn't exceed the boundaries of the box? Can it be
> >
> > done
> >
> > | from MagickWand?
> >
> > Don't!!!!!
> > First use the latest IM release (at least 6.3.2), which has both
> > auto-sized captions and labels.
> >
> > If the box is 200x100 pixels use..
> >
> >    convert -size 200x100 caption:'Hellow, ImageMagick!' text_image.gif
> >
> > This will word wrap the image so the largest font size posible, which
> > fits the given space.  It is about 10 times slower and internally IM
> > does a lot of trial and error,  but it will work.
> >
> > Just do NOT set a -pointsize,   or turn it off with  +pointsize.
> >
> > See IM examples, Text to Image, Captions
> >    http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#caption
> >
> > With an image of your test, you can now overlay it into the limited
> > space.
> >
> >
> >   Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
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