On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:52:20 -0400 [email protected] wrote: | I'm new to the list and not an expert on image terminology, so I | apologize if my post is confusing. | | How can I take a 100x100 light gray square, overlap it by 20 pixels with | a 100x100 dark gray square, and have a smooth transition between the two | shades of gray. I don't want the 20x100 pixel transition to be medium | gray, I want it to smoothly transistion from light to dark gray. | | My ultimate goal: | | I'm trying to represent a matrix of numbers as an image. The numbers | will be from 0 to 1, and each number will be represented as a 100x100 | square in a shade of gray. The idea is that a person can look at the | image and get an impression of the values in the matrix by how light or | dark the image is. I think hard transitions between squares will be | distracting, so I'd like smooth transitions. | | Thanks for any advice you can give. |
First the better place to get help is to use the IM Discussion Forum http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewforum.php?f=1 However as for your problme have a look at ImageMagick Examples, Photo Handling, Overlapping Photos http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/photos/#overlap You may also like to look at Multi-Image Layers, and specifically Examples of Layering images http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/layers/#example For Thumbnails, and adding frames, padding, fading around images see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/thumbnails/#fluff Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Here, you're a zombie!" "That's right, kick a man when he's dead." said Constable Shoe sharply -- Terry Pratchett, "Jingo" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony's Castle http://www.cit.griffith.edu.au/~anthony/ _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
