i need to use some common filters lik the edge, blur. it was pretty easy and fast to use python magick. but now as I want to use it with python, it is impossible. there is the PIL_usm, but also no installation instrucions. Is there a way to blur the image using the PIL by a specific radius.
On Mar 1, 4:12 pm, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > azrael wrote: > > Hy > > did anyone manage to work with imahemagick through python. I've been > > googling like a crazy for some instalation instructions, but i cant > > find anything. please help. > > There have been a few wrappers for ImageMagick over the last few years. > > There was once something called "PythonMagick", for example. However > AFAIK, they are all currently defunct. There was a later version using > Boost, but it apparently required a lot of system resources to compile > for some reason, and I don't think I was able to. > > Apparently ImageMagick has gone through a lot of API changes and people > get disgusted with supporting it (?). There is also, of course the > Python Imaging Library (PIL) that competes with it pretty effectively > for most use cases (of course ImageMagick has unparalleled image > conversion support). > > If you really want ImageMagick, though, you might want to consider > writing your own wrapper (perhaps using ctypes, now that it is included > in the standard library). > > I have used 'popen' to run it as a separate process in the past. The > 'subprocess' module would be the smart way to do that today, and that > might be your fastest solution. > > Cheers, > Terry > > -- > Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Anansi Spaceworkshttp://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
