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Perl Script - add text to an image
Name: Danny Date: September 17, 2002 at 10:05:08 Pacific OS: n/a CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
Does anyone have a perl script that automaticaly include text in a jpg image (or gif)?
I mean, the script will convert given text in image, then combine this image to the original image.
Name: SN Date: September 17, 2002 at 14:01:01 Pacific
Reply:
That would be a pretty involved perl script. More likely you want something that positions the graphic absolutely and writes text over it, which is pretty easily done using css. Good luck -SN
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Response Number 2
Name: Tom Date: September 17, 2002 at 16:04:12 Pacific
Summary: You just can't add text to a jpg image. 1 - uncompress the image. 2 - to create the text image. 3 - Overlay text image over jpg image 4 - recompress to jpg. A Perl script calling other programs could....
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