Question

Something to the tune of:

$gradient->newPseudoImage($width, $height, "gradient:transparent-transparent");

Basically I’m looking to create a wet floor effect for uploaded images. So far, it seems you can only create a gradient into a solid color.

Answer 1

It turns out if the image you are cloning does not have an alpha channel set you can’t create a gradient from an image to a transparent background (at least, I was unable to find a way) What you can do is test for the alpha channel and set it if need be. Here’s the working code if you’re interested:

$im = new Imagick('image.jpg');

if (!$im->getImageAlphaChannel()) {
    $im->setImageAlphaChannel(Imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_SET);
}

$refl = $im->clone();
$refl->flipImage();

$gradient = new Imagick();

$gradient->newPseudoImage($refl->getImageWidth() + 10, $refl->getImageHeight() + 10, "gradient:transparent-black");

$refl->compositeImage($gradient, imagick::COMPOSITE_DSTOUT, 0, 0);

$canvas = new Imagick();

$width = $im->getImageWidth() + 40;
$height = ($im->getImageHeight() * 2) + 30;

$canvas->newImage($width, $height, 'none');
$canvas->setImageFormat('png');

$canvas->compositeImage($im, imagick::COMPOSITE_SRCOVER, 20, 10);
$canvas->compositeImage($refl, imagick::COMPOSITE_SRCOVER, 20, $im->getImageHeight() + 10);

This will take a run of the mill jpg and convert it into a png with a reflection fading into a transparent background.

$canvas->writeImages("new.png", true);