Req: fix for clipping on negative polaroid geometry

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Req: fix for clipping on negative polaroid geometry

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I hope I hit the correct place for this feature request, if not sorry and feel free to move this thread :-o

Problem: I'm currently generating (very nice, btw) multi-line(!) polaroid thumbnails. To make it look less structured and esp. make better use of the space I'm using a minor negative -geometry to make them overlap a little. The known issue is that this generates clipping on the outsides. The known workaround to use two null: images to wrap the image sequence doesn't work here since it generates two empty spaces where the first and last image should be.

Request: Please adjust the polaroid command so that even with negative geometry clipping of the polaroid frame doesn't occur on the canvas borders.

Example: montage input*.jpg +polaroid -geometry -5+5 -tile 3x3 output.jpg

Thanks!

Edit: thinking of: an option to control/tune down the randomness of the polaroid tilt/rotation would be very nice indeed. Yes, I know the whole thing is hardcoded and obviously not meant to be customized w/o patching the source, but still...
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