cpu-efficiency

the1bullet · Post by **the1bullet** » 2006-10-30T10:55:58-07:00

Can anybody tell me how magickwand for php affects memory usage and cpu-efficiency in comparison to just using imagemagick through command line commands? It seems like a lot of people have problems installing magickwand for php and if the benefit is just simplicity of programming instead of efficiency, then I'll be happy to use the command line syntax.

Post by **magick** » 2006-10-30T11:05:43-07:00

The command line is faster to implement but lacks features the API provides. The API is faster and more efficent than the command line.

the1bullet · Post by **the1bullet** » 2006-10-30T11:16:37-07:00

Thanks for the quick reply. Any data you can provide on the cpu and memory-efficiency of IM versus GD for compositing and resizing images? I run a website that does a LOT of image manipulation, so even small differences are meaningful. We currently use GD and I had been planning on switching to IM, just haven't yet had a chance.