Draw fill default

[rmabry]

From the command line, the following generates a triangle filled with black, so it seems the default is the same as if adding -fill black.

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convert -size 150x100 xc:white -stroke red -strokewidth 4 -draw "polygon 20,20 130,20 130,80" filltest-cmd.png

However, in PerlMagick, the following generates an unfilled triangle, so the default is the same as if adding fill => 'none'.

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#!/usr/bin/perl -- 
use Image::Magick;
my $image = new Image::Magick;
$image->Set(size => '150x100');
$image->Read('xc:white');
$image->Draw(primitive=>'polygon', points=>'20,20 130,20 130,80', 
	stroke=>'red', strokewidth=>4);
$image->Write('filltest-pl.png');

Which is desirable? My own feeling is that the perl version is best - if you want a fill say so, otherwise you don't get one.

Rick

[magick]

Setting fill to opaque by default from the command line is a convenience so commands like:

• convert label:Magick label.png

produce reasonable results. You can of course override the default with the -fill option:

• convert -size 150x100 xc:white -fill none -stroke red -strokewidth 4 -draw "polygon 20,20 130,20 130,80" filltest-cmd.png

We do not do this with PerlMagick (or other API's) because program development assumes a greater skill than command line scripting.