Adding arc text to image

[superwizzard]

Hi

I have an image saved as image.jpg and I wish to add text to it that is in the form of an arc. I have tried some examples from the documentation and can generate arc text but cannot add it to an image (without removing whats in the background).

Thanks in advance

[Bonzo]

You will need to create your text as an image with a transparent background and place it over the original image.

What code do you have so far and IM version ?

[superwizzard]

Thanks for the reply

This is my version info:
Version: ImageMagick 6.4.5 2008-11-13 Q16 OpenMP http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2008 ImageMagick Studio LLC

My current command does not work but none the less here it is:
convert image.jpg --pointsize 15 -fill white -annotate 0 "This Text Needs to be Curved" image_edit.jpg

[superwizzard]

I managed to get the text to curve but never manage to add it to an image. I cannot find the command I used tough.

[Bonzo]

The code below created this image:

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convert ( background_image.jpg -thumbnail 200x200 -write mpr:image +delete ) \
( -pointsize 20 -fill red -background none  label:"Cottenham horse show" -virtual-pixel transparent -distort arc 120 -write mpr:arc +delete ) \
mpr:image mpr:arc -gravity north -composite combined.jpg

You do not say how you are using the code; I did it in php and have removed the php parts from the code. I also needed to resize my image as it was a bit to big.
if your text is always the same it would be quicker to create your text and just overlay it each time:

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convert background_image.jpg arc.png -gravity north -composite combined.jpg

I managed to get the text to curve but never manage to add it to an image. I cannot find the command I used tough.

Thats the problem when you are trying differnt things

[anthony]

Reordering avoids the need for saving the image into a mpr: register.
Also first parenthesis is not needed, as their are no images in memory yet!

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convert background_image.jpg -thumbnail 200x200 \
             ( -pointsize 20 -fill red -background none  label:"Cottenham horse show" \
                -virtual-pixel transparent -distort arc 120 ) \
             -gravity north -composite combined.jpg

the above is basically the 'Arc Compund Font' from
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fonts/
their are lots of other fonts and styles listed.

Contributions for more compound fonts are always welcome!

[superwizzard]

Hi

Thanks a lot, both the code works. One more thing, when combining the images how do I offset the arc vertically? At the moment the text is being added to the top of the image and I want it about 1/3 the way down.

Regards

[Bonzo]

You should be able to add a -geometry +0+0 ( +or- horizontal offset +or- vertical offset ) after the -gravity north.