Combine a animated GIF with a static PNG

[sroBandit]

Hi folks,

i tried a whole day now for my problem and googling my hands off but couldnt find a real solution for my problem:
I have an animated gif and a static PNG. The static PNG should get the "background" of the animated GIF (the animated GIF also has a transparency).

I tried things like:

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$a = new Imagick('../a.gif');
$b = new Imagick('../b.png');

$b->compositeimage($a, imagick::COMPOSITE_MULTIPLY, 0, 0);
$b->writeimages('../img/test.gif', true);
	
$a->compositeimage($b, imagick::COMPOSITE_MULTIPLY, 0,0 );
$a->writeimages('../img/test2.gif', TRUE);

but i get an image with the animated GIF visible only or a static pic where with one of the first frames of the animated GIF + the static PNG as background.. but not animated.

Any hints would be great..

Thanks in advance

[fmw42]

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_mods/#compose

[sroBandit]

Sorry for delayed answer..

Thanks for the link, i "understand" what happens there or what should be done, but i dunno know how to solve my problem in PHP.
I dont wanna use the commandline version, i want to use the lib itself.

Do i need an imagick() and an imagickDraw() object and combine them? If so, would be great, if you can gimme some help.

[fmw42]

sorry I don't code Imagick, only command line. But see if you can find similar commands at http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.imagick.php

[sroBandit]

Ok,

tried a few other things.. Would be great, if someone could gimme a hint, i dont get any correct image..
An example would be great!

Thanks in advance..