How to explode an image (only along the X axis)

[walterhiggins]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to explode an image only along the X axis.
What I would like is for the center of an image to be widened while the edges (left and right) of the image are narrowed.
Does anyone know how this might be done using perlMagick or command-line tools?
Any pointers/suggestions greatly appreciated.

[fmw42]

Not sure what you really want. Can you post an example of input and resulting explode?

You can do barrel distortion in one direction only if you want. See

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/distorts/#barrel
http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/ ... /index.php (pre-IM distort barrel script)