ImageMagick slow Should be faster

[dev.alex89]

ImageMagick is slow, should be faster
check out this little test
test

This is the normal speed of execution, or are slow?

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<?php
$DOCROOT = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)).'/';
$filein   = $DOCROOT.'useruploads/userphotos/tmp/'.'dolphins.jpg'; 
$fileout  = $DOCROOT.'output/'.  uniqid().'.jpg';
   
// Command 1
$command  = '/usr/bin/convert '.escapeshellarg($filein);
$command .= ' -resize 270x265^ '.escapeshellarg($fileout);

$time_start = microtime(TRUE);
exec($command);
$time_end = microtime(true);

$time = $time_end - $time_start;
echo 'time: '.$time.'s';
?>

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<?php
$file_effect = $DOCROOT.'images/effects/4e0c68cbc989311-ru-d23d5c41f769579346eddaf605cf9481.png';
$fileout  = $DOCROOT.'output/'.  uniqid().'.jpg';

// Command 2
$command = '/usr/bin/convert '.escapeshellarg($file_effect).' \( '.escapeshellarg($filein).' -resize 270x265^ -gravity center -extent 270x265 -level -10% -gravity NorthWest  -matte -virtual-pixel transparent -distort Perspective "0,0,1,1  0,265,0,264  265,0,260,72  265,260,268,236" \) -background none -geometry +177+186 -compose Atop -composite '.escapeshellarg($fileout);

$time_start = microtime(TRUE);
exec($command);
$time_end = microtime(true);

$time = $time_end - $time_start;
echo 'time: '.$time.'s';
?>

• Server ubuntu-x86_64 500 Mhz RAM 256 Mb
  PHP Version 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.5
  ImageMagick 6.6.2-6 2010-12-02 Q16

what can I do to speed up execution?

[Bonzo]

I would say you have a problem
I did some speed tests a while ago: http://www.rubblewebs.co.uk/imagemagick/notes/speed.php there is a link on the page to a more recent speed test as a pdf.

I can not try your code at the moment as I am at work.

You can speed up jpgs buy using http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... php#define

jpeg:size=geometry Set the size hint of a JPEG image, for example, -define jpeg:size=128x128. It is most useful for increasing performance and reducing the memory requirements when reducing the size of a large JPEG image.