Black color of ImageMagick vignette?

Question

PHP Imagemagick API has a vignette function: http://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.vignetteimage.php

Great, but how do I get it with black color?

Answer 1

Vignette's will default to the given image's background color. Altering this color is as simple as setting the image's background color before transforming the image with the Vignette effect.

<?php
$img = new Imagick("source.png");

$img->setImageBackgroundColor("black");
$img->vignetteImage(-5.0,15.0,15,15);

$img->writeImage("source_vignette.png");
$img->destroy();
exit();

Better yet. Use the ImagickPixel object for increased flexibility within your application.

<?php
$img = new Imagick("source.png");

$pixel = new ImagickPixel();

for($i=0;$i < 1; $i += 0.1) {
 $pixel->setHSL($i,0.5,0.5);
 $img->setImageBackgroundColor($pixel);
 $img->vignetteImage(-5.0,15.0,15,15);
 $img->writeImage("source_vignette_$i.png");
}

$pixel->destroy();
$img->destroy();
exit();