How To Create and Apply Image Filters in PHP | Linux Today

How To Create and Apply Image Filters in PHP

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 26, 2008

“Most likely, the first time you heard about image filters was
when you had to edit your vacation pictures to remove the ‘red eye’
effect or an undesirable face. For such basic purposes, a little
practice and some specialized software such as Adobe Photoshop or
Paint Shop Pro is sufficient to end up with great pictures. But if
you want to go beyond the basics you need to understand what a
picture actually is, what the main algorithms dedicated to image
processing are, and how a programming language, as PHP per example,
can help you. Images are wonderfully malleable, and after you
understand those points, you can develop your own custom image
filters with PHP…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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