Merge two PNG images with PHP GD library
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Solution 1
$image1 = imagecreatefrompng('a.png'); //300 x 300
$image2 = imagecreatefrompng('b.png'); //150 x 150
imagecopymerge($image1, $image2, 0, 0, 75, 75, 150, 150, 50);
this should be all you need. $image1 should hold the merged image where image2 has been overlayed with 50% opacity. the last argument is the alpha of the merged copy.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagecopymerge.php
Solution 2
$merged_image = imagecreatetruecolor(300, 300);
imagealphablending($merged_image, false);
imagesavealpha($merged_image, true);
imagecopy($merged_image, $image1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 300, 300);
// after first time of "imagecopy" change "imagealphablending"
imagealphablending($merged_image, **true**);
imagecopy($merged_image, $image2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 300, 300);
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acoder
Updated on July 15, 2022Comments
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acoder almost 2 years
Does anybody have a script which can merge two PNG images?
With the following conditions:
- Both images have transparent areas
- The second image must have 50% opacity (it is overlaid over the first image)
Here is what I tried to do but without luck:
<?php function imagecopymerge_alpha($dst_im, $src_im, $dst_x, $dst_y, $src_x, $src_y, $src_w, $src_h, $pct){ $cut = imagecreatetruecolor($src_w, $src_h); imagecopy($cut, $dst_im, 0, 0, $dst_x, $dst_y, $src_w, $src_h); imagecopy($cut, $src_im, 0, 0, $src_x, $src_y, $src_w, $src_h); imagecopymerge($dst_im, $cut, $dst_x, $dst_y, 0, 0, $src_w, $src_h, $pct); } $image1 = imagecreatefrompng('a.png'); //300 x 300 $image2 = imagecreatefrompng('b.png'); //150 x 150 $merged_image = imagecreatetruecolor(300, 300); imagealphablending($merged_image, false); imagesavealpha($merged_image, true); imagecopy($merged_image, $image1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 300, 300); imagecopymerge_alpha($merged_image, $image2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 150, 150, 50); header('Content-Type: image/png'); imagepng($merged_image); ?>
Edit:
- First Image (left) and Second Image (right)
- This is how it should be (left) and the result of my code (right)
- The result of the solution proposed by dqhendricks
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acoder about 12 yearsAs per your suggestion i used imagecopymerge($image1, $image2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 150, 150, 50); i posted the result image in Issue Description.
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dqhendricks about 12 yearscan you run php.net/manual/en/function.imageistruecolor.php on both image1 and image 2 to verify that they are loaded as truecolor images?
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acoder about 12 yearsPHP Version 5.2.17 GD Version bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
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acoder about 12 yearsYes, the result of imageistruecolor is 1 for both image1 and image2.
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dqhendricks about 12 years@acoder apparently there is an open bug for this: bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23815
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dqhendricks about 12 years@acoder I found a way to do this the other day. you need to set alpha blending and save alpha on the $cut image before doing the copies.