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Kore Nordmann's Blog: Published article "Image creation with PHP"

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:11:00 -0600

Kore Nordmann has posted a new article series (to the "Articles" section of his site) with six different pieces talking about different aspects of image creation with PHP:

Each of them can be read separately, but they're all part of a series and make more sense when read together.

DevShed: Drawing More Complex Shapes with the GD Library in PHP

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:53:00 -0500

DevShed has posted part four of their series looking at the creation of graphics in PHP using the GD functionality. They take things a step further from the previous part and show how to create more complex shapes.

They show how to create things like:

filled images and arcs
filled polygons
grabbing information the incoming image (like with the getimagesize function).

IBM developerWorks: Generate Flash movies on the fly with PHP

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:02:00 -0600

The IBM developerWorks site has a new tutorial posted about creating Flash movies on the fly with PHP (and some help from Ming).

Rich Internet Applications is the new buzz-phrase for Web 2.0, and a key component of the substance behind Web 2.0 is Adobe Flash. Learn how to integrate Flash movies into your application and generate Flash movies dynamically using the Ming library.

They start with a brief look at Flash and how its embedded into a web page, including the needed HTML. From there, they jump right into Ming.

They create a sample Flash file - a "Hello World" - to get the ball rolling. They modify it a bit and create some moving text of varying colors. Next up is working with shapes and lines, and finally - importing and using images in your simple PHP-generated Flash animation.