[magick-users] Gravity weighs heavy on newbie

[Mark]

> From: Anthony Thyssen [mailto:anthony at griffith.edu.au]
> Sent: woensdag 7 februari 2007 6:23
> To: ImageMagick User List
> Cc: Mark
> Subject: Re: [magick-users] Gravity weighs heavy on newbie
>
> | > | Can't get the gravity orientation to work, though. I
> | > | always get a thumbnail which is extended southward (if it's, say,
> | > | 150x84), whereas I expected the image to become centered on the
> | > | (black) 150x150 canvas.
> | > |
> | >
> | > Upgrade. the gravity addition was very recent.
> |
> | Upgrade to what? I'm already running 6.3.2. Are you saying
> | that between 6.3.2-0 and 6.3.2-3, gravity was added? The changelog
> | says nothing about that. Besides. 6.3.2-0 is the latest in the
> | FreeBSD ports; so I couldn't upgrade yet if I wanted to.
>
> It may have been added immediateally after that release.
>
> It may also be that it is just not part of the Perl Magic
> stuff too, the perl API tends to be a little further behind
> the Core stuff.

I didn't know that. But that makes sense.

> Report it in the IM developer forum.
>
> In the mean time you can so what was done befor extent understood
> gravity... Add a border and crop as appropriate.

I will try that. Thanks for the assistance. :)

- Mark