Posted by Rik on 06/20/07 14:02

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:45:03 +0200, comp.lang.php
<phillip.s.powell@gmail.com> wrote:

> Recap:
>
> Using imagerotate within PHP 4.3.9 - PHP 5.2.0 for both XP and Linux,
> all using GD2
>
> If you rotate an image 180 degrees, all is fine
>
> If you rotate an image > 0 degrees and < 180 degrees, or > 180 degrees
> and < 360 degrees, while the image will rotate, its dimensions are
> somehow not refactored and as a result you get a rather annoying black
> bar in the newly-rotated image, along with part of your image being
> cropped off.
>
> I learned about a possible workaround with ImageMagick's convert
> command, but has anyone found a better solution (other than using XP's
> built-in image rotation routines)?

Depends on what you want from it, how would you like it to behave on
arbitrary angle? Calculate the width & height needed for the new image,
create that, set the backgroundcolor of your choice on it, and paste the
image in it & rotate.


--
Rik Wasmus

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