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Wand is an Imagick library for python. It supports the functionalities of Imagick API in Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3+, and PyPy.This library not only helps in processing the images but also provides valuable functionalities for Machine Learning codes using NumPy.
Installation:
By Pip:
$ pip install Wand
As the wand is an Imagick API, so we require Imagick dependencies.
Imagick's Installation:
- For Ubuntu/Debian:
$ sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev
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For Mac (By Brew Installer)
$ brew install imagemagick
Installation of MacPorts
$ sudo port install imagemagick
Note: If Python is not installed using MacPorts, we need to export MAGICK_HOME.
$ export MAGICK_HOME=/opt/local
Example 1: Reading an Image:
Input Image: geeksforgeeks.png
👁 geeksforgeeks
Output:
('Width of the image:', 667L)
('Height of the image:', 184L)
Example 2: Blur an Image:
Output:
👁 blur-geeksforgeeks-pyhton
Example 3: Transfer the image
Output:
👁 flip-geeksforgeeks
Example 4: Drawing:
