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239 <h1>Module draw Methods</h1>
240 <p class="navigation-index">[<a href="draw.html#AcquireDrawInfo">AcquireDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#CloneDrawInfo">CloneDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#DestroyDrawInfo">DestroyDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawAffineImage">DrawAffineImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawClipPath">DrawClipPath</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawImage">DrawImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawGradientImage">DrawGradientImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawPatternPath">DrawPatternPath</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawPrimitive">DrawPrimitive</a> • <a href="draw.html#GetAffineMatrix">GetAffineMatrix</a>]</p>
242 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="AcquireDrawInfo">AcquireDrawInfo</a></h2>
243 <div class="doc-section">
245 <p>AcquireDrawInfo() returns a DrawInfo structure properly initialized.</p>
247 <p>The format of the AcquireDrawInfo method is:</p>
250 DrawInfo *AcquireDrawInfo(void)
254 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="CloneDrawInfo">CloneDrawInfo</a></h2>
255 <div class="doc-section">
257 <p>CloneDrawInfo() makes a copy of the given draw_info structure. If NULL is specified, a new draw_info structure is created initialized to default values, according to the given image_info.</p>
259 <p>The format of the CloneDrawInfo method is:</p>
262 DrawInfo *CloneDrawInfo(const ImageInfo *image_info,
263 const DrawInfo *draw_info)
266 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
269 <p>the image info.</p>
272 <p>the draw info.</p>
275 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DestroyDrawInfo">DestroyDrawInfo</a></h2>
276 <div class="doc-section">
278 <p>DestroyDrawInfo() deallocates memory associated with an DrawInfo structure.</p>
280 <p>The format of the DestroyDrawInfo method is:</p>
283 DrawInfo *DestroyDrawInfo(DrawInfo *draw_info)
286 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
289 <p>the draw info.</p>
292 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawAffineImage">DrawAffineImage</a></h2>
293 <div class="doc-section">
295 <p>DrawAffineImage() composites the source over the destination image as dictated by the affine transform.</p>
297 <p>The format of the DrawAffineImage method is:</p>
300 MagickBooleanType DrawAffineImage(Image *image,const Image *source,
301 const AffineMatrix *affine)
304 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
310 <p>the source image.</p>
313 <p>the affine transform.</p>
316 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawClipPath">DrawClipPath</a></h2>
317 <div class="doc-section">
319 <p>DrawClipPath() draws the clip path on the image mask.</p>
321 <p>The format of the DrawClipPath method is:</p>
324 MagickBooleanType DrawClipPath(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
328 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
334 <p>the draw info.</p>
337 <p>the name of the clip path.</p>
340 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawImage">DrawImage</a></h2>
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343 <p>DrawImage() draws a graphic primitive on your image. The primitive may be represented as a string or filename. Precede the filename with an "at" sign (@) and the contents of the file are drawn on the image. You can affect how text is drawn by setting one or more members of the draw info structure.</p>
345 <p>The format of the DrawImage method is:</p>
348 MagickBooleanType DrawImage(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info)
351 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
357 <p>the draw info.</p>
360 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawGradientImage">DrawGradientImage</a></h2>
361 <div class="doc-section">
363 <p>DrawGradientImage() draws a linear gradient on the image.</p>
365 <p>The format of the DrawGradientImage method is:</p>
368 MagickBooleanType DrawGradientImage(Image *image,
369 const DrawInfo *draw_info)
372 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
378 <p>the draw info.</p>
381 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawPatternPath">DrawPatternPath</a></h2>
382 <div class="doc-section">
384 <p>DrawPatternPath() draws a pattern.</p>
386 <p>The format of the DrawPatternPath method is:</p>
389 MagickBooleanType DrawPatternPath(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
390 const char *name,Image **pattern)
393 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
399 <p>the draw info.</p>
402 <p>the pattern name.</p>
408 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawPrimitive">DrawPrimitive</a></h2>
409 <div class="doc-section">
411 <p>DrawPrimitive() draws a primitive (line, rectangle, ellipse) on the image.</p>
413 <p>The format of the DrawPrimitive method is:</p>
416 MagickBooleanType DrawPrimitive(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
417 PrimitiveInfo *primitive_info)
420 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
426 <p>the draw info.</p>
428 <h5>primitive_info</h5>
429 <p>Specifies a pointer to a PrimitiveInfo structure.</p>
432 <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="GetAffineMatrix">GetAffineMatrix</a></h2>
433 <div class="doc-section">
435 <p>GetAffineMatrix() returns an AffineMatrix initialized to the identity matrix.</p>
437 <p>The format of the GetAffineMatrix method is:</p>
440 void GetAffineMatrix(AffineMatrix *affine_matrix)
443 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
445 <h5>affine_matrix</h5>
446 <p>the affine matrix.</p>
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