Qore imagemagick Module

Introduction

The imagemagick module provides comprehensive image processing and manipulation capabilities for Qore by wrapping the ImageMagick MagickWand C API, including:

• Loading and saving images in 200+ formats (PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, WebP, etc.)
• Resize, crop, rotate, flip, and other geometric transformations
• Color adjustment (brightness, contrast, gamma, levels, modulate)
• Effects (blur, sharpen, charcoal, sepia, oil paint, edge detection, emboss)
• Vector drawing (shapes, text, paths) via MagickDrawing
• Image compositing with multiple blend modes
• Metadata access (EXIF, ICC profiles, properties)
• Format conversion with quality control
• Data provider module for integration with Qore's data provider framework

Requirements

• Qore 2.0+
• CMake 3.5+
• C++11 compiler
• ImageMagick 7.0+ with MagickWand development libraries

Building

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install

Quick Start

#!/usr/bin/qore

%modern
%requires imagemagick

# Load and resize an image
MagickImage img("photo.jpg");
img.resize(800, 600, "Lanczos");
img.writeFile("photo_resized.jpg");

# Format conversion
MagickImage img2("document.png");
binary jpeg_data = img2.toData("JPEG");

# Apply effects
MagickImage img3("photo.jpg");
img3.charcoal(1.0, 0.5);
img3.writeFile("charcoal.jpg");

# Draw shapes and text
MagickDrawing dw();
dw.setFillColor("blue");
dw.rectangle(10.0, 10.0, 100.0, 100.0);
dw.setFontSize(24.0);
dw.annotation(50.0, 150.0, "Hello!");

MagickImage canvas(300, 300, "white");
canvas.draw(dw);
canvas.writeFile("drawing.png");

# Get image info
MagickImage img4("photo.jpg");
hash<ImageInfo> info = img4.getInfo();
printf("Size: %dx%d, Format: %s\n", info.width, info.height, info.format);

Data Provider

The module includes ImageMagickDataProvider for use with Qore's data provider framework:

%modern
%requires ImageMagickDataProvider

# Resize an image
AbstractDataProvider dp = DataProvider::getFactoryObjectFromStringEx("imagemagick{}/image/resize");
hash<auto> result = dp.doRequest({
    "input_path": "photo.jpg",
    "width": 800,
    "height": 600,
});

# Get image info
AbstractDataProvider info = DataProvider::getFactoryObjectFromStringEx("imagemagick{}/info/get");
hash<auto> metadata = info.doRequest({
    "input_path": "photo.jpg",
});
printf("Format: %s, Size: %dx%d\n", metadata.format, metadata.width, metadata.height);

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Copyright

Copyright 2026 Qore Technologies, s.r.o.