The extension I am focusing on this week is the ImageMagick extension. ImageMagick is an open source Image manipulation software. The ImageMagick extension allows you to easily reference an image and apply various formatting from rotation to Polaroid effects. With the ImageMagick extension you will be able to play with the properties of images without having to open it in an external image editing software, make changes, save it, and then upload onto MindTouch Deki; which in turn saves you time.

To get started, install the extension. Please note on this extension: It is different than other extensions as it requires you to install the ImageMagick software. If you are not using the MindTouch Deki Virtual Machine, then you need to install the software. Installation instructions are referenced in the extension installation.

Once installed try the following Charcoal feature by pasting the following code

{{ image.Charcoal{image: "http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/wp-content/
   uploads/2008/08/logo.png"} }}

This will turn this image:

Into this:

With the ImageMagick extension you can add more manipulations like blend, blur, emboss, fittosize, flip, flop, outline, paint, polaroid, raise, resize, rotate, sink, slideshow, swirl, vignette, and wave.

If you have any questions please feel free to add a comment or contact us.

categories: Deki, MindTouch, extension