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Any opinions on this tool? I've literally never heard of it before. Seems like it's good for simple bulk editing.

throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
ImageMagick is the most widely used open source image processing library and tool in the world. The source code kinda sucks but it does everything you could want, pretty much
- fodkodrasz 3y ago
  It is a common source of security vulnerabilities. Also the API is has silly names, uses globals, not really nice, and not really FFI friendly (overcomplicated). Also requires global installation, cannot be deployed side by side with projects. For me it is a solid red flag for any project if they are using ImageMagick/GraphicsMagic. I don't let it near my computers.
  - withinboredom 3y ago
    Too bad it is already there...
    - fodkodrasz 3y ago
      What? Where?
  - teddyh 3y ago
    What do you use, then? Netpbm?
    - fodkodrasz 3y ago
      Depends. libgd (has good API for FFI, van be side by side installed easily). ImageSharp (C#, very good, paid for commercial use). Sharp (JS). I use hugo's build in image tools. Sometimes a desktop app: Paint.Net. Affinity Photo. Whatever else suits my needs.
andreareina 3y ago
What curl is for network requests, this is for image operations. It is ubiquitous and pretty much a de-facto standard utility.
syockit 3y ago
To explain it succinctly, I shall refer you to XKCD #2347 https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
- prynhart 3y ago
  Indeed! Remember to hover over the XKCD image to see the punchline.
Lammy 3y ago
Try ‘convert’ in your CLI of choice — you might have it installed already.
nwallin 3y ago
Imagemagick is like curl or openssl or ffmpeg or zlib. It's almost certainly living as a shared library on your computer somewhere.
alkonaut 3y ago
It parses complex payloads like images in code written using an unsafe language. It’s not an issue using it yourself with your own data but I’d be wary of putting it anywhere in a pipeline where it would be fed user provided data, e.g to generate thumbnails in a backend or similar.

ImageMagick is the most widely used open source image processing library and tool in the world. The source code kinda sucks but it does everything you could want, pretty much

fodkodrasz 3y ago
It is a common source of security vulnerabilities. Also the API is has silly names, uses globals, not really nice, and not really FFI friendly (overcomplicated). Also requires global installation, cannot be deployed side by side with projects. For me it is a solid red flag for any project if they are using ImageMagick/GraphicsMagic. I don't let it near my computers.
- withinboredom 3y ago
  Too bad it is already there...
  - fodkodrasz 3y ago
    What? Where?
- teddyh 3y ago
  What do you use, then? Netpbm?
  - fodkodrasz 3y ago
    Depends. libgd (has good API for FFI, van be side by side installed easily). ImageSharp (C#, very good, paid for commercial use). Sharp (JS). I use hugo's build in image tools. Sometimes a desktop app: Paint.Net. Affinity Photo. Whatever else suits my needs.

andreareina 3y ago

What curl is for network requests, this is for image operations. It is ubiquitous and pretty much a de-facto standard utility.

syockit 3y ago

To explain it succinctly, I shall refer you to XKCD #2347 https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/

prynhart 3y ago
Indeed! Remember to hover over the XKCD image to see the punchline.

Lammy 3y ago

Try ‘convert’ in your CLI of choice — you might have it installed already.

nwallin 3y ago

Imagemagick is like curl or openssl or ffmpeg or zlib. It's almost certainly living as a shared library on your computer somewhere.

alkonaut 3y ago

It parses complex payloads like images in code written using an unsafe language. It’s not an issue using it yourself with your own data but I’d be wary of putting it anywhere in a pipeline where it would be fed user provided data, e.g to generate thumbnails in a backend or similar.