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Overlay Text: Render an image with a text over a background

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overlaytext 1.0Free for non-comm...4.0Graphics
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Author

Mark Berube

This class can be used to render an image with a text over another background image.

It takes the path of a background image file and creates a new image with a text rendered over the background image.

The text font, font size, color and alignment are configurable parameters.

The generated overlay image is stored in a given path in JPEG format.

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Details

Setup NOTES:

1. YOU MUST include a font file Whichever font you want to use) in the same directory as the script.
2. YOU MUST specify that font file in the base class file under "User-defined variables" section.
3. The script MUST have write permission to the directory to create the new image with the embedded text

The script wont work if you dont perform these 3 steps

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Plain text file class.overlay.php Class Base class file
Accessible without login Plain text file example.php Example Example usage
Accessible without login Image file img_in.jpg Data Image to test with
Accessible without login Plain text file index.php Example Example Web Form
Accessible without login Plain text file README.txt Doc. Setup Documentation

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