php & images

[Ruth]

i've got a script that will allow a user to enter text, select any image off their computer, and select a background. The idea is to make a postcard of sorts. I've got it working but it doesn't look very good. It just looks like one image was slapped onto another. Can anyone tell me how to get the users image to blend into the background so it looks like one image using php. Here is my code.

 

<?php

//get vars

$image_caption = $_POST['image_caption'];

$image_username = $_POST['image_username'];

$image_tempname = $_FILES['image_filename']['name'];

$today = date ("Y-m-d");

$destination = $_POST['destination'];

 

//upload image and check for image type

$ImageDir = "C:/projects/pratice/WWW/ch07/virtual_vacation/images/";

 

$ImageName = $ImageDir . $image_tempname;

 

//get to see if upload was successful

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['image_filename']['tmp_name'],$ImageName))

{

//get info about image being uploaded

list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($ImageName);

 

//check if img is jpg

if ($type <> 2)

{

echo "Sorry, but the file you uploaded was not a JPG file.<br />";

echo "Please hit your browsers back button and try again.";

}

else

{

//image is ok to proceed

$dstfilename = $ImageDir . $destination . ".jpg";

 

//blend 2 imgs

$image = imagecreatefromjpeg($ImageName);

list($width2, $height2, $type2, $attr2) = getimagesize($dstfilename);

 

$image2 = imagecreatefromjpeg($dstfilename);

imagecopymerge($image2, $image,50,140,0,0, $width, $height, 100);

 

}

 

if ($image_caption )

{

//add text on img

imagettftext($image2, 12,0,20,20,0, "arial.ttf", $image_caption);

}

 

header("Content-type:image/jpeg");

imagejpeg($image2);

}

?>

 

 

[cooldude832]

try exploring a pdf document.  You might be able to take the images into a pdf and use some transparencies on layers and border up text etc. to get a cleaner look.  GD isn't meant for super heavy image creation/manipulation.  imagestick might also be useful

[Ruth]

There i no way to do this with php?

[cooldude832]

There i no way to do this with php?

 

Php can make pdfs and imagestick is a library extension read up on php.net

[Ruth]

ok thanks for your help