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Imagick::deskewImage

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(PECL imagick 2 >= 2.3.0, PECL imagick 3 >= 3.3.0)

Removes skew from the image

Description

Imagick::deskewImage(float $threshold): bool

This method can be used to remove skew from for example scanned images where the paper was not properly placed on the scanning surface. 0x645

Parameters

threshold

Deskew threshold

Return Values

Examples

Imagick::deskewImage()

php
<?php
function deskewImage($threshold) {
    $imagick = new \Imagick(realpath("images/NYTimes-Page1-11-11-1918.jpg"));
    $deskewImagick = clone $imagick;
    
    //This is the only thing required for deskewing.
    $deskewImagick->deskewImage($threshold);

    //The rest of this example is to make the result obvious - because
    //otherwise the result is not obvious.
    $trim = 9;

    $deskewImagick->cropImage($deskewImagick->getImageWidth() - $trim, $deskewImagick->getImageHeight(), $trim, 0);
    $imagick->cropImage($imagick->getImageWidth() - $trim, $imagick->getImageHeight(), $trim, 0);
    $deskewImagick->resizeimage($deskewImagick->getImageWidth() / 2, $deskewImagick->getImageHeight() / 2, \Imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 1);
    $imagick->resizeimage($imagick->getImageWidth() / 2, $imagick->getImageHeight() / 2, \Imagick::FILTER_LANCZOS, 1);
    $newCanvas = new \Imagick();
    $newCanvas->newimage($imagick->getImageWidth() + $deskewImagick->getImageWidth() + 20, $imagick->getImageHeight(), 'red', 'jpg');
    $newCanvas->compositeimage($imagick, \Imagick::COMPOSITE_COPY, 5, 0);
    $newCanvas->compositeimage($deskewImagick, \Imagick::COMPOSITE_COPY, $imagick->getImageWidth() + 10, 0);

    header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
    echo $newCanvas->getImageBlob();
}

?>

Source: reference/imagick/imagick/deskewimage.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)