ImageMagick and GD are two of the most frequently used graphic software libraries nowadays. They make the dynamic creation and editing of images and graphs on an internet site feasible, so they should be set up on a web server if you host your internet sites on it and you would want to have something different from static images with fixed dimensions. If ImageMagick and GD are installed, you will be able to edit any image in a variety of ways - create thumbnails, change the colors, flip it, blur it, etc. However, these adjustments are feasible if the script application which you use on your site enables you to do such things. The two libraries can be used with numerous website development languages - PHP, Python, Perl, and so on., and support over 100 frequently used image formats which you will be able to work with - PNG, PSD, JPEG, TIFF, GIF and others.

ImageMagick and GD Library in Web Hosting

Both ImageMagick and GD Library are available and activated as standard on our cutting-edge cloud website hosting platform, which means that your scripts will be able to use them regardless of the web hosting that you select when you register. This will help you set up multimedia sites without worrying about any tech restrictions on our end. When you own a portfolio website, for instance, you can have dynamically generated thumbnails of the pictures that show your work, while if you have a social network or a similar site which engages your visitors in some way, you will be able to offer them a variety of editing solutions for the images they upload. In addition, you can convert text to images, which will give you various opportunities regarding what content you will be able to offer on your website.

ImageMagick and GD Library in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to run any kind of script app which requires GD Library or ImageMagick to make charts or use images, because both are installed and activated by default on the cloud hosting platform where all the semi-dedicated server accounts are created. Even though you may upgrade the PHP version for your account, you won't need to do anything in order to re-enable these libraries as they'll be accessible all of the time. In this way, you will have plenty of options in respect to what functions both you and your site visitors shall be able to use, no matter if you're writing the site code yourself, you employ one of our pre-installed script applications or you download and set up some app which you've discovered on the web. You're able to employ all the widespread formats for the images that you upload.