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in reply to Manipulating Graphics with Perl .. Image Magick Vs GD

I don't personally like GD much, but that's just my irrational bias. I submit you need to have a look at Imager before you decide on any one approach. It's as lightweight as GD but does much of what you'd otherwise reach for Image::Magick for.

The problem I ran into with this set of modules is notorious lack of documentation - you'll have to dip into the source, the example programs and take trips to its site and the mailing list archive frequently.

Makeshifts last the longest.