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Magick Image creating shadow behind the image


Been trying for awhile now trying to get a shadow using the following code:

using (MagickImage image = new MagickImage(@"C:\Users\David\Pictures\YnTf9.png"))
{
     MagickImage _shadow = new MagickImage(bitmap);

     using (IMagickImage backgroundImg = image.Clone())
     {
          backgroundImg.Blur(0, 5);
          backgroundImg.Crop(400, 300, Gravity.Center);
          backgroundImg.RePage();

          image.Resize(0, 300);
          _shadow.Resize(0, 300);
          _shadow.Shadow(10, 10, 0.8, (Percentage)80, MagickColor.FromRgb(0, 0, 0));

          backgroundImg.Composite(_shadow, Gravity.Center, CompositeOperator.SrcOver);
          backgroundImg.Composite(image, Gravity.Center, CompositeOperator.SrcAtop);
          backgroundImg.Write(@"C:\Users\David\Pictures\NEW.png");
     }
}

But the outcome looks like it originally did to begin with:

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And what I am looking to accomplish with the code above is:

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Anyone able to help me out? :)

UPDATE still does not seem to be working...

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Solution

  • Try this is ImageMagick 7 on Windows in a cmd window (not a bat file):

    magick YnTf9.png ^
    ( -clone 0 -blur 0x10 -gravity center -crop 400x300+0+0 +repage ) ^
    ( -clone 0 -resize x300 ) ^
    ( -clone 1 -fill white -colorize 100 ) ^
    ( -clone 2 -fill black -colorize 100 ) ^
    ( -clone 3,4 -gravity center -compose over -composite -blur 0x15 -level 40x100% ) ^
    -delete 0,3,4 ^
    ( -clone 0,2 -gravity center -compose multiply -composite ) ^
    -delete 0,2 +swap ^
    -gravity center -compose over -composite ^
    result.png