set density parameter for imagick with php

Hüseyin Coşkun picture Hüseyin Coşkun · Dec 25, 2012 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

I want to convert a pdf page to a png image with Imagick.

I tried with PHP, but the image quality was very low.
When I tried with command line, the result was perfect.

PHP code

$im = new imagick( __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$PDFName.'['.$i.']' );  
$params = $im->identifyImage();
$width = $params['geometry']['width']*1;
$height = $params['geometry']['height']*1;
$im->setResolution(400,400);
$im->resizeImage($width ,$height, imagick::FILTER_SINC, 1, true);
$im->writeImage(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'pdf_pages\\'.$i.'.png'); 
$im->clear(); 
$im->destroy();

Command line code

convert -density 400 a.pdf -resize 25% -a.png

PHP code (2nd attempt)

$im = new imagick( __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$PDFName.'['.$i.']' );  
$im->setOption('density','400x400');
$im->setOption('resize','25%');
$im->writeImage(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'pdf_pages\\'.$i.'.png'); 
$im->clear(); 
$im->destroy();

Still bad results.

What can I do? I want to use the density parameter in my PHP code, but how?

Output with PHP enter image description here

Output with command line enter image description here

Answer

Simon Arnold picture Simon Arnold · Aug 29, 2013

You need to set Resolution before you read the file.

$im = new imagick();
$im->setResolution(200,200);
$im->readImage(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$PDFName.'['.$i.']');

Than, the result will be perfect.

Hope this help someone.