Perl Graphics Programming Creating SVG, SWF (Flash), JPEG and PNG files with Perl

By Shawn Wallace
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Table of Contents

Preface 

Part I. Raster Images and Web Graphics

1. Creating Graphics with Perl

      Introduction to File Formats 

      Color 

      Raster File Formats 

      Vector Graphic File Formats 

      Document File Formats 

      References 

2. On-the-Fly Graphics with GD

      GD Basics 

      Sample GD Applications 

      Reading and Writing Methods 

      Getting and Setting General Information 

      Color Table Manipulation Methods 

      Brushes, Styles, and Tiles 

      Copying and Transforming Images 

      Image Drawing and Manipulation Methods 

      Strings and Fonts 

      Polygon Methods 

3. Graphics Scripting with Image::Magick

      What Is ImageMagick? 

      Using Image::Magick 

      Sample Image::Magick Applications 

      Reading and Writing Images 

      Retrieving and Setting File Information 

      Sizing and Transforming Images 

      Copying and Composing Images 

      Color and Transparency 

      Annotation and Drawing 

      Filters and Effects 

4. Charts and Graphs with GD::Graph

      Let's Make Some Graphs! 

      A Sample GD::Graph Application 

      GD::Graph Methods 

      Attributes of GD::Graph Objects 

      Colors and Fonts in GD::Graph 

5. Scripting the Gimp with Perl

      Getting and Installing the Gimp 

      Writing Gimp Plug-ins in Perl 

      Your First Gimp Script 

      Object-Oriented Versus Procedural Scripting 

      Adding New Features to the Gimp 

      Standalone Scripts 

Part II. Vector Images and Animations

6. SVG: The Scalable Vector Graphics Format

      SVG Document Structure 

      The Basic SVG Tags 

7. Creating SVG with Perl

      A Slide-Show Presentation 

      SVG Animation 

      Creating a Bouncing Ball 

      SVG Scripting with JavaScript 

      Using Unicode Text in SVG Images 

      Transformation with XSLT and Perl 

8. SWF: The Flash File Format

      The History of Flash and SWF 

      The Format and Function of SWF Files 

      Anatomy of a Tag 

      Parsing an SWF File with Perl 

9. Using Ming

      Installation 

      Overview of the Perl Interface 

      The Astral Trespassers Game 

      The SWF Module 

      The SWF::Movie Module 

      The SWF::Sprite (or SWF::MovieClip) Module 

      The SWF::DisplayItem Module 

      The SWF::Shape Module 

      The SWF::Button Module 

      The SWF::Bitmap Module 

      The SWF::Text Module 

      The SWF::TextField Module 

      The SWF::Font Module 

      The SWF::Fill Module 

      The SWF::Gradient Module 

      The SWF::Morph Module 

      The SWF::Sound Module 

      The SWF::Action Module 

      SWF Recipes 

Part III. Documents and Printing

10. Printing with Postscript and PDF

      PostScript in a Nutshell 

      Portable Document Format (PDF) 

      References 

11. Using the PostScript Modules

      Creating PostScript from a Web Interface 

      The PostScript::TextBlock Module 

      The PostScript::Document Module 

      The PostScript::Elements Module 

      Other PostScript Modules 

12. Creating PDF Documents with Perl

      Introduction to PDF::API2 

      Creating Address Labels 

      Adding to Existing PDF Files 

      PDF::API2 Reference 

      PDF::API2::Page 

      PDF::API2::Content 

      PDF::API2::Gfx 

      PDF::API2::Text 

      PDF::API2::Outline 

      References 

Part IV. Appendixes

A. Serving Graphics on the Web

B. Gimp Reference

C. Image::Magick File Formats

D. ActionScript Reference

Index 

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