Reputation: 17184

php image arrow line need to be smooth

im making a line in php and so far its showing fine, but what problem im getting now is the line is not being smooth, it shows as breaking edges. following is the code for making radius line:

function draw_radius($img, $x1, $y1, $radius, $angle, $arrow_color, $arrow_length = 10, $arrow_width = 3)
{
    $x2 = $x1 + $radius * cos(deg2rad($angle-90));
    $y2 = $y1 + $radius * sin(deg2rad($angle-90));
    imageline($img, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $arrow_color);

    $distance = sqrt(pow($x1 - $x2, 2) + pow($y1 - $y2, 2));
    $dx = $x2 + ($x1 - $x2) * $arrow_length / $distance;
    $dy = $y2 + ($y1 - $y2) * $arrow_length / $distance;
    $k = $arrow_width / $arrow_length;
    $x2o = $x2 - $dx;
    $y2o = $dy - $y2;
    $x3 = $y2o * $k + $dx;
    $y3 = $x2o * $k + $dy;
    $x4 = $dx - $y2o * $k;
    $y4 = $dy - $x2o * $k;
    imageline($img, $x1, $y1, $dx, $dy, $arrow_color);
    imageline($img, $x3, $y3, $x4, $y4, $arrow_color);
    imageline($img, $x3, $y3, $x2, $y2, $arrow_color);
    imageline($img, $x2, $y2, $x4, $y4, $arrow_color);


}

following is the compass example, which im drawing line on.

compass example http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6329/compassx.png

Upvotes: 3

Answers (4)

Evan Kroske

Reputation: 4554

You need to use an image processing library that has anti-aliasing. An explanation of the technique. I have no suggestions for which library you should use: I don't use PHP for image processing.

Upvotes: 2