TYPO3 and GraphicsMagick not working properly

Question

I have a Problem with the Graphicsmagick and TYPO3.

This is my current configuration:

• GraphicsMagick enabled: 1
• GraphicsMagick path: /usr/bin/ (1.3.20)
• GraphicsMagick path/LZW: /usr/bin/ (6.7.2-7)
• Version 5/GraphicsMagick flag: gm
• GDLib enabled: 1
• GDLib using PNG: 1
• IM5 effects enabled: -1 (Blurring/Sharpening with IM 5+)
• Freetype DPI: 72 (Should be 96 for Freetype 2)
• Mask invert: 0 (Should be set for some IM versions approx. 5.4+)
• File Formats: gif,jpg,jpeg,tif,tiff,bmp,pcx,tga,png,pdf,ai

If I do the tests I get several errors at the following:

1. READ PNG, PDF, AI

2. WRITING PNG

3. SCALING AND COMBINING IS NOT WORKING AT ALL

I hope somebody can help me!

Answer 1

There are several problems with your configuration:

1. It seems you are using two different libraries: GM 1.3.20 and IM 6.7.2-7, as your GM is not capable of doing LZW compression.

   Set the "version5/gm flag" to "im6" to make sure you only use one and try again; in general, mixing IM/GM might be problematic.

2. Reading PDF and AI requires GhostScript to be installed. If you don’t see any images there, this might be the reason.

3. It might be necessary to set the Freetype DPI to 96, at least it is required on all my installations on recent PHP versions.

4. You should set the "IM5 effects" to "1" if you need any of the advanced text image generation features; otherwise, generating text will not work or the generation results will look ugly, depending on what you’re trying to achieve.