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<h1>Module draw Methods</h1>
<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="draw.html#AcquireDrawInfo">AcquireDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#CloneDrawInfo">CloneDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#DestroyDrawInfo">DestroyDrawInfo</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawAffineImage">DrawAffineImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawClipPath">DrawClipPath</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawImage">DrawImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawGradientImage">DrawGradientImage</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawPatternPath">DrawPatternPath</a> • <a href="draw.html#DrawPrimitive">DrawPrimitive</a> • <a href="draw.html#GetAffineMatrix">GetAffineMatrix</a>]</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="AcquireDrawInfo">AcquireDrawInfo</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>AcquireDrawInfo() returns a DrawInfo structure properly initialized.</p>
<p>The format of the AcquireDrawInfo method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
DrawInfo *AcquireDrawInfo(void)
</pre>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="CloneDrawInfo">CloneDrawInfo</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>CloneDrawInfo() makes a copy of the given draw_info structure. If NULL is specified, a new DrawInfo structure is created initialized to default values.</p>
<p>The format of the CloneDrawInfo method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
DrawInfo *CloneDrawInfo(const ImageInfo *image_info,
const DrawInfo *draw_info)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image_info</h5>
<p>the image info.</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DestroyDrawInfo">DestroyDrawInfo</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DestroyDrawInfo() deallocates memory associated with an DrawInfo structure.</p>
<p>The format of the DestroyDrawInfo method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
DrawInfo *DestroyDrawInfo(DrawInfo *draw_info)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawAffineImage">DrawAffineImage</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawAffineImage() composites the source over the destination image as dictated by the affine transform.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawAffineImage method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawAffineImage(Image *image,const Image *source,
const AffineMatrix *affine)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>source</h5>
<p>the source image.</p>
<h5>affine</h5>
<p>the affine transform.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawClipPath">DrawClipPath</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawClipPath() draws the clip path on the image mask.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawClipPath method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawClipPath(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
const char *name)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
<h5>name</h5>
<p>the name of the clip path.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawImage">DrawImage</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawImage() draws a graphic primitive on your image. The primitive may be represented as a string or filename. Precede the filename with an "at" sign (@) and the contents of the file are drawn on the image. You can affect how text is drawn by setting one or more members of the draw info structure.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawImage method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawImage(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawGradientImage">DrawGradientImage</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawGradientImage() draws a linear gradient on the image.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawGradientImage method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawGradientImage(Image *image,
const DrawInfo *draw_info)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawPatternPath">DrawPatternPath</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawPatternPath() draws a pattern.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawPatternPath method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawPatternPath(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
const char *name,Image **pattern)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
<h5>name</h5>
<p>the pattern name.</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="DrawPrimitive">DrawPrimitive</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>DrawPrimitive() draws a primitive (line, rectangle, ellipse) on the image.</p>
<p>The format of the DrawPrimitive method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
MagickBooleanType DrawPrimitive(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
PrimitiveInfo *primitive_info)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>image</h5>
<p>the image.</p>
<h5>draw_info</h5>
<p>the draw info.</p>
<h5>primitive_info</h5>
<p>Specifies a pointer to a PrimitiveInfo structure.</p>
</div>
<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/draw_8c.html" id="GetAffineMatrix">GetAffineMatrix</a></h2>
<div class="doc-section">
<p>GetAffineMatrix() returns an AffineMatrix initialized to the identity matrix.</p>
<p>The format of the GetAffineMatrix method is:</p>
<pre class="code">
void GetAffineMatrix(AffineMatrix *affine_matrix)
</pre>
<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
<h5>affine_matrix</h5>
<p>the affine matrix.</p>
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