building images from scratch

gistfile1.php

<?php
function wrap_text($txt, $color = 000000, $space = 4, $font = 2, $w = 300, $h = 300) 
{
	if (strlen($color) != 6) 
		$color = 000000;
  
	$int = hexdec($color);
	$fw = imagefontwidth($font);
	$txt = explode("\n", wordwrap($txt, ($w / $fw) -2, "\n"));
	$lines = count($txt);

	// Create an image and add in all kinds of transparency rules
	$im = imagecreatetruecolor($w, $h);
	imagealphablending($im, false);

	$col = imagecolorallocatealpha($im,255,255,255,127);
	imagefilledrectangle($im,0,0,485, 500,$col); 

	imagealphablending($im, true);
	imagesavealpha($im, true);

	$color = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 255, 255, 255, 0);
	$y = 8;

	foreach ($txt as $text) 
	{
		imagestring($im, $font, 10, $y, $text, $color);
		$y += (imagefontheight($font) + $space);
	}

	imagepng($im, 'test.png');
	return $im;
}

// Load the stamp and the photo to apply the watermark to
$base = imagecreatefromjpeg('base.jpg');
$quote = imagecreatefromjpeg('quote.jpg');
$sq1 = imagecreatefromjpeg('IMG_5906.jpg');
$sq2 = imagecreatefromjpeg('IMG_5581.jpg');
$sq3 = imagecreatefromjpeg('product.jpg');


imagecopymerge($base, $quote, 0, 0, 0, 0, 128, 128, 100);
imagecopymerge($base, $sq1, 130, 0, 0, 0, 128, 128, 100);
imagecopymerge($base, $sq2, 0, 130, 0, 0, 128, 128, 100);
imagecopyresized($base, $sq3, 130, 130, 0, 0, 128, 128, imagesx($sq3), imagesy($sq3));

$str = 'Features including separate rear-entry panel, goggle pocket with welded zip, back panel reinforcing and intelligent carry strap placement';

$text = wrap_text($str, ffffff, 1, 2, 128, 128);

// Merge the stamp onto our photo with alpha
imagecopyresampled($base, $text, 0, 0, 0, 0, 128, 128, 128, 128);

// Save the image to file and free memory
imagealphablending($base, true);
imagepng($base, 'photo_stamp.png');
imagedestroy($base);
?>