Create Annotate text gradient by imagick in php

[mahdiyarmanesh]

I use below code for create image gradient by imagick

GD Text-Gradient

So, what i’m trying to do is use a gradient to write out text using GD. The general theory is… put the gradient under the image (scaled to fit the text), put a ‘mask layer’ on top, write the text onto the mask, and make it transparent. Trick is that the transparency doesnt quite work (because the text isnt rendered as single-color pixels but is smoothed), resulting in black border around parts of the gradient text (and in small enough font sizes, removing the gradient entirely). Is there a bett…

/* Create and save the gradiant */
$Imagick = new Imagick();
$Imagick->newPseudoImage( 500, 100, "gradient:red-orange" );
$Imagick->setImageFormat( 'png' );
$Imagick->writeImage("gradiant.png");
/* Create and save the canvas */
$im = new Imagick();
$im->newPseudoImage( 500, 100, "null:" );
$im->setImageFormat( 'png' );
$im->writeImage("canvas.png");
/* Add the text to the canvas ( Make the mask )*/
$im = new Imagick( "canvas.png" ); 
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
$draw->setFontSize( 90 ); 
$draw->setFillColor( new ImagickPixel("black"));
// Set gravity to the center.
$draw->setGravity( Imagick::GRAVITY_CENTER ); 
// Write the text on the image 
$im->annotateImage( $draw, 0, 0, 0, "Anthony" );
/* Final image */
$canvas = new Imagick( "gradiant.png" ); 
$canvas->compositeImage( $im, imagick::COMPOSITE_DSTIN, 0, 0 );
$canvas->setImageFormat( 'png' );
$canvas->writeImage("final.png");

But I want this output image gradient set on other background for example

What should I do now ? Should I add this one step further?

$canvas->compositeImage( $im, imagick::COMPOSITE_DSTIN, 0, 0 );