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COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE ###########

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# Copyright (c) 2007 Lyle Hopkins                               #
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Image::Mate provides a simple interface for creating and manipulating graphics utilizing whatever graphics modules are available to Perl. The graphics modules it'll attempt to utilize are Imager, GD and Image::Magick in that order. You can set the order of preference.

This module is ideal for people (like myself) who produce scripts that can end up on all different kinds of servers across the internet. You can never guarantee what modules will be available (or which the hosts will be willing to install).

This is the first release and distinctly lacking in features :( Although I'll be adding new features as time goes on :) Hopefully others will also add new functions as well :D

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Image::Mate

You can also look for information at:

Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Image-Mate

CPAN Request Tracker:

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Image-Mate

AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation:

http://annocpan.org/dist/Image-Mate

CPAN Ratings:

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Image-Mate