I have a custom bicycle configurator that layers transparent png files with css. http://www.gallantbicycles.com/build/no1/
I need to add the ability to combine them into one file dynamically so the user can download an image or share it.
This is where I'm at right now, but it results in a black background and only the front most image is seen in the result:
$width = 720;
$height = 500;
$layers = array();
$layers[] = imagecreatefrompng("pathtomyimage/image.png");
$layers[] = imagecreatefrompng("pathtomyimage/image.png");
$layers[] = imagecreatefrompng("pathtomyimage/image.png");
$image = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
imagealphablending($image, false);
imagesavealpha($image, true);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($layers); $i++) {
imagecopymerge($image, $layers[$i], 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, 100);
}
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($image);
You have to replace this code
imagealphablending($image, false);
imagesavealpha($image, true);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($layers); $i++) {
imagecopymerge($image, $layers[$i], 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, 100);
}
by
imagealphablending($image, true);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($layers); $i++) {
imagecopymerge($image, $layers[$i], 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, 100);
}
imagealphablending($image, false);
imagesavealpha($image, true);
imagealphablending
must be true
in order to correcly stack the layers, but it must be false
to save the image.
Try this solution: Merge two images with transparencies in PHP
use imagecopyresampled instead of imagecopymerge
Here is code which works:
$width = 210;
$height = 190;
$layers = array();
$layers[] = imagecreatefrompng("img/01_boy_faceB.png");
$layers[] = imagecreatefrompng("img/01_boy_hairB.png");
$image = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
// to make background transparent
imagealphablending($image, false);
$transparency = imagecolorallocatealpha($image, 0, 0, 0, 127);
imagefill($image, 0, 0, $transparency);
imagesavealpha($image, true);
/* if you want to set background color
$white = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
imagefill($image, 0, 0, $white);
*/
imagealphablending($image, true);
for ($i = 0; $i < count($layers); $i++) {
imagecopy($image, $layers[$i], 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height);
}
imagealphablending($image, false);
imagesavealpha($image, true);
imagepng($image, 'final_img.png');
?>