# Image manipulation library

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-manipulation-library/105185>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 26, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-manipulation-library/105185 "2007-05-26T22:25:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miroslaw)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-manipulation-library/105185/1 "2007-05-26T22:25:42Z")

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Hi,

I am new to Ruby.  
Is there a library to manipulate GIF/JPG/… file as an array?  
Maybe something like GD library or Tcl photo command.

Regards

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**Author:** ![Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miroslaw)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-manipulation-library/105185/2 "2007-05-26T22:38:43Z")

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Yep… RMagick. You can find the GD bindings for ruby too. I have used  
both  
and they are really good.

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**Author:** ![Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Miroslaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miroslaw)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-manipulation-library/105185/3 "2007-05-26T23:20:50Z")

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Roland M. wrote:

> Yep… RMagick. You can find the GD bindings for ruby too. I have used  
> both  
> and they are really good.

RMagick is here: [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org)  
ruby-gd is here: [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-gd/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-gd/)