# Mini\_magick

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mini-magick/177317>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mini-magick/177317 "2009-10-14T20:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![djames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@djames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djames)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mini-magick/177317/1 "2009-10-14T20:23:35Z")

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I have setup ImageMagick and mini\_magick. Generally speaking, I’m  
impressed. The problem seems to be that, unless I’ve missed  
something, there is not a lot of documentation detailing the use of  
mini\_magick. I’ve figured out that one can create an image object  
instance from a file with something like:

image=MiniMagick::Image.from\_file(‘path\_to\_file’)

and then work with it (e.g., image[:width]).

I’m wondering if there are other sources that I can use for creating  
an image object. For example, could I source my object across the net  
with something like:

image=MiniMagick::Image.from\_net(‘url\_to\_image’)

Thanks for any input.

```
       ... doug
```