# RMagick 1.15.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-1-15-0/82831>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 21, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-1-15-0/82831 "2007-01-21T16:47:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tim-hunter)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-1-15-0/82831/1 "2007-01-21T16:47:15Z")

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I’ve just uploaded RMagick 1.15.0 to RubyForge. There have been many  
changes  
since the previous release. Here are the highlights:

o Added the fx method to the ImageList class. This is an interface to  
the -fx  
option to ImageMagick’s convert and mogrify commands. See  
[http://redux.imagemagick.org/script/fx.php](http://redux.imagemagick.org/script/fx.php) for more information about  
fx.

o Added the wet\_floor method to the Image class. This method creates a  
“wet floor” ([Wet floor - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_floor)) reflection of an  
image.

o Added the polaroid method to the Image class. This special effect  
method  
makes your image look like an old Polaroid photograph. This built in  
method  
was inspired by the RMagick tutorial “The Polaroid Effect”  
([http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/Polaroid/polaroid.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/Polaroid/polaroid.html))

o Fixed a half-dozen bugs. Thanks to all the folks who reported them!  
Their  
names are recorded in the Change Log.

And that’s not all. See the Change Log for details.

RMagick is available as always from RubyForge:  
[http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/). The RMagick home page is  
[http://rmagick.rubyforge.org](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org). The RMagick installation FAQ is at  
[http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html](http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html).

(This release is not yet available for MS Windows. Watch here for an  
announcement.)

RMagick is an interface to the ImageMagick ([www.imagemagick.org](http://www.imagemagick.org)) and  
GraphicsMagick ([www.graphicsmagick.org](http://www.graphicsmagick.org)) image processing libraries.  
RMagick supports more than 90 image formats, including GIF, JPEG, and  
PNG. RMagick comes with comprehensive HTML documentation.

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**Author:** ![tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tim-hunter)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-1-15-0/82831/2 "2007-01-30T09:35:30Z")

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Timothy H. wrote:

> I’ve just uploaded RMagick 1.15.0 to RubyForge. There have been many  
> changes  
> since the previous release. Here are the highlights:

Hi, I’ve just upgraded my rails from 1.1.6 to 1.2.1 and rails now  
complains about my RMagick 1.13.0 gem. I’d like to upgrade my RMagick  
to 1.15.0 but I’m afraid that it’ll introduce dependencies on other  
packages. I’m currently running ubuntu Dapper Drake. Does anyone know  
if 1.15.0 requires the latest ImageMagick software? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@tim-hunter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tim-hunter)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-1-15-0/82831/3 "2007-01-30T13:24:11Z")

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donut donut wrote:

> to 1.15.0 but I’m afraid that it’ll introduce dependencies on other  
> packages. I’m currently running ubuntu Dapper Drake. Does anyone know  
> if 1.15.0 requires the latest ImageMagick software? Thanks.

RMagick 1.15.0 officially works with ImageMagick 6.0.0 or later,  
although I recommend 6.2.0 or later. ImageMagick changed considerably at  
its 6.2.0 release.