Magick::Montage Class

A montage is a single image which is composed of thumbnail images composed in a uniform grid. The size of the montage image is determined by the size of the individual thumbnails and the number of rows and columns in the grid.

The following illustration shows a montage consisting of three columns and two rows of thumbnails rendered on a gray background:

Montages may be either "plain" (undecorated thumbnails) or "framed" (decorated thumbnails). In order to more easily understand the options supplied to MontageImages(), montage options are supplied by two different classes: Magick::Montage and Magick::MontageFramed.

Plain Montages

Magick::Montage is the base class to provide montage options and provides methods to set all options required to render simple (un-framed) montages. See Magick::MontageFramedif you would like to create a framed montage.

Un-framed thumbnails consist of four components: the thumbnail image, the thumbnail border, an optional thumbnail shadow, and an optional thumbnail label area.

**Montage Methods**
Method	Return Type	Signature(s)	Description
Montage		void	Default constructor
backgroundColor	void	const Color &backgroundColor_	Specifies the background color that thumbnails are imaged upon.
	Color	void
compose	void	CompositeOperator compose_	Specifies the image composition algorithm for thumbnails. This controls the algorithm by which the thumbnail image is placed on the background. Use of OverCompositeOp is recommended for use with images that have transparency. This option may have negative side-effects for images without transparency.
	CompositeOperator	void
fileName	void	std::string fileName_	Specifies the image filename to be used for the generated montage images. To handle the case were multiple montage images are generated, a printf-style format may be embedded within the filename. For example, a filename specification of image%02d.miff names the montage images as image00.miff, image01.miff, etc.
	std::string	void
fill	void	const Color &pen_	Specifies the fill color to use for the label text.
	Color	void
font	void	std::string font_	Specifies the thumbnail label font.
	std::string	void
geometry	void	const Geometry &geometry_	Specifies the size of the generated thumbnail.
	Geometry	void
gravity	void	GravityType gravity_	Specifies the thumbnail positioning within the specified geometry area. If the thumbnail is smaller in any dimension than the geometry, then it is placed according to this specification.
	GravityType	void
label	void	std::string label_	Specifies the format used for the image label. Special format characters may be embedded in the format string to include information about the image.
	std::string	void
penColor	void	const Color &pen_	Specifies the pen color to use for the label text (same as fill).
	Color	void
pointSize	void	unsigned int pointSize_	Specifies the thumbnail label font size.
	unsigned int	void
shadow	void	bool shadow_	Enable/disable drop-shadow on thumbnails.
	bool	void
stroke	void	const Color &pen_	Specifies the stroke color to use for the label text .
	Color	void
texture	void	std::string texture_	Specifies a texture image to use as montage background. The built-in textures "`granite:`" and "`plasma:`" are available. A texture is the same as a background image.
	std::string	void
tile	void	const Geometry &tile_	Specifies the maximum number of montage columns and rows in the montage. The montage is built by filling out all cells in a row before advancing to the next row. Once the montage has reached the maximum number of columns and rows, a new montage image is started.
	Geometry	void
transparentColor	void	const Color &transparentColor_	Specifies a montage color to set transparent. This option can be set the same as the background color in order for the thumbnails to appear without a background when rendered on an HTML page. For best effect, ensure that the transparent color selected does not occur in the rendered thumbnail colors.
	Color	void

Framed Montages

Magick::MontageFramed provides the means to specify montage options when it is desired to have decorative frames around the image thumbnails. MontageFramed inherits from Montage and therefore provides all the methods of Montage as well as those shown in the table "MontageFramed Methods".

Framed thumbnails consist of four components: the thumbnail image, the thumbnail frame, the thumbnail border, an optional thumbnail shadow, and an optional thumbnail label area.

**MontageFramed Methods**
Method	Return Type	Signature(s)	Description
MontageFramed		void	Default constructor (enable frame via frameGeometry).
borderColor	void	const Color &borderColor_	Specifies the background color within the thumbnail frame.
borderColor	Color	void	Specifies the background color within the thumbnail frame.
borderWidth	void	unsigned int borderWidth_	Specifies the border (in pixels) to place between a thumbnail and its surrounding frame. This option only takes effect if thumbnail frames are enabled (via frameGeometry) and the thumbnail geometry specification doesn't also specify the thumbnail border width.
borderWidth	unsigned int	void
frameGeometry	void	const Geometry &frame_	Specifies the geometry specification for frame to place around thumbnail. If this parameter is not specified, then the montage is un-framed.
frameGeometry	Geometry	void
matteColor	void	const Color &matteColor_	Specifies the thumbnail frame color.
matteColor	Color	void	Specifies the thumbnail frame color.