Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/ImageMagick

Request for ImageMagick
$wgUseImageResize = true; $wgUseImageMagick = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "C:\\Program Files\\Imagemagick\\Convert.exe"; # for example
 * Home-page : http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows (free GPL software)
 * Type : Software
 * Additional software requirements : None
 * Additional server-side maintenance requirements : The following lines need to be added to :
 * Reason for request : There are many images that need to be scaled by MediaWiki for use in multiple locations. The support for image scaling in PHP is extremely feeble: scaling PNG, for example, causes it to discolor images because it does not manage palettes well. Imagemagick is a robust set of tools for image manipulation that MediaWiki is already designed to use.
 * What else uses it : All Wikimedia projects use it.
 * Possible pitfalls
 * 1) Would require running software on the servers. This is a potential security risk. However, the software does not need administrative privileges -- just write access to the MediaWiki's cache. The software is also free (GPL), and the source can be freely examined for trojans.