Which PHP image editing set / plugin in the best?

[d'Anconia]

Topic. When I go to the PHP manual it gives me several different options for editing images with PHP:

• Cairo
• GD
• Exif
• Gmagick
• ImageMagick

I have kinda used GD before a little bit but it didn't seem like there was much notation and support documentation on it.

Is there an easier way to get your server to process / manipulate images? I am on a shared server so I have a feeling that limits my options but hypothetically if I had my own server running Linux then would I have more / better options for this? Getting GD, for instance, to keep alpha / transparency isn't too simple.

[bparker1084]

According to me ImageMagick is best PHP image editor.