Q16(3pm)

💖 Q16 — bestie, it's literally the Perl interface to ImageMagick 💖

okay so real talk: this page lives in section 3pm of the manual (that's the "Perl module" shelf, iykyk), and it's the Q16 flavor of Image::Magick. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Image::Magick::Q16 — an objected-oriented Perl interface to ImageMagick (Q16). use it to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images from within a Perl script. no cap, that's the whole job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

use Image::Magick::Q16;
$p = new Image::Magick::Q16;
$p->Read("imagefile");
$p->Set(attribute => value, ...)
($a, ...) = $p->Get("attribute", ...)
$p->routine(parameter => value, ...)
$p->Mogrify("Routine", parameter => value, ...)
$p->Write("filename");

look at her. object-oriented, unbothered, thriving 🌸

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this Perl extension lets you read, manipulate and write a large number of image file formats using the ImageMagick library. it's giving powerful. it's giving versatile.

and the lore? she was originally developed to be used by CGI scripts for Web pages. yes, CGI. she's been that girl since day one 💜

somebody set up a whole web page for this extension, go look:

https://imagemagick.org/script/perl-magick.php

and if you have problems (and bestie, you might 🥲), go here:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/categories/development

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Kyle Shorter magick-users@imagemagick.org

shoutout to the icon who made this happen 🫡

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💀 BUGS 💀

has all the bugs of ImageMagick and much, much more!

not a typo. not a bit. she said what she said 😭 it's giving chaotic, it's giving honest, and honestly? we respect the transparency 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• perl(1) — go read the main character's own manpage, fr fr

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and that's the whole page, bestie, no notes 💅

<cute>✨</cute> this was perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-09-10, and yeah — Q16(3pm) is the name of the game. mwah, love u, go make some art 🎀🦋💖 <cute>✨</cute>