A quick tutorial on using Imagemagick to remove a background colour from images. The image file format needs to support transparency e.g. PNG.

NOTE: JPG doesnt support transparency, so it would be necessary to convert the file.

Remove background color

1. Set the input file

1input="old-white.png"

2. Set the output …

A quick tutorial on using Imagemagick to add a background shadow to images. For the best result, ensure the original image has a transparent background. It is also useful to observe consistent sizes for the images.

Add a shadow

1. Set the name of the input image - for example

1input="old.png"

2. Set the name of …

A quick tutorial on using Imagemagick to resize images. Imagemagick provides a couple of options that are worth considering.

• Resize with constraints (i.e. maintain the aspect ratio)
• Resize without constraints

Intelligent Resize

1. Resize an image and adhere to the aspect ratio of the original image

1convert old.png …

Node.js Installation

The Node.js programming language is an open source project to make programmers more productive.

Node.js is flexible and easy to learn. Its wide adoption is primarily down to the universal nature of the language. If you have a web browsers such as Google Chrome, it comes with a very rudamentary …

Introduction

In this post I collate the blog posts on building static sites with Hugo and Cloud Build for easier reference. At the beginning of the process, I wanted to experiment with using Hugo. As time progressed I found it to be an awesome piece of software. In addition I also wanted to utilise Cloud Build to …