# Introduction

Imagick is a native php extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick API.

ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF.

ImageMagick Studio LLC is a non-profit organization dedicated to making software imaging solutions freely available.