Want to build yourself some furniture? I love to play with trying different techniques out and Image Magick is the place to go. Once again, putting my mind to something, I came up with a dresser. I had instructions to make one using the Draw function but that is a little above my head when it comes to figuring out just what to use for making the lines. The instructions I had in my notebook were from a lady that had posted one maybe 3 years ago? Don't know if she is still on webtv or not. This is the one I made using lines:

After making the lined one I decided to try one using the method I made my doors with. It worked out as I thought it would. It's really easy to do but requires a few parts to make and upload which is the best way to go. I didn't do that a couple of times and then lost it and had to start all over again. So I recommend you upload the parts as you make them. You can go to Gifworks and put them there and their url is a short one so you can jot it down on paper and it will be available long enough to finish your project but Image Magick's url is much too long so if I use it I CC&P and use it right away for the next step I'm at if it's ready for that particular step.

Just have fun and come up with your own idea if you would like and I'm just giving you the directions as I have done it. The header above is a sample I made but just used smaller dimensions on here to use as a header for my page.

Just have fun and enjoy. So here we go........

1. Let's first make the drawer pulls. You can use whatever you want but I'll tell you what I did for mine. I used a dingbat of Captain Raider's. Go to Image Magick with a clear gif. Doesn't matter the size but at least 100x100 because when you are done, you will have to trim (smartcrop) to get the finished doorpull. Now go to Annotate the letter O Offset: +0+0 Center -- Point Size 30 and for color (your choice) or mine was #CC9900 Stroke Color of Black. Now go down under the Font box and where you see the http:// put in this pcornament font: http://wtv-zone.com/captainraider/font/p/pcornaments.ttf
Go down to Rotate 270 (it's facing sideways so we are going to turn it) Now click Annotate . Now if you use this particular dingbat you will have to again turn it but this time go to Transform and Flip to turn it upside down. Now again go to Transform and TRIM. Output as a Gif, Single File and Save.

2. Find a wood background and upload and save. You will need it for the final step in coloring in for the feet base so you will not want to just use it without uploading it first. So now go back to Image Magick with your wood background and resize it for the drawers. Let's make the small drawer first and go up to Resize, put 80x40! (use the exclamation point or you won't get the proper size) Next go to Decorate 4x4 - color - None Raise. At this point you now have your small drawer. Let's put the door pull on it.

3. Go up to Composite url of doorpull +0+7 Center. Now output as a Gif, Single File and Save.

4. Now for the longer drawers, again put in your background and this time resize it to 162x40! Decorate 4x4 Raise. Put the doorpulls - First on left +12+11 Northwest, second one +12+11 Northeast. Save as a Gif, Single File.

5. We need some kind of base for the dresser so I used a dingbat again and chopped it up until I got what I thought would make some feet. --LOL-- I used a clear gif again at least 200x200 and used the same font as above for this dingbat but used the letter U and for size I used 230 color - White because it has to be colored in with the original background. I had to go up to Transform and rotate right. Now I took the background and went to Composite - used ATOP and a checkmark in MISC. Composite and I got it colored with the bg. (Note: It used to be IN and a checkmark in MISC but since the upgrade I now have to use the first one Atop. So if one doesn't work, the other should for you, depending on the upgrade)Output as a Gif, Single File. At this point, I took it to Gifworks to crop it and didn't bother to trim it since after crop it's all set. Now you have your "footsie". Upload to save. This is what the dingbat looked like before I cropped it:FootsieI used just the lower left side of the dingbat. You just need enough of it to look like a base. Here's a white foot I cropped so now just color it in with your background. For printers convenience:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/MsLee/TEMPLATES/whitefoot.gif
White footsie

6. Now we are going to assemble our dresser. Get your wood background and resize it to 200x230! - Decorate - 15x15 Raise. Now we want to crop that extra raise at the left and the bottom so go up to Transform 200x230+9-15.

7. Now we are ready to assemble the dresser drawers to the backing.. Go to Composite small drawer +11+25 Northwest ---Composite second small drawer +11+25 Northeast.

8. Now for the larger drawers - again go to Composite +11+70 Northwest. Second drawer +11+115 Northwestthird drawer +11+160 Northwest. Save as a Gif, Single File

9. Now we will put a clear gif the size of the dresser which when done is 191x216 but we have to allow room for the feet so make the clear gif 191x226! Now first put in the left foot +0+0 SouthwestTransform and use FLOP (this saves you from making a left and a right foot)Now composite the right foot same +0+0Southwest. No need to flop back you have nothing else on there but two feet so now url of finished dresser - composite +0+0 North. Voila. Hope it looks like a dresser now. LOL Oh, what I did after it was done, I chopped off part of the left side more. I went to Crop under Transform and used 191x226+4-0 and got another 4 pixels off the left side. Now finished it should be 187x226.

ŠLee'sVarieties1-22-05