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I don't believe I was getting an uncaught exception, but since I stopped causing the issue, I haven't seen it recently and may not recall it correctly. I'll check again and throw a few try/catch around it to see if I can handle.

John

Got things working... mostly. For those who are paying attention, my code is as follows: // Blank canvas to put text on Magick::Image * outimage = new Magick::Image(Magick::Geometry(mmw, mmh, 0, 0), Magick::Color("black")); // Values of mmw and mmh defined elsewhere previous // Other stuff...

You can't debug an IM-based program at all in VS C++, lots of bad things happen.

If there is a way, please let me know.

John

snibgo, Take a look here: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fonts/ First item, it says to do the following: convert -size 320x100 xc:lightblue -font Candice -pointsize 72 \ -tile pattern:checkerboard -annotate +28+68 'Anthony' \ font_tile.jpg Looking to do that via the Magick++ library, there is no c...

Forgot something:

Under Configuration Properties --> Linker --> Input add the following to "Additional Dependencies:

Add:

CORE_RL_MagickCore_.lib
CORE_RL_Magick++_.lib
CORE_RL_MagickWand_.lib

John

fmw42, Thank you for your quick reply. I've been all throughout the Documentation and the API, and there is not anything similar to convert in the code. I have the Image class webpage up as a constant source of information. It covers pretty much everything else (and then some), but I didn't see anyt...

I was looking at here: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/ Down in the "Watermarking with Text" section, it shows the use of the convert commandline tool to add text to an image. There doesn't seem to be a convert API, so I'm guessing this is a compilation of a lot of other stuff....

Need to set up the includes and libraries in the build setup. In your solution explorer window (on the left), select your project, right click, select properties. Then, select Configuration Properties --> C/C++ --> General and add the include path to "Additional Include Directories" Then, ...