3 Kohana 3.x provides a simple yet powerful image manipulation module. The [Image] module provides features that allows your application to resize images, crop, rotate, flip and many more.
7 [Image] module ships with [Image_GD] driver which requires `GD` extension enabled in your PHP installation, and
8 [Image_Imagick] driver which requires the `imagick` PHP extension. Additional drivers can be created by extending
11 The [Image_GD] driver is the default. You can change this by providing an `image.default_driver` configuration option
15 // application/config/image.php
18 'default_driver' => 'Imagick'
22 [!!] Older versions of Kohana allowed you to configure the driver with the `Image::$default_driver` static variable in
23 the bootstrap, an extension class, or elsewhere. That variable is now deprecated and will be ignored if you set a
28 Before using the image module, we must enable it first on `APPPATH/bootstrap.php`:
31 Kohana::modules(array(
33 'image' => MODPATH.'image', // Image manipulation
38 Next: [Using the image module](using).