private MagickWand BuildPosterCollageWand(List <string> paths, int width, int height) { var inputPaths = ImageHelpers.ProjectPaths(paths, 3); using (var wandImages = new MagickWand(inputPaths.ToArray())) { var wand = new MagickWand(width, height); wand.OpenImage("gradient:#111111-#111111"); using (var draw = new DrawingWand()) { var iSlice = Convert.ToInt32(width * 0.3); int iTrans = Convert.ToInt32(height * .25); int iHeight = Convert.ToInt32(height * .65); var horizontalImagePadding = Convert.ToInt32(width * 0.0366); foreach (var element in wandImages.ImageList) { using (var blackPixelWand = new PixelWand(ColorName.Black)) { int iWidth = (int)Math.Abs(iHeight * element.Width / element.Height); element.Gravity = GravityType.CenterGravity; element.BackgroundColor = blackPixelWand; element.ResizeImage(iWidth, iHeight, FilterTypes.LanczosFilter); int ix = (int)Math.Abs((iWidth - iSlice) / 2); element.CropImage(iSlice, iHeight, ix, 0); element.ExtentImage(iSlice, iHeight, 0 - horizontalImagePadding, 0); } } wandImages.SetFirstIterator(); using (var wandList = wandImages.AppendImages()) { wandList.CurrentImage.TrimImage(1); using (var mwr = wandList.CloneMagickWand()) { using (var blackPixelWand = new PixelWand(ColorName.Black)) { using (var greyPixelWand = new PixelWand(ColorName.Grey70)) { mwr.CurrentImage.ResizeImage(wandList.CurrentImage.Width, (wandList.CurrentImage.Height / 2), FilterTypes.LanczosFilter, 1); mwr.CurrentImage.FlipImage(); mwr.CurrentImage.AlphaChannel = AlphaChannelType.DeactivateAlphaChannel; mwr.CurrentImage.ColorizeImage(blackPixelWand, greyPixelWand); using (var mwg = new MagickWand(wandList.CurrentImage.Width, iTrans)) { mwg.OpenImage("gradient:black-none"); var verticalSpacing = Convert.ToInt32(height * 0.01111111111111111111111111111111); mwr.CurrentImage.CompositeImage(mwg, CompositeOperator.CopyOpacityCompositeOp, 0, verticalSpacing); wandList.AddImage(mwr); int ex = (int)(wand.CurrentImage.Width - mwg.CurrentImage.Width) / 2; wand.CurrentImage.CompositeImage(wandList.AppendImages(true), CompositeOperator.AtopCompositeOp, ex, Convert.ToInt32(height * .05)); } } } } } } return(wand); } }