Dynamic content on static image

[aone_pro]

What is the best solution to display a dynamic content on a image file through my website.

What I am planning to do is, I will have a form to collect data from my website visitor and I want to display it on a image template file.

For e.g. If the visitor type is name and address I should able to display the content he provided as a business card. I will have various business card image as jpeg or gif file. So he will have an opportunity to preview it before he can print the business card.

What are the other inexpensive solution that we can use to provide this service in my site. Can someone point me to some code or open source products that can provide this features.

Thanks in advance
Yoma
Aone Professional consulting.

[redcircle]

You can use Imagemagick www.imagemagick.org and php php.net to accomplish this. It will take some trial and error but you can get the job done. The best thing about it is that it's free. imagemagick supports post script and ttf fonts you can also change image size, rotate, add borders, effects like blurs, gradients etc. very powerful.

[aone_pro]

Thank you, redcircle for your guidance. I am planning to use this with Python. Are you aware of any caveats or gotchas when we use the Imagemagick api with other scripting language.

Somebody also suggest me to look at ming, the server side flash program. Can someone share any input/information on Ming.

Thanks to everyone that answer my question