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Converting Among Image Formats (written by Antonio Cangiano)
CodeExpectedActual
require 'rubygems'
require 'RMagick'
img = Magick::Image.read('myimage.png').first
img.write('myimage.jpg')
Magick::Image.read('JPG:myimage.png')
 
Magick::ImageMagickError: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x89 0x50 `myimage.png': 
...
 
Magick::ImageMagickError: Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x89 0x50 `myimage.png': 
	from (irb):5:in `read'
	from (irb):5
	from :0

img = Magick::Image.read('myimage.png').first
img.write('myimage.jpg')          # Writes a JPEG
img.write('myimage.gif')          # Writes a GIF
img.write('JPG:myimage')          # Writes a JPEG
img.write('JPG:myimage.gif')      # Writes a JPEG
img.format
 "PNG" "PNG" 
img.format = 'GIF'
img.format
 "GIF" "GIF" 
Magick.formats['GIF']
 "*rw+" "*rw+" 
Magick.formats['JPG']
 "*rw-" "*rw-" 
Magick.formats['AVI']
 "*r--" "*r--" 
Magick.formats['PS']
 " rw+" " rw+" 
module Magick
 [['native_blob?', ?*], ['readable?', ?r],
  ['writable?', ?w], ['multi_image?', ?+]].each_with_index do |m, i|
   define_method(m[0]) do |format|
     code = formats[format]
     return code && code[i] == m[1]
   end
   module_function(m[0])
 end
end
Magick.multi_image? 'GIF'
 true true 
Magick.multi_image? 'JPG'
 false false