Spatie released the next major version (v3) of their popular spatie/image package, which also powers their laravel-medialibrary package. If you're looking for an image maniuplation library without any dependencies, you should check out this version.
The latest version of the image package is a major overhaul of the internals of the library, yet the public API hasn't changed much. This version doesn't depend on the PHP intervention package; the only dependencies are the Imagick or GD extensions.
Here's an example of the fluent API you can use to manipulate and image and save an updated version:
Image::load('example.jpg')
->sepia()
->blur(50)
->save();

If you're not familiar with Spatie's Image package, it provides a fluent API for the following image manipulations:

• Resizing images
• Image optimization
• Image adjustments
• Image canvas manipulation
• Image effects (blur, grayscale, pixelate, etc.)
• Image watermarks
• And more...

Take a look at this example of how you can easily optimize an image with this package:
Image::load('example.jpg')
->optimize()
->save('example-optimized.jpg');

That's a simple example, but you can customize the optimization process with more advanced options:
Image::load('example.jpg')
->optimize([Jpegoptim::class => [
'--all-progressive',
]])
->save();

The easiest way to get started with this package is to read the documentation. You can also use this package in your Laravel applications via the popular laravel-medialibrary.
If you'd like to get more of a behind-the-scenes look at the Spatie Image package update, read Freek Van der Herten's detailed writeup: New major versions for spatie/image and Laravel Media Library have been released.

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