Simple Rating Demo

Rating 204 votes

Creating the asterisks

# Create on and off images
convert -pointsize 48 -background transparent -fill lightgreen -stroke green label:"*" on.png
convert -pointsize 48 -background transparent -fill white -stroke green label:"*" off.png

# Create the six representations of ratings (0=no votes)
convert off.png off.png off.png off.png off.png +append 0.rating.png
convert on.png off.png off.png off.png off.png +append 1.rating.png
convert on.png on.png off.png off.png off.png +append 2.rating.png
convert on.png on.png on.png off.png off.png +append 3.rating.png
convert on.png on.png on.png on.png off.png +append 4.rating.png
convert on.png on.png on.png on.png on.png +append 5.rating.png

# Image height may be trimmed
convert 0.rating.png -trim trimmed.0.rating.png
mv trimmed.0.rating.png 0.rating.png

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