ILLUSTRATE

This tutorial covers some some functions using PHP with Image Magick from the command line. I called it Illustrate because FX (as the button at IM states) is another function altogether, not included here.
Arc angle = 0-360
<?
$IN="SGdoor.jpg";
$ILLUSTRATE="-virtual-pixel white -distort arc 180";
$OUT="SGdoorDArc.jpg";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $IN $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>
ORIGINAL
 DISTORT ARC
4 sets of coordinates each set =
Orig ~~> Distort
<?
$IN="SGdoor.jpg";
$ILLUSTRATE="-distort Perspective '0,0,0,0 0,150,0,150 150,0,150,30 150,150,150,120' ";
$OUT="SGdoorDt.jpg";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $IN $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>
ORIGINAL
 DISTORT PERSPECTIVE
<?
$IN="SGdoor.jpg";
$ILLUSTRATE="-distort Bilinear '0,0,0,0 0,150,0,150 150,0,150,30 150,150,150,120' ";
$OUT="SGdoorBiL.jpg";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $IN $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>
ORIGINAL
 DISTORT BILINEAR
Morph 2 images same size
-morph 4=# of frames
Must be made a gif, 110 kb
<?
$ILLUSTRATE="convert lion.jpg \( +clone -set delay 40 fish.gif -morph 4 -delete 0 \)\( +clone -set delay 40 fish.gif -morph 4 -delete 0 \) \( +clone -set delay 40 lion.jpg -morph 4 -delete 0 \) -layers Optimize $OUT";
$OUT="SGmorph.gif";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>		 ORIGINAL

 MORPH
<?
$ILLUSTRATE="-layers Optimize";
$OUT="AniHead.gif";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert \( -delay 60 -morph 1 SGLlion.png -morph 1 SGMlion.png SGRlion.png SGMlion.png \) $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>		 MORPH 1 FRAME
IMAGES USED
<?
$ILLUSTRATE="-size 100x100 xc: +noise Random -separate null: \( xc: +noise Random -separate -threshold 30% -negate \) -compose CopyOpacity -layers composite -set dispose background Optimize -set delay 20 -loop 0";
$OUT="glitter_overlay.gif";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>		 XC MADE
MORPH GLITTER
<?
$IN="Examples/glitter_overlay.gif";
$ILLUSTRATE="-compose Screen -bordercolor GoldenRod -border 0x0";
$OUT="glitter_gold.gif";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $IN $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>
ORIGINAL
 GLITTER GOLD
<?
$IN="Examples/glitter_overlay.gif";
$ILLUSTRATE="-compose Screen -bordercolor fuschia -border 0x0";
$OUT="glitter_gold.gif";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $IN $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?>
ORIGINAL
 GLITTER FUSCHIA
<?
$IN1="SGwindow.jpeg";
$IN2="SGstar.jpg";
$ILLUSTRATE="-page +0+0 $IN1 -page +68+0 $IN2 -page +198+0 $IN1 -background black -mosaic";
$OUT="SGwinMos.jpg";
exec ("/usr/bin/convert $ILLUSTRATE $OUT");
?> 		MOSAIC
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Below are a zip of a sample Illustrate script plus an Illustrate form and a morph form. There is also a text version of the form if you prefer that to the zip.

ILLUSTRATE ZIP

ILLUSTRATE TEXT

MORPH TEXT