Using Imagick thumbs driver

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Hello everyone,

Additionally from converting the images to WEBP, I also wanted to use the Imagick driver in order to get the colors closer to the original files. I edited the config.php file to incluse Imagick as the driver, but the file created in the media folder is only a .json, not a .webp. Am I missing something?

I double checked and Imagick is installed in the PHP extensions of my server.

I use Kirby 5.2.3, PHP 8.4.16 (also the Server API is set to FPM/FastCGI if that’s relevant) and Laravel Herd for my local setup.

Thanks a lot in advance!

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Found the issue (unrelated to Kirby), but sharing is caring:

Unlike GD, Imagick uses the exec command, which was not allowed by the server. Turning it on fixed the issue.

Thanks!