Imagick is a PHP-class for editing images, built upon the core of ImageMagick. It’s a powerful class, which unlike ImageMagick doesn’t require awkward commands.
Unfortunately, online documentation of Imagick is notoriously sparse and incomplete, which leads to lots of confusion and errors. This site intends to tackle this problem by sharing knowledge of Imagick.
ImagickPlus is an extension of Imagick, which contains extra functions and options that make photo manipulation with PHP even more easy and versatile.
As an example have a look at a Photoshop-like app that could be integrated in any PHP-based CMS... you can test most features in this experimental toolbox:
Of course HTML5 as well as javascript libraries like jQuery have paved the road for client-side image manipulation. However, server-side solutions like Imagick have much more opportunities and are not prone to strange browser quirks.