PHP Image Manipulation

composer.json

{
	"require": {
		"illuminate/foundation": ">=1.0.0",
		"illuminate/auth":  ">=1.0.0",
		"illuminate/database":  ">=1.0.0",
		"illuminate/view":  ">=1.0.0",

		"amazonwebservices/aws-sdk-for-php": "1.5.*",
		"codeguy/upload": "*",
		"sybio/image-workshop" : "*",
		"guzzle/guzzle": "*"
	},
	"autoload": {
		"classmap": [
			"app/controllers",
			"app/models"
		]
	},
	"minimum-stability": "dev"
}

full composer.json

"require": {
    "codeguy/upload": "*",
    "sybio/image-workshop" : "*",
}

upload

$folder = BASEPATH.'/tmp/opps/';

$storage = new \Upload\Storage\FileSystem($folder, true);
$file = new \Upload\File('image', $storage);

// Validate file upload
$file->addValidations(array(

	// Ensure file is of type "image/png"
	new \Upload\Validation\Mimetype('image/png'),

	// Ensure file is no larger than 5M (use "B", "K", M", or "G")
	new \Upload\Validation\Size('5M')
));

// Try to upload file
try {
	$file->upload();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
	var_dump($e->getMessage());
	exit;
}

watermark

$filename = $folder.$file->getNameWithExtension();

$image = new PHPImageWorkshop\ImageWorkshop(array(
	'imageFromPath' => $filename,
));

// Resize to 600 wide maintain ratio
$image->resizeInPixel(600, null, true);

$watermark = new ImageWorkshop(array(
	'imageFromPath' => BASEPATH.'/img/logo.png',
));

$image->addLayerOnTop($watermark, 20, 10, 'RB');

// Save over original
$image->save($folder, $filename);

I'm kinda wondering why you would use the codeguy/upload package when laravel already brings all the validations and filesystem abstractions out of the box that the codeguy/upload package features. It brings that stuff with the same level of configuration code required in your controller.