{"record":{"id":"8eb39be6f6336097","repo":"Intervention/image","slug":"failed-to-apply-intervention-image-drivers-imagick-8eb39b","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to apply Intervention\\Image\\Drivers\\Imagick\\Modifiers\\ColorspaceModifier, unable to transform image colorspace","messagePattern":"Failed to apply Intervention\\\\Image\\\\Drivers\\\\Imagick\\\\Modifiers\\\\ColorspaceModifier, unable to transform image colorspace","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ModifierException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/ColorspaceModifier.php","lineNumber":40,"sourceCode":"\nclass ColorspaceModifier extends GenericColorspaceModifier implements SpecializedInterface\n{\n    /**\n     * @throws ModifierException\n     * @throws NotSupportedException\n     */\n    public function apply(ImageInterface $image): ImageInterface\n    {\n        $colorspace = $this->targetColorspace();\n        $imagick = $image->core()->native();\n\n        try {\n            $result = $imagick->transformImageColorspace(\n                $this->imagickColorspaceOrFail($colorspace),\n            );\n\n            if ($result === false) {\n                throw new ModifierException(\n                    'Failed to apply ' . self::class . ', unable to transform image colorspace',\n                );\n            }\n        } catch (ImagickException $e) {\n            throw new ModifierException(\n                'Failed to apply ' . self::class . ', unable to transform image colorspace',\n                previous: $e,\n            );\n        }\n\n        return $image;\n    }\n\n    /**\n     * @throws ModifierException\n     * @throws NotSupportedException\n     */\n    private function imagickColorspaceOrFail(ColorspaceInterface $colorspace): int","sourceCodeStart":22,"sourceCodeEnd":58,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Intervention/image/blob/5598b9e39751c34afc5cdee84abef77f92c26f68/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/ColorspaceModifier.php#L22-L58","documentation":"Thrown by the Imagick ColorspaceModifier when Imagick::transformImageColorspace() returns false during $image->colorspace($target). The target constant is resolved from the library's colorspace classes before the call, so the operation itself failing (not the mapping) triggers this variant — no previous exception is attached.","triggerScenarios":"Calling $image->colorspace() with any supported class (Rgb, Cmyk, Hsl, Hsv, Oklab, Oklch) on an image whose wand cannot perform the transform: CMYK conversion on images missing ICC handling in the build, resource exhaustion, or degraded wand state.","commonSituations":"Converting user uploads to CMYK for print on ImageMagick builds without LittleCMS delegates; converting to sRGB from 16-bit/professional-color sources; batch jobs hitting policy.xml limits mid-conversion.","solutions":["Reproduce via CLI (convert in.jpg -colorspace CMYK out.jpg) to expose the environment-level cause; install/enable the LittleCMS (LCMS) delegate if CMYK/ICC fails.","Raise ImageMagick resource limits for large images or convert a scaled copy.","Ensure the source image fully decoded and the wand was not reused after a prior failure.","Update ImageMagick/ext-imagick to matching current versions."],"exampleFix":"// before\n$image->colorspace(\\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Colorspace::class); // false -> ModifierException\n\n// after\n\\Imagick::setResourceLimit(\\Imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MEMORY, 512 * 1024 * 1024);\n$image->colorspace(\\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Colorspace::class);","handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":"// environment probe: can this build transform colorspaces?\n$probe = new \\Imagick();\n$probe->newImage(4, 4, new \\ImagickPixel('white'));\n$canTransform = $probe->transformImageColorspace(\\Imagick::COLORSPACE_CMYK) !== false;\n$probe->destroy();","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"use Intervention\\Image\\Exceptions\\ModifierException;\ntry {\n    $image->colorspace(\\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Colorspace::class);\n} catch (ModifierException $e) {\n    // fallback: keep sRGB and flag for a worker with the LCMS delegate\n    logger()->warning('CMYK conversion unavailable in this environment');\n}","preventionTips":["Verify the LittleCMS delegate is installed before shipping CMYK/ICC conversion features.","Raise policy.xml limits when converting large print-resolution files."],"tags":["imagick","colourspace","cmyk","modifier-exception","icc-profiles"],"backgroundTag":"colorspace-conversion-failed","analyzedSha":"5598b9e39751c34afc5cdee84abef77f92c26f68","analyzedAt":"2026-08-23T02:17:31.068Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-23T08:06:27.607Z"}