How can the PHP GD library be utilized effectively for image manipulation?

To utilize the PHP GD library effectively for image manipulation, you can use functions like imagecreatefromjpeg(), imagecopyresampled(), and imagejpeg() to create, resize, and save images respectively. These functions allow you to manipulate images by resizing, cropping, adding text, drawing shapes, and applying various filters. 

// Example code to resize an image using PHP GD library
$source_image = 'original.jpg';
$destination_image = 'resized.jpg';
$width = 200;
$height = 200;

// Create a new image from the source image
$source = imagecreatefromjpeg($source_image);

// Create a new true color image with the desired dimensions
$destination = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);

// Resize the source image to the new dimensions
imagecopyresampled($destination, $source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, imagesx($source), imagesy($source));

// Save the resized image to the destination file
imagejpeg($destination, $destination_image);

// Free up memory by destroying the images
imagedestroy($source);
imagedestroy($destination);

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