title: Is there a way to do Shepard's distortion with Wand (latest Python binding to Image Magick)?
body: <p>I would like to do some image manipulation with Python. I noticed some advanced algorithms which PIL lacks, e.g., <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/distorts/#shepards" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shepard's distortion</a>, were provided by Image Magick. </p>
  
  <p>The latest Python binding for Image Magick, as recommended <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7895278/can-i-access-imagemagick-api-with-python">here</a>, is <a href="http://docs.wand-py.org/en/0.3.5/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wand</a>. The API and documents are indeed well considered. </p>
  
  <p>However, after browsing the doc, I found that the available functionality seemed to be very limited (rotation, flip, resize, crop, etc.). </p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to do something like Shepard's distortion with Wand? Am I missing something?</p>
  
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  <h3>EDIT</h3>
  
  <p>One can always <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10556956/mapping-an-image-onto-a-set-of-coordinates">fall back</a> to <code>subprocess</code> and Image Magick's command line interface (for single step operation).</p>