From 289c631d6175ed1dd7505d1b8e056d0cbcf4c165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prabal Pradhan <Prabalpradhan1991@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:24:02 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Update basic-usage.md

Adds a section "Selecting a driver"
---
 docs/usage/basic-usage.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/usage/basic-usage.md b/docs/usage/basic-usage.md
index f00daa99..d46a94ed 100644
--- a/docs/usage/basic-usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage/basic-usage.md
@@ -8,14 +8,31 @@ weight: 1
 Load an image by calling the static `load` method on the `Image` and passing in the `$pathToImage`.
 
 ```php
+use Spatie\Image\Image;
+
 $image = Image::load(string $pathToImage);
 ```
 
+
+## Selecting a driver
+
+By default, the Imagick driver will be used. However if you would like to use GD you can do this by selecting the driver before loading the image.
+
+```php
+use Spatie\Image\Image;
+
+$image = Image::load($file)->useImageDriver('imagick'); // for imagick
+$image = Image::load($file)->useImageDriver('gd'); // for gd
+```
+
+
 ## Applying manipulations
 
 Any of the [image manipulations](/image/v1/image-manipulations/overview) can be applied to the loaded `Image` by calling the manipulation's method. All image manipulation methods can be chained.
 
 ```php
+use Spatie\Image\Image;
+
 Image::load('example.jpg')
     ->sepia()
     ->blur(50)
@@ -29,6 +46,8 @@ Image::load('example.jpg')
 Calling the `save` method on an `Image` will save the modifications to the original file. You can save your modified image by passing a `$outputPath` to the `save` method.
 
 ```php
+use Spatie\Image\Image;
+
 Image::load('example.jpg')
     ->width(50)
     ->save('modified-example.jpg');