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-Images can be overlaid on top of each other and repositioned. Returns a Promise which resolves to a base64 data URI for the composed image. Works both in the browser and in Node.js.
+Images can be overlaid on top of each other and repositioned. Returns a Promise which resolves to a base64 data URI. Works both in the browser and in Node.js.
 
 ## Install