All the questions I've seen are either using verb-には in place of verb-ために or
verb-に followed by a motion verb. This seems to be neither.

Maruko's friend has just pulled a sweet out of his pocket. The narrator says:

> ピカピカ光るお洒落な包み紙から想像 **するに** 、缶に入っている物にちがいない。  
>  From the shiny, stylish wrapping paper ??? it was certainly a thing in a
> can.

It might help to know that, earlier in the story, Maruko was obssessing over
canned goods from hotels. In any case I can't figure out the meaning of this
sentence. How do I understand 想像するに in this sentence?
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grammar particle-に
するに not followed by motion verb