1ImageMagick(1) General Commands Manual ImageMagick(1)
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6 ImageMagick - is a free software suite for the creation, modification
7 and display of bitmap images.
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10 convert input-file [options] output-file
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13 ImageMagick®, is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap
14 images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats
15 (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF,
16 and DPX. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale,
17 shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special
18 effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and B\['e]zier curves.
19 ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distri‐
21 bution or as source code that you can freely use, copy, modify, and
22 distribute. Its license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all
23 major operating systems.
24 The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command
26 line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite
27 programming language. Choose from these interfaces: MagickCore (C),
28 MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), Magick++ (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick
29 (Lisp), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP
30 (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK).
31 With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images
32 automagically and dynamically.
33 ImageMagick includes a number of command-line utilities for manipulat‐
35 ing images. Most of you are probably accustom to editing images one at
36 a time with a graphical user interface (GUI) with such programs as gimp
37 or Photoshop. However, a GUI is not always convenient. Suppose you want
38 to process an image dynamically from a web script or you want to apply
39 the same operations to many images or repeat a specific operation at
40 different times to the same or different image. For these types of
41 operations, the command-line image processing utility is appropriate.
42 In the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line
44 tool.Cl ick on the program name to get details on the program usage and
45 a list of comman d-line options that alters how the program performs.
46 If you are just getting acq uainted with ImageMagick, start at the top
47 of the list, the convert program, and
48 work your way down. Also be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial
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50 use ImageMagick utilities to convert, compose, or edit images from the
51 command- line.
52 convert
54 convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur,
56 crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and
57 much more.
58 identify
60 describes the format and characteristics of one or more image
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63 mogrify
65 resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip,
67 join, re-sample, and much more. Mogrify overwrites the original
68 image file, whereas, convert writes to a different image file.
69 composite
71 overlaps one image over another.
73 montage
75 create a composite image by combining several separate images.
77 The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned
78 with a border, frame, image name, and more.
79 compare
81 mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an
83 image and its reconstruction..
84 stream
87 is a lightweight tool to stream one or more pixel components of
89 the image or portion of the image to your choice of storage for‐
90 mats. It writes the pixel components as they are read from the
91 input image a row at a time making stream desirable when working
92 with large images or when you require raw pixel components.
93 display
96 displays an image or image sequence on any X server.
98 animate
100 animates an image sequence on any X server.
102 import
104 saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an
106 image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen,
107 or any rectangular portion of the screen.
108 conjure
110 interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting
112 Language (MSL).
113 For more information about the ImageMagick, point your browser to
115 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.7.2//index.html or
116 http://www.imagemagick.org/.
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120 play(1), animate(1), import(1), conjure(1), quantize(5), miff(4)
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124 Copyright (C) 1999-2011 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
125 and licenses apply to this software, see
126 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.7.2//www/license.html or
127 http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
128ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 ImageMagick(1)