1import(1) General Commands Manual import(1)
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6 import - saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an
7 image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any
8 rectangular portion of the screen.
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11 import [options] input-file
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14 The import program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.
15 Use it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image
16 to a file.
17 For more information about the import command, point your browser to
19 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.6.4/www/import.html or
20 http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php.
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23 Image Settings:
24 -adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
25 -border include window border in the output image
26 -channel type apply option to select image channels
27 -colorspace type alternate image colorspace
28 -comment string annotate image with comment
29 -compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image
30 -define format:option
31 define one or more image format options
32 -density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
33 -depth value image depth
34 -descend obtain image by descending window hierarchy
35 -display server X server to contact
36 -dispose method layer disposal method
37 -dither method apply error diffusion to image
38 -delay value display the next image after pausing
39 -encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
40 -endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
41 -encoding type text encoding type
42 -format "string" output formatted image characteristics
43 -frame include window manager frame
44 -gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards
45 -identify identify the format and characteristics of the
46 image
47 -interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
48 -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
49 -label string assign a label to an image
50 -limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
51 -monitor monitor progress
52 -page geometry size and location of an image canvas
53 -pause value seconds delay between snapshots
54 -pointsize value font point size
55 -quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
56 -quiet suppress all warning messages
57 -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
58 -sampling-factor geometry
59 horizontal and vertical sampling factor
60 -scene value image scene number
61 -screen select image from root window
62 -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
63 -set property value set an image property
64 -silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells
65 -snaps value number of screen snapshots
66 -support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
67 -transparent-color color
68 transparent color
69 -treedepth value color tree depth
70 -verbose print detailed information about the image
71 -virtual-pixel method
72 Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
73 -window id select window with this id or name
74 Image Operators:
76 -annotate geometry text
77 annotate the image with text
78 -colors value preferred number of colors in the image
79 -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
80 -geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
81 -help print program options
82 -monochrome transform image to black and white
83 -negate replace each pixel with its complementary color
84 -repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
85 -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
86 -resize geometry resize the image
87 -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
88 -strip strip image of all profiles and comments
89 -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
90 -transparent color make this color transparent within the image
91 -trim trim image edges
92 -type type image type
93 Miscellaneous Options:
95 -debug events display copious debugging information
96 -help print program options
97 -log format format of debugging information
98 -list type print a list of supported option arguments
99 -version print version information
100 By default, 'file' is written in the MIFF image format. To specify a
102 particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name
103 and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename
104 suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for standard input or
105 output.
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108 ImageMagick(1)
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112 Copyright (C) 1999-2010 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
113 and licenses apply to this software, see
114 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.6.4/www/license.html or
115 http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
116ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 import(1)