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 Use ImageMagick® to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It
14 can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including
15 PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG.
16 Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and
17 transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects,
18 or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and B\['e]zier curves.
19 The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the com‐
21 mand-line or you can use the features from programs written in your fa‐
22 vorite language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore
23 (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++
24 (C++), JMagick (Java), JuliaIO (Julia), L-Magick (Lisp), Lua (LuaJIT),
25 NMagick (Neko/haXe), Magick.NET (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMag‐
26 ick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP (PHP), IMagick (PHP), PythonMagick
27 (Python), magick (R), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With a
28 language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images dynami‐
29 cally and automagically.
30 ImageMagick utilizes multiple computational threads to increase perfor‐
32 mance and can read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image
33 sizes.
34 ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distri‐
36 bution or as source code that you may use, copy, modify, and distribute
37 in both open and proprietary applications. It is distributed under a
38 derived Apache 2.0 license.
39 The ImageMagick development process ensures a stable API and ABI. Be‐
41 fore each ImageMagick release, we perform a comprehensive security as‐
42 sessment that includes memory error, thread data race detection, and
43 continuous fuzzing to help prevent security vulnerabilities.
44 The current release is ImageMagick 6.9.10-11. It runs on Linux, Win‐
46 dows, Mac Os X, iOS, Android OS, and others.
47 The authoritative ImageMagick version 6 web site is
49 https://legacy.imagemagick.org. The authoritative source code reposi‐
50 tory is https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6. We maintain a
51 source code mirror at https://gitlab.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6.
52 The design of ImageMagick is an evolutionary process, with the design
54 and implementation efforts serving to influence and guide further
55 progress in the other. With ImageMagick version 7 we aim to improve the
56 design based on lessons learned from the version 6 implementation.
57 In the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line
59 tool.Cl ick on the program name to get details on the program usage and
60 a list of comman d-line options that alters how the program performs.
61 If you are just getting acq uainted with ImageMagick, start at the top
62 of the list, the convert program, and
63 work your way down. Also be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial
64 on how to
65 use ImageMagick utilities to convert, compose, or edit images from the
66 command- line.
67 convert
69 convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur,
71 crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and
72 much more.
73 identify
75 describes the format and characteristics of one or more image
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78 mogrify
80 resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip,
82 join, re-sample, and much more. Mogrify overwrites the original
83 image file, whereas, convert writes to a different image file.
84 composite
86 overlaps one image over another.
88 montage
90 create a composite image by combining several separate images.
92 The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned
93 with a border, frame, image name, and more.
94 compare
96 mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an
98 image and its reconstruction..
99 stream
102 is a lightweight tool to stream one or more pixel components of
104 the image or portion of the image to your choice of storage for‐
105 mats. It writes the pixel components as they are read from the
106 input image a row at a time making stream desirable when working
107 with large images or when you require raw pixel components.
108 display
111 displays an image or image sequence on any X server.
113 animate
115 animates an image sequence on any X server.
117 import
119 saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an im‐
121 age file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or
122 any rectangular portion of the screen.
123 conjure
125 interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting
127 Language (MSL).
128 For more information about the ImageMagick, point your browser to
130 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/index.html@EXTRA_DOC_DIR@ or
131 http://imagemagick.org/.
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134 convert(1), compare(1), composite(1), conjure(1), identify(1), im‐
135 port(1), montage(1), display(1), animate(1), import(1), Magick++-con‐
136 fig(1), MagickCore-config(1), MagickWand-config(1)
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140 Copyright (C) 1999-2021 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
141 and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/Image‐
142 Magick-6/www/license.html@EXTRA_DOC_DIR@ or http://image‐
143 magick.org/script/license.php
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