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] output-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/www/import.html or http://image‐
20 magick.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 centiseconds 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 -filter type use this filter when resizing an image
43 -format "string" output formatted image characteristics
44 -frame include window manager frame
45 -gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards
46 -identify identify the format and characteristics of the
47 image
48 -interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
49 -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
50 -label string assign a label to an image
51 -limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
52 -monitor monitor progress
53 -page geometry size and location of an image canvas
54 -pause seconds seconds delay between snapshots
55 -pointsize value font point size
56 -quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
57 -quiet suppress all warning messages
58 -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
59 -repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
60 -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis
61 boundary
62 -sampling-factor geometry
63 horizontal and vertical sampling factor
64 -scene value image scene number
65 -screen select image from root window
66 -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
67 -set property value set an image property
68 -silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells
69 -snaps value number of screen snapshots
70 -support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
71 -synchronize synchronize image to storage device
72 -taint declare the image as modified
73 -transparent-color color
74 transparent color
75 -treedepth value color tree depth
76 -verbose print detailed information about the image
77 -virtual-pixel method
78 Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
79 -window id select window with this id or name
80 Image Operators:
82 -annotate geometry text
83 annotate the image with text
84 -colors value preferred number of colors in the image
85 -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
86 -geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
87 -help print program options
88 -monochrome transform image to black and white
89 -negate replace each pixel with its complementary color
90 -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
91 -resize geometry resize the image
92 -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
93 -strip strip image of all profiles and comments
94 -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
95 -transparent color make this color transparent within the image
96 -trim trim image edges
97 -type type image type
98 Miscellaneous Options:
100 -debug events display copious debugging information
101 -help print program options
102 -log format format of debugging information
103 -list type print a list of supported option arguments
104 -version print version information
105 By default, 'file' is written in the Postscript image format. To spec‐
107 ify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image for‐
108 mat name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the
109 filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for standard
110 input or output.
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120ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 import(1)