1animate(1) General Commands Manual animate(1)
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6 animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.
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9 magick animate [options] input-file
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12 The animate program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.
13 Use it to animate an image or image sequence on any X server.
14 For more information about the animate command, point your browser to
16 file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-7/www/animate.html or https://image‐
17 magick.org/script/animate.php.
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20 Image Settings:
21 -alpha option on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
22 transparent, extract, background, or shape
23 -authenticate value decrypt image with this password
24 -backdrop display image centered on a backdrop
25 -colormap type Shared or Private
26 -colorspace type alternate image colorspace
27 -decipher filename convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
28 -define format:option
29 define one or more image format options
30 -delay centiseconds display the next image after pausing
31 -density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
32 -depth value image depth
33 -display server display image to this X server
34 -dispose method layer disposal method
35 -dither method apply error diffusion to image
36 -filter type use this filter when resizing an image
37 -format "string" output formatted image characteristics
38 -gamma value level of gamma correction
39 -geometry geometry preferred size and location of the Image window
40 -gravity type horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
41 -identify identify the format and characteristics of the
42 image
43 -immutable displayed image cannot be modified
44 -interlace type type of image interlacing scheme
45 -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
46 -limit type value pixel cache resource limit
47 -loop iterations loop images then exit
48 -matte store matte channel if the image has one
49 -map type display image using this Standard Colormap
50 -monitor monitor progress
51 -pause seconds to pause before reanimating
52 -page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting)
53 -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
54 -quiet suppress all warning messages
55 -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
56 -remote command execute a command in an remote display process
57 -repage geometry size and location of an image canvas (operator)
58 -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis
59 boundary
60 -sampling-factor geometry
61 horizontal and vertical sampling factor
62 -scenes range image scene range
63 -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
64 -set attribute value set an image attribute
65 -size geometry width and height of image
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 -visual type display image using this visual type
72 -virtual-pixel method
73 virtual pixel access method
74 -window id display image to background of this window
75 Image Operators:
77 -channel mask set the image channel mask
78 -colors value preferred number of colors in the image
79 -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
80 -extent geometry set the image size
81 -extract geometry extract area from image
82 -monochrome transform image to black and white
83 -resample geometry change the resolution of an image
84 -resize geometry resize the image
85 -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
86 -strip strip image of all profiles and comments
87 -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
88 -trim trim image edges
89 Image Sequence Operators:
91 -coalesce merge a sequence of images
92 -flatten flatten a sequence of images
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 In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X re‐
102 sources as command line options: -background, -bordercolor, -border‐
103 width, -font, -foreground, -iconGeometry, -iconic, -name, -mattecolor,
104 -shared-memory, or -title.
105 By default, the image format of `file' is determined by its magic num‐
107 ber. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with
108 an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image
109 type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for
110 standard input or output.
111 Buttons:
113 1 press to map or unmap the Command widget
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116 ImageMagick(1)
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120 Copyright (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and
121 licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/Image‐
122 Magick-7/www/license.html or https://imagemagick.org/script/license.php
123ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 animate(1)