1import(1)                   General Commands Manual                  import(1)
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NAME

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. The window to capture is selected by
9       clicking the desired window or a program option.
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SYNOPSIS

12       magick import [options] output-file
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OVERVIEW

15       The import program is a member of the ImageMagick(1)  suite  of  tools.
16       Use  it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image
17       to a file.
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19       For more information about the import command, point  your  browser  to
20       file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-7/www/import.html  or  https://image
21       magick.org/script/import.php.
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DESCRIPTION

24       Image Settings:
25         -adjoin              join images into a single multi-image file
26         -border              include window border in the output image
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
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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
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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                               root selects the whole screen
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82       Image Operators:
83         -annotate geometry text
84                              annotate the image with text
85         -channel mask        set the image channel mask
86         -colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
87         -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
88         -extent geometry     set the image size
89         -geometry geometry   preferred size or location of the image
90         -help                print program options
91         -monochrome          transform image to black and white
92         -negate              replace each pixel with its complementary color
93         -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
94         -resize geometry     resize the image
95         -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
96         -strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
97         -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
98         -transparent color   make this color transparent within the image
99         -trim                trim image edges
100         -type type           image type
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102       Miscellaneous Options:
103         -debug events        display copious debugging information
104         -help                print program options
105         -log format          format of debugging information
106         -list type           print a list of supported option arguments
107         -version             print version information
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109       By default, 'file' is written in the Postscript image format.  To spec‐
110       ify  a particular image format, precede the filename with an image for‐
111       mat name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type  as  the
112       filename  suffix  (i.e.  image.ps).  Specify 'file' as '-' for standard
113       input or output.
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SEE ALSO

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
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