ImageMagick(1)                                                                                                    ImageMagick(1)



NAME
       ImageMagick - is a free software suite for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images.

SYNOPSIS
       convert input-file [options] output-file

OVERVIEW
       ImageMagick(R),  is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in
       a variety of formats (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and  DPX.  Use  ImageMagick  to
       translate,  flip,  mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects,
       or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and B\['e]zier curves.

       ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution or as source code that you can  freely  use,
       copy, modify, and distribute. Its license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all major operating systems.

       The  functionality  of  ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command line or you can use the features from programs
       written in your favorite programming language. Choose from these interfaces: MagickCore  (C),  MagickWand  (C),  ChMagick
       (Ch),  Magick++  (C++),  JMagick  (Java),  L-Magick  (Lisp), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP
       (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify
       or create images automagically and dynamically.

       ImageMagick  includes  a  number  of command-line utilities for manipulating images. Most of you are probably accustom to
       editing images one at a time with a graphical user interface (GUI) with such programs as gimp or  Photoshop.  However,  a
       GUI is not always convenient. Suppose you want to process an image dynamically from a web script or you want to apply the
       same operations to many images or repeat a specific operation at different times to the  same  or  different  image.  For
       these types of operations, the command-line image processing utility is appropriate.

       In  the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line tool.Click on the program name to get details on
       the program usage and a list of command-line options that alters how the  program  performs.  If  you  are  just  getting
       acquianted  with  ImageMagick, start at the top of the list, the convert program, and work your way dowm. Also be sure to
       peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial on how to use ImageMagick utilities to convert, compose, or edit images from  the  com-
       mand-line.

       convert

              convert  between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-
              sample, and much more.

       identify

              describes the format and characteristics of one or more image files.

       mogrify

              resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more. Mogrify  overwrites
              the original image file, whereas, convert writes to a different image file.

       composite

              overlaps one image over another.

       montage

              create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image option-
              all adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

       compare

              mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction..


       stream

              is a lightweight tool to stream one or more pixel components of the image or portion of the image to  your  choice
              of  storage  formats.  It writes the pixel components as they are read from the input image a row at a time making
              stream desirable when working with large images or when you require raw pixel components.


       display

              displays an image or image sequence on any X server.

       animate

              animates an image sequence on any X server.

       import

              saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can  capture  a  single  window,  the
              entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen.

       conjure

              interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL).

       For  more  information about the ImageMagick, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.6.4/index.html or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/.

SEE ALSO
       convert(1), identify(1), composite(1), montage(1),  compare(1),  display(1),  animate(1),  import(1),  conjure(1),  quan-
       tize(5), miff(4)


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  1999-2010  ImageMagick  Studio  LLC.  Additional  copyrights  and  licenses  apply  to this software, see
       file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.6.4/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php



ImageMagick                                         Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00                                     ImageMagick(1)