ImageMagick(1)             OpenBSD Reference Manual             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.Cl ick on the program name to get details on the program usage and
       a list of comman d-line options that alters how the program performs.
       If you are just getting acq uainted with ImageMagick, start at the top
       of the list, the convert program, and
        work your way down. Also be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial
       on how to
        use ImageMagick utilities to convert, compose, or edit images from the
       command- 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 optionally 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/local/share/doc/ImageMagick/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), quantize(5), miff(4)


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999-2012 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
       and licenses apply to this software, see
       file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMagick/www/license.html or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php



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