ImageMagick(1)                                     ImageMagick(1)



NAME
       ImageMagick  -  is a free software suite for the creation,
       modification and display of bitmap images.  convert input-
       file [options] output-file

OVERVIEW
       ImageMagickTM, version 6.2.0, is a free software suite for
       the creation, modification and display of  bitmap  images.
       It  can  read, convert and write images in a large variety
       of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be  changed,
       various  effects can be applied, images can be rotated and
       combined,  and  text,  lines,   polygons,   ellipses   and
       B\['e]zier curves can be added to images and stretched and
       rotated.

       ImageMagick is free software: it is  delivered  with  full
       source  code  and can be freely used, copied, modified and
       distributed. Its license is compatible with  the  GPL.  It
       runs on all major operating systems.

       Most  of  the  functionality  of  ImageMagick  can be used
       interactively from the command line; more often,  however,
       the  features  are  used from programs written in the pro-
       gramming languages Perl, C, C++, Python, PHP, Ruby, Tcl/Tk
       or  Java,  for  which  ready-made  ImageMagick  interfaces
       (PerlMagick, Magick++, PythonMagick, MagickWand  for  PHP,
       RMagick, TclMagick, and JMagick) are available. This makes
       it possible to modify or create images  automatically  and
       dynamically.

       ImageMagick  supports  many  image  formats (over 90 major
       formats) including popular formats like TIFF,  JPEG,  PNG,
       PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF.

       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 com-
       mand-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 get-
       ting 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 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 sepa-
              rate images. The images are tiled on the  composite
              image optionall adorned with a border, frame, image
              name, and more.

       compare

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

       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  out-
              puts  it as an image file. You can capture a single
              window, the entire screen, or any rectangular  por-
              tion of the screen.

       conjure

              interprets and executes scripts written in the Mag-
              ick Scripting Language (MSL).

              For more information about the  ImageMagick,  point
              your                   browser                   to
              file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMag-
              ick-6.2.9/index.html     or    http://www.imagemag-
              ick.org/.

SEE-ALSO
       convert(1), identify(1),  composite(1),  montage(1),  com-
       pare(1),  display(1),  animate(1),  import(1), conjure(1),
       quantize(5), miff(4)


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999-2006 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional
       copyrights  and  licenses  apply  to  this  software,  see
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php



ImageMagick         Date: 2005/03/01 01:00:00      ImageMagick(1)