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®,  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/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/share/doc/imagemagick/www/license.html              or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

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