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