NAME

       animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.

SYNOPSIS

       animate [options] input-file

OVERVIEW

       The  animate  program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.  Use it to animate
       an image or image sequence on any X server.

       For   more   information   about   the   animate   command,   point   your   browser    to
       file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/animate.html                                    or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/animate.php.

DESCRIPTION

       Image Settings:
         -alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
                               transparent, extract, background, or shape
         -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
         -backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop
         -channel type        apply option to select image channels
         -colormap type       Shared or Private
         -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
         -decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
         -define format:option
                              define one or more image format options
         -delay value         display the next image after pausing
         -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
         -depth value         image depth
         -display server      display image to this X server
         -dispose method      layer disposal method
         -dither method       apply error diffusion to image
         -filter type         use this filter when resizing an image
         -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
         -gamma value         level of gamma correction
         -geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window
         -gravity type        horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
         -identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image
         -immutable           displayed image cannot be modified
         -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
         -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
         -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
         -loop iterations     loop images then exit
         -matte               store matte channel if the image has one
         -map type            display image using this Standard Colormap
         -monitor             monitor progress
         -pause               seconds to pause before reanimating
         -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
         -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
         -quiet               suppress all warning messages
         -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
         -remote command      execute a command in an remote display process
         -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
         -sampling-factor geometry
                              horizontal and vertical sampling factor
         -scenes range        image scene range
         -seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
         -set attribute value set an image attribute
         -size geometry       width and height of image
         -support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
         -transparent-color color
                              transparent color
         -treedepth value     color tree depth
         -verbose             print detailed information about the image
         -visual type         display image using this visual type
         -virtual-pixel method
                              virtual pixel access method
         -window id           display image to background of this window

       Image Operators:
         -colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
         -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
         -extract geometry    extract area from image
         -monochrome          transform image to black and white
         -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
         -resample geometry   change the resolution of an image
         -resize geometry     resize the image
         -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
         -strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
         -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
         -trim                trim image edges

       Image Sequence Operators:
         -coalesce            merge a sequence of images
         -flatten             flatten a sequence of images

       Miscellaneous Options:
         -debug events        display copious debugging information
         -help                print program options
         -log format          format of debugging information
         -list type           print a list of supported option arguments
         -version             print version information

       In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources  as  command
       line options:  -background, -bordercolor, -borderwidth, -font, -foreground, -iconGeometry,
       -iconic, -name, -mattecolor, -shared-memory, or -title.

       By default, the image format of `file' is determined by its magic number.   To  specify  a
       particular  image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e.
       ps:image) or specify the image type as  the  filename  suffix  (i.e.  image.ps).   Specify
       'file' as '-' for standard input or output.

       Buttons:
         1    press to map or unmap the Command widget

SEE ALSO

       ImageMagick(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply
       to   this   software,    see    file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/license.html    or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php