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182<h1>ImageMagick Composite Command-line Tool</h1>
183<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#usage">Example Usage</a> &bull; <a href="#options">Option Summary</a>]</p>
184
185<p>Use the <kbd>composite</kbd> program to overlap one image over another.  See <a href="/www/command-line-processing.html">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <kbd>composite</kbd> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p>
186
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188  <h2><a id="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2>
189</div>
190
191<p>We list a few examples of the <kbd>composite</kbd> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use.  To get started, lets overlay a smiley face over a rose:</p>
192
193<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>composite -gravity center smile.gif  rose: rose-over.png</span></p>
194<div class="image">
195<p>
196  <a href="/images/smile.gif"><img src="/images/smile.gif" width="48" height="48" alt="smile" /></a>
197  <img src="/images/over.gif" width="56" height="46" alt="over" />
198  <a href="/images/rose.jpg"><img src="/images/rose.jpg" width="70" height="46" alt="rose" /></a>
199  <img style="margin-top:13px; margin-bottom:13px;" src="/images/right.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="==>" />
200  <a href="/images/rose-over.png"><img src="/images/rose-over.png" width="70" height="46" alt="rose" /></a>
201</p>
202</div>
203
204<p>You can create three-dimensional effect with the <em>Atop</em>:</p>
205
206<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>convert -size 70x70 xc:none -fill red -draw 'circle 35,35 10,30' red-circle.png</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>convert -size 70x70 xc:none -draw 'circle 35,35 35,20' -negate \ <br/>
207  -channel A -gaussian-blur 0x8 white-highlight.png</span><span class='crtout'></span><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>composite -compose atop -geometry -13-17 white-highlight.png red-circle.png red-ball.png</span></p>
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210<p>
211  <a href="/images/white-highlight.png"><img src="/images/white-highlight.png" width="70" height="70" alt="white highlight" /></a>
212  <img src="/images/atop.gif" width="56" height="70" alt="atop" />
213  <a href="/images/red-circle.png"><img src="/images/red-circle.png" width="70" height="70" alt="red circle" /></a>
214  <img style="margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:25px;" src="/images/right.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="==>" />
215  <a href="/images/red-ball.png"><img src="/images/red-ball.png" width="70" height="70" alt="red ball" /></a>
216</p>
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218
219<p>You can find additional examples of using <kbd>composite</kbd> in <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a>.  You can find out more about them and the mathematics by looking at <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG12/rendering.html">SVG Alpha Compositing</a></p>
220
221<div style="margin: auto;">
222  <h2><a id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2>
223</div>
224
225<p>The <kbd>composite</kbd> command recognizes these options.  Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p>
226
227<table class="doc">
228  <tbody>
229  <tr>
230    <th align="left">Option</th>
231    <th align="left">Description</th>
232  </tr>
233
234  <tr>
235    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#affine">-affine <em class="option">matrix</em></a></td>
236    <td valign="top">affine transform matrix</td>
237  </tr>
238
239  <tr>
240    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#alpha">-alpha</a></td>
241    <td valign="top">on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy",
242transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel</td>
243  </tr>
244
245  <tr>
246    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#authenticate">-authenticate <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
247    <td valign="top">decrypt image with this password</td>
248  </tr>
249
250  <tr>
251    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#blend">-blend <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
252    <td valign="top">blend images</td>
253  </tr>
254
255  <tr>
256    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#blue-primary">-blue-primary <em class="option">point</em></a></td>
257    <td valign="top">chromaticity blue primary point</td>
258  </tr>
259
260
261  <tr>
262    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#border">-border <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
263    <td valign="top">surround image with a border of color</td>
264  </tr>
265
266  <tr>
267    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#bordercolor">-bordercolor <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
268    <td valign="top">border color</td>
269  </tr>
270
271  <tr>
272    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
273    <td valign="top">apply option to select image channels</td>
274  </tr>
275
276  <tr>
277    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
278    <td valign="top">preferred number of colors in the image</td>
279  </tr>
280
281  <tr>
282    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
283    <td valign="top">set image colorspace</td>
284  </tr>
285
286  <tr>
287    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
288    <td valign="top">annotate image with comment</td>
289  </tr>
290
291  <tr>
292    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#compose">-compose <em class="option">operator</em></a></td>
293    <td valign="top">set image composite operator</td>
294  </tr>
295
296  <tr>
297    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
298    <td valign="top">image compression type</td>
299  </tr>
300
301  <tr>
302    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td>
303    <td valign="top">display copious debugging information</td>
304  </tr>
305
306  <tr>
307    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#decipher">-decipher <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
308    <td valign="top">convert cipher pixels to plain</td>
309  </tr>
310
311  <tr>
312    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#define">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td>
313    <td valign="top">define one or more image format options</td>
314  </tr>
315
316  <tr>
317    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#density">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
318    <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical density of the image</td>
319  </tr>
320
321  <tr>
322    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
323    <td valign="top">image depth</td>
324  </tr>
325
326  <tr>
327    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#displace">-displace <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
328    <td valign="top">shift image pixels defined by a displacement map</td>
329  </tr>
330
331  <tr>
332    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#dissolve">-dissolve <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
333    <td valign="top">dissolve the two images a given percent</td>
334  </tr>
335
336  <tr>
337    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#dither">-dither  <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
338    <td valign="top">apply error diffusion to image</td>
339  </tr>
340
341  <tr>
342    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
343    <td valign="top">convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td>
344  </tr>
345
346  <tr>
347    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
348    <td valign="top">text encoding type</td>
349  </tr>
350
351  <tr>
352    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
353    <td valign="top">endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td>
354  </tr>
355
356  <tr>
357    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#extract">-extract <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
358    <td valign="top">extract area from image</td>
359  </tr>
360
361  <tr>
362    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
363    <td valign="top">use this filter when resizing an image</td>
364  </tr>
365
366  <tr>
367    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#font">-font <em class="option">name</em></a></td>
368    <td valign="top">render text with this font</td>
369  </tr>
370
371  <tr>
372    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
373    <td valign="top">preferred size or location of the image</td>
374  </tr>
375
376  <tr>
377    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
378    <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical text placement</td>
379  </tr>
380
381  <tr>
382    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#green-primary">-green-primary <em class="option">point</em></a></td>
383    <td valign="top">chromaticity green primary point</td>
384  </tr>
385
386  <tr>
387    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td>
388    <td valign="top">print program options</td>
389  </tr>
390
391  <tr>
392    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td>
393    <td valign="top">identify the format and characteristics of the image</td>
394  </tr>
395
396  <tr>
397    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
398    <td valign="top">type of image interlacing scheme</td>
399  </tr>
400
401  <tr>
402    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
403    <td valign="top">pixel color interpolation method</td>
404  </tr>
405
406  <tr>
407    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#label">-label <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
408    <td valign="top">assign a label to an image</td>
409  </tr>
410
411  <tr>
412    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#level">-level <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
413    <td valign="top">adjust the level of image contrast</td>
414  </tr>
415
416  <tr>
417    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td>
418    <td valign="top">pixel cache resource limit</td>
419  </tr>
420
421  <tr>
422    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#log">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td>
423    <td valign="top">format of debugging information</td>
424  </tr>
425
426  <tr>
427    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td>
428    <td valign="top">monitor progress</td>
429  </tr>
430
431  <tr>
432    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td>
433    <td valign="top">transform image to black and white</td>
434  </tr>
435
436  <tr>
437    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td>
438    <td valign="top">replace each pixel with its complementary color </td>
439  </tr>
440
441  <tr>
442    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#page">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
443    <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td>
444  </tr>
445
446  <tr>
447    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#pointsize">-pointsize <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
448    <td valign="top">font point size</td>
449  </tr>
450
451  <tr>
452    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#profile">-profile <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
453    <td valign="top">add, delete, or apply an image profile</td>
454  </tr>
455
456  <tr>
457    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
458    <td valign="top">JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td>
459  </tr>
460
461  <tr>
462    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <em class="option">colorspace</em></a></td>
463    <td valign="top">reduce image colors in this colorspace</td>
464  </tr>
465
466  <tr>
467    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td>
468    <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td>
469  </tr>
470
471  <tr>
472    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#red-primary">-red-primary <em class="option">point</em></a></td>
473    <td valign="top">chromaticity red primary point</td>
474  </tr>
475
476  <tr>
477    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td>
478    <td valign="top">pay attention to warning messages.</td>
479  </tr>
480
481  <tr>
482    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td>
483    <td valign="top">settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td>
484  </tr>
485
486  <tr>
487    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td>
488    <td valign="top">apply Paeth rotation to the image</td>
489  </tr>
490
491  <tr>
492    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
493    <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td>
494  </tr>
495
496  <tr>
497    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
498    <td valign="top">image scene number</td>
499  </tr>
500
501  <tr>
502    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
503    <td valign="top">seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td>
504  </tr>
505
506  <tr>
507    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#set">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td>
508    <td valign="top">set an image attribute</td>
509  </tr>
510
511  <tr>
512    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#sharpen">-sharpen <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
513    <td valign="top">sharpen the image</td>
514  </tr>
515
516  <tr>
517    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#shave">-shave <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
518    <td valign="top">shave pixels from the image edges</td>
519  </tr>
520
521  <tr>
522    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#size">-size <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
523    <td valign="top">width and height of image</td>
524  </tr>
525
526  <tr>
527    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#stegano">-stegano <em>offset</em></a></td>
528    <td valign="top">hide watermark within an image</td>
529  </tr>
530
531  <tr>
532    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#stereo">-stereo <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
533    <td valign="top">combine two image to create a stereo anaglyph</td>
534  </tr>
535
536  <tr>
537    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td>
538    <td valign="top">strip image of all profiles and comments</td>
539  </tr>
540
541  <tr>
542    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#swap">-swap <em class="option">indexes</em></a></td>
543    <td valign="top">swap two images in the image sequence</td>
544  </tr>
545
546  <tr>
547    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td>
548    <td valign="top">synchronize image to storage device</td>
549  </tr>
550
551  <tr>
552    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td>
553    <td valign="top">mark the image as modified</td>
554  </tr>
555
556  <tr>
557    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#thumbnail">-thumbnail <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
558    <td valign="top">create a thumbnail of the image</td>
559  </tr>
560
561  <tr>
562    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#tile">-tile</a></td>
563    <td valign="top">repeat composite operation across and down image</td>
564  </tr>
565
566  <tr>
567    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#transform">-transform</a></td>
568    <td valign="top">affine transform image</td>
569  </tr>
570
571  <tr>
572    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
573    <td valign="top">transparent color</td>
574  </tr>
575
576  <tr>
577    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#treedepth">-treedepth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
578    <td valign="top">color tree depth</td>
579  </tr>
580
581  <tr>
582    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#type">-type <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
583    <td valign="top">image type</td>
584  </tr>
585
586  <tr>
587    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#units">-units <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
588    <td valign="top">the units of image resolution</td>
589  </tr>
590
591  <tr>
592    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#unsharp">-unsharp <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
593    <td valign="top">sharpen the image</td>
594  </tr>
595
596  <tr>
597    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td>
598    <td valign="top">print detailed information about the image</td>
599  </tr>
600
601  <tr>
602    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td>
603    <td valign="top">print version information</td>
604  </tr>
605
606  <tr>
607    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
608    <td valign="top">access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td>
609  </tr>
610
611  <tr>
612    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#watermark">-watermark <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
613    <td valign="top">percent brightness and saturation of a watermark</td>
614  </tr>
615
616  <tr>
617    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#white-point">-white-point <em class="option">point</em></a></td>
618    <td valign="top">chromaticity white point</td>
619  </tr>
620
621  <tr>
622    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#white-threshold">-white-threshold <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
623    <td valign="top">force all pixels above the threshold into white</td>
624  </tr>
625
626  <tr>
627    <td valign="top"><a href="/www/command-line-options.html#write">-write <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
628    <td valign="top">write images to this file</td>
629  </tr>
630
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