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See <a href="command-line-processing.php">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <code>animate</code> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p> 58 59<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2> 60 61<p>We list a few examples of the <code>animate</code> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets animate an image sequence in the GIF format:</p> 62 63<pre> 64animate movie.gif 65</pre> 66 67<p>To animate a directory of JPEG images, use:</p> 68 69<pre> 70animate *.jpg 71</pre> 72 73<p>You can find additional examples of using <code>animate</code> in <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/#animate">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p> 74 75 76<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2> 77 78<p>The <code>animate</code> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p> 79 80<table class="table table-condensed table-striped"> 81 <tbody> 82 <tr> 83 <th align="left">Option</th> 84 <th align="left">Description</th> 85 </tr> 86 87 <tr> 88 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#alpha">-alpha</a></td> 89 <td>on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy", 90transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel</td> 91 </tr> 92 93 <tr> 94 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#antialias">-antialias</a></td> 95 <td>remove pixel-aliasing</td> 96 </tr> 97 98 <tr> 99 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#authenticate">-authenticate <var>value</var></a></td> 100 <td>decrypt image with this password</td> 101 </tr> 102 103 <tr> 104 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#backdrop">-backdrop</a></td> 105 <td>background color</td> 106 </tr> 107 108 <tr> 109 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#background">-background <var>color</var></a></td> 110 <td>background color</td> 111 </tr> 112 113 <tr> 114 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#border">-border <var>geometry</var></a></td> 115 <td>surround image with a border of color</td> 116 </tr> 117 118 <tr> 119 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#bordercolor">-bordercolor <var>color</var></a></td> 120 <td>border color</td> 121 </tr> 122 123 <tr> 124 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#channel">-channel <var>type</var></a></td> 125 <td>apply option to select image channels</td> 126 </tr> 127 128 <tr> 129 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#clip">-clip</a></td> 130 <td>clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile</td> 131 </tr> 132 133 <tr> 134 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#clip-path">-clip-path <var>id</var></a></td> 135 <td>clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile</td> 136 </tr> 137 138 <tr> 139 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#coalesce">-coalesce</a></td> 140 <td>merge a sequence of images</td> 141 </tr> 142 143 <tr> 144 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#colormap">-colormap <var>type</var></a></td> 145 <td>Shared or Private</td> 146 </tr> 147 148 <tr> 149 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#colors">-colors <var>value</var></a></td> 150 <td>preferred number of colors in the image</td> 151 </tr> 152 153 <tr> 154 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#colorspace">-colorspace <var>type</var></a></td> 155 <td>set image colorspace</td> 156 </tr> 157 158 <tr> 159 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#comment">-comment <var>string</var></a></td> 160 <td>annotate image with comment</td> 161 </tr> 162 163 <tr> 164 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#compress">-compress <var>type</var></a></td> 165 <td>image compression type</td> 166 </tr> 167 168 <tr> 169 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#contrast">-contrast</a></td> 170 <td>enhance or reduce the image contrast</td> 171 </tr> 172 173 <tr> 174 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#crop">-crop <var>geometry</var></a></td> 175 <td>preferred size and location of the cropped image</td> 176 </tr> 177 178 <tr> 179 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#debug">-debug <var>events</var></a></td> 180 <td>animate copious debugging information</td> 181 </tr> 182 183 <tr> 184 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#decipher">-decipher <var>filename</var></a></td> 185 <td>convert cipher pixels to plain</td> 186 </tr> 187 188 <tr> 189 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#define">-define <var>format:option</var></a></td> 190 <td>define one or more image format options</td> 191 </tr> 192 193 <tr> 194 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#delay">-delay <var>value</var></a></td> 195 <td>animate the next image after pausing</td> 196 </tr> 197 198 <tr> 199 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#density">-density <var>geometry</var></a></td> 200 <td>horizontal and vertical density of the image</td> 201 </tr> 202 203 <tr> 204 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#depth">-depth <var>value</var></a></td> 205 <td>image depth</td> 206 </tr> 207 208 <tr> 209 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#despeckle">-despeckle</a></td> 210 <td>reduce the speckles within an image</td> 211 </tr> 212 213 <tr> 214 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#animate">-display <var>server</var></a></td> 215 <td>get image or font from this X server</td> 216 </tr> 217 218 <tr> 219 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#dispose">-dispose <var>method</var></a></td> 220 <td>layer disposal method</td> 221 </tr> 222 223 <tr> 224 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#dither">-dither <var>method</var></a></td> 225 <td>apply error diffusion to image</td> 226 </tr> 227 228 <tr> 229 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#edge">-edge <var>radius</var></a></td> 230 <td>apply a filter to detect edges in the image</td> 231 </tr> 232 233 <tr> 234 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#endian">-endian <var>type</var></a></td> 235 <td>endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td> 236 </tr> 237 238 <tr> 239 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#enhance">-enhance</a></td> 240 <td>apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image</td> 241 </tr> 242 243 <tr> 244 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#extract">-extract <var>geometry</var></a></td> 245 <td>extract area from image</td> 246 </tr> 247 248 <tr> 249 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#filter">-filter <var>type</var></a></td> 250 <td>use this filter when resizing an image</td> 251 </tr> 252 253 <tr> 254 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#flatten">-flatten</a></td> 255 <td>flatten a sequence of images</td> 256 </tr> 257 258 <tr> 259 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#flip">-flip</a></td> 260 <td>flip image in the vertical direction</td> 261 </tr> 262 263 <tr> 264 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#flop">-flop</a></td> 265 <td>flop image in the horizontal direction</td> 266 </tr> 267 268 <tr> 269 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#frame">-frame <var>geometry</var></a></td> 270 <td>surround image with an ornamental border</td> 271 </tr> 272 273 <tr> 274 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#gamma">-gamma <var>value</var></a></td> 275 <td>level of gamma correction</td> 276 </tr> 277 278 <tr> 279 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#geometry">-geometry <var>geometry</var></a></td> 280 <td>preferred size or location of the image</td> 281 </tr> 282 283 <tr> 284 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#gravity">-gravity <var>geometry</var></a></td> 285 <td>horizontal and vertical backdrop placement</td> 286 </tr> 287 288 <tr> 289 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#help">-help</a></td> 290 <td>print program options</td> 291 </tr> 292 293 <tr> 294 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#identify">-identify</a></td> 295 <td>identify the format and characteristics of the image</td> 296 </tr> 297 298 <tr> 299 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#immutable">-immutable <var>type</var></a></td> 300 <td>prohibit image edits</td> 301 </tr> 302 303 <tr> 304 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#interlace">-interlace <var>type</var></a></td> 305 <td>type of image interlacing scheme</td> 306 </tr> 307 308 <tr> 309 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#interpolate">-interpolate <var>method</var></a></td> 310 <td>pixel color interpolation method</td> 311 </tr> 312 313 <tr> 314 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#label">-label <var>name</var></a></td> 315 <td>assign a label to an image</td> 316 </tr> 317 318 <tr> 319 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#limit">-limit <var>type value</var></a></td> 320 <td>pixel cache resource limit</td> 321 </tr> 322 323 <tr> 324 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#log">-log <var>format</var></a></td> 325 <td>format of debugging information</td> 326 </tr> 327 328 <tr> 329 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#map">-map <var>filename</var></a></td> 330 <td>transform image colors to match this set of colors</td> 331 </tr> 332 333 <tr> 334 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#mattecolor">-mattecolor <var>color</var></a></td> 335 <td>frame color</td> 336 </tr> 337 338 <tr> 339 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#monitor">-monitor</a></td> 340 <td>monitor progress</td> 341 </tr> 342 343 <tr> 344 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td> 345 <td>transform image to black and white</td> 346 </tr> 347 348 <tr> 349 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#negate">-negate</a></td> 350 <td>replace each pixel with its complementary color </td> 351 </tr> 352 353 <tr> 354 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#page">-page <var>geometry</var></a></td> 355 <td>size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td> 356 </tr> 357 358 <tr> 359 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#profile">-profile <var>filename</var></a></td> 360 <td>add, delete, or apply an image profile</td> 361 </tr> 362 363 <tr> 364 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#quantize">-quantize <var>colorspace</var></a></td> 365 <td>reduce image colors in this colorspace</td> 366 </tr> 367 368 <tr> 369 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#quiet">-quiet</a></td> 370 <td>suppress all warning messages</td> 371 </tr> 372 373 <tr> 374 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#raise">-raise <var>value</var></a></td> 375 <td>lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect</td> 376 </tr> 377 378 <tr> 379 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td> 380 <td>pay attention to warning messages.</td> 381 </tr> 382 383 <tr> 384 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#remote">-remote <var>command</var></a></td> 385 <td>execute a command in an remote animate process</td> 386 </tr> 387 388 <tr> 389 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#resample">-resample <var>geometry</var></a></td> 390 <td>change the resolution of an image</td> 391 </tr> 392 393 <tr> 394 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#resize">-resize <var>geometry</var></a></td> 395 <td>resize the image</td> 396 </tr> 397 398 <tr> 399 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td> 400 <td>settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td> 401 </tr> 402 403 <tr> 404 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#roll">-roll <var>geometry</var></a></td> 405 <td>roll an image vertically or horizontally</td> 406 </tr> 407 408 <tr> 409 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#rotate">-rotate <var>degrees</var></a></td> 410 <td>apply Paeth rotation to the image</td> 411 </tr> 412 413 <tr> 414 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#sample">-sample <var>geometry</var></a></td> 415 <td>scale image with pixel sampling</td> 416 </tr> 417 418 <tr> 419 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <var>geometry</var></a></td> 420 <td>horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td> 421 </tr> 422 423 <tr> 424 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#scene">-scene <var>value</var></a></td> 425 <td>image scene number</td> 426 </tr> 427 428 <tr> 429 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#segment">-segment <var>values</var></a></td> 430 <td>segment an image</td> 431 </tr> 432 433 <tr> 434 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#seed">-seed <var>value</var></a></td> 435 <td>seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td> 436 </tr> 437 438 <tr> 439 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#set">-set <var>attribute value</var></a></td> 440 <td>set an image attribute</td> 441 </tr> 442 443 <tr> 444 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#sharpen">-sharpen <var>geometry</var></a></td> 445 <td>sharpen the image</td> 446 </tr> 447 448 <tr> 449 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#size">-size <var>geometry</var></a></td> 450 <td>width and height of image</td> 451 </tr> 452 453 <tr> 454 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#strip">-strip</a></td> 455 <td>strip image of all profiles and comments</td> 456 </tr> 457 458 <tr> 459 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#thumbnail">-thumbnail <var>geometry</var></a></td> 460 <td>create a thumbnail of the image</td> 461 </tr> 462 463 <tr> 464 <td><a href="command-line-options.php#transparent-color">-transparent-color <var>color</var></a></td> 465 <td>transparent color</td> 466 </tr> 467 468 <tr> 469 <td><a 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