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73f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 74f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 75f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Without knowing much about the ImageMagick command line, you can probably figure out that the first command above converts an image in the JPEG format to one in the PNG format. However, very few may realize the second, more complex command, gives a flat two-dimensional label a three-dimensional look with rich textures and simulated depth:</p> 76f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 77f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<ul> 78f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar <a href="/images/label.gif"><img src="/images/label.gif" width="78" height="53" alt="label"></a> 79f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<img style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:17px;" src="/images/right.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="==>"> 80f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar <a href="/images/button.gif"> 81f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar <img src="/images/button.gif" width="78" height="53" alt="button"></a> 82f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</ul> 83f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 84f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p class="warn">[ <var>A quick word about our formatting of commands:</var> The second example above is long enough that the command must be written across several lines, so we formatted it for clarity by inserting backslashes (<code>\</code>). The backslash is the Unix <var>line continuation</var> character. In the Windows shell, use a carat character (<code>^</code>) for line continuation. We use the Unix style on these web pages, as above. Sometimes, however, the lines are wrapped by your browser if the browser window is small enough, but the command lines, shown in white, are still intended to be typed as one line. Line continuation characters need not be entered. The <var>parentheses</var> that are <var>escaped</var> above using the backslash are not escaped in Windows. There are some other differences between Windows and Unix (involving quotation marks, for instance), but we'll discuss some of those issues later, as they arise. </p> 85f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 86f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Here we show percent completion of a task as a shaded cylinder:</p> 87f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 88f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<ul> 89f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar <img src="/images/cylinder_shaded.png" width="320" height="200" alt="Shaded Cylinder"> 90f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</ul> 91f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 92f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Given the complexity of the rendering, you might be surprised it is accomplished by a single command-line:</p> 93f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 94f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 95f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainarconvert -size 320x90 canvas:none -stroke snow4 -size 1x90 -tile gradient:white-snow4 \ 96f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' +tile -fill snow \ 97f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse-green \ 98f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 180, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse1-chartreuse3 \ 99f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 140, 5, 180, 85 20,40' +tile -fill none \ 100f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -strokewidth 2 \ 101f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' \( +clone -background snow4 \ 102f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap -background none -layers merge \( +size -font Helvetica \ 103f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -pointsize 90 -strokewidth 1 -fill red label:'50 %' -trim +repage \( +clone \ 104f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -background firebrick3 -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap -background none -layers merge \) \ 105f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar -insert 0 -gravity center -append -background white -gravity center -extent 320x200 \ 106f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar cylinder_shaded.png 107f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 108f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 109f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>In the next sections we dissect the anatomy of the ImageMagick command line. Hopefully, after carefully reading and better understanding how the command line works, you should be able to accomplish complex image-processing tasks without resorting to the sometimes daunting <a href="api.html">program interfaces</a>.</p> 110f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 111f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>See <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a> for additional help when using ImageMagick from the command-line.</p> 112f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 113f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="anatomy"></a>The Anatomy of the Command Line</h2> 114f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>The ImageMagick command line consists of</p> 115f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 116f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<ol> 117f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>one or more required input filenames.</li> 118f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>zero, one, or more image settings.</li> 119f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>zero, one, or more image operators.</li> 120f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>zero, one, or more image sequence operators.</li> 121f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>zero, one, or more image stacks.</li> 122f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>zero or one output image filenames (required by 123f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="convert.html">convert</a>, 124f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="composite.html">composite</a>, 125f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="montage.html">montage</a>, 126f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="compare.html">compare</a>, 127f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="import.html">import</a>, 128f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<a href="conjure.html">conjure</a>). 129f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</li> 130f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar</ol> 131f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 132f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>You can find a detailed explanation of each of the constituent parts of the command line in the sections that follow.</p> 133f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 134f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="input"></a>Input Filename</h2> 135f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar 136f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<p>ImageMagick extends the concept of an input filename to include:</p> 137f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<ul> 138f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>filename globbing</li> 139f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>an explicit image format</li> 140f3ef5332fa3f4d5ec72c178a2b19dac363a19383Pirama Arumuga Nainar<li>using built-in images and patterns</li> 141de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>STDIN, STDOUT, and file descriptors</li> 142de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>selecting certain frames from an image</li> 143de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>selecting a region of an image</li> 144de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>forcing an inline image resize</li> 145de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>forcing an inline image crop</li> 146de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<li>using filename references</li> 147de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</ul> 148de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 149de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>These extensions are explained in the next few paragraphs.</p> 150de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 151de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Filename Globbing</h3> 152de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>In Unix shells, certain characters such as the asterisk (<code>*</code>) and question mark (<code>?</code>) automagically cause lists of filenames to be generated based on pattern matches. This feature is known as globbing. ImageMagick supports filename globbing for systems, such as Windows, that does not natively support it. For example, suppose you want to convert <code>1.jpg</code>, <code>2.jpg</code>, <code>3.jpg</code>, <code>4.jpg</code>, and <code>5.jpg</code> in your current directory to a GIF animation. You can conveniently refer to all of the JPEG files with this command: 153de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 154de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 155de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 156de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert *.jpg images.gif 157de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 158de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 159de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Explicit Image Format</h3> 160de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Images are stored in a myriad of image formats including 161de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarthe better known JPEG, PNG, TIFF and others. ImageMagick must know the format 162de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarof the image before it can be read and processed. Most formats have a 163de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarsignature within the image that uniquely identifies the format. Failing 164de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarthat, ImageMagick leverages the filename extension to determine the format. 165de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga NainarFor example, <code>image.jpg</code> or <code>image.JPG</code> tells ImageMagick 166de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarit is reading an image in the JPEG format. </p> 167de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 168de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar <p>In some cases the image may not contain a signature 169de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarand/or the filename does not identify the image format. In these cases an 170de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarexplicit image format must be specified. For example, suppose our image 171de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainaris named <code>image</code> and contains raw red, green, and blue intensity 172de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarvalues. ImageMagick has no way to automagically determine the image format 173de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarso we explicitly set one: 174de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 175de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 176de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 177de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert -size 640x480 -depth 8 rgb:image image.png 178de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 179de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 180de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Built-in Images and Patterns</h3> 181de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 182de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>ImageMagick has a number of built-in <a href="formats.html#builtin-images">images</a> and <a href="formats.html#builtin-patterns">patterns</a>. To utilize the checkerboard pattern, for example, use: 183de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 184de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 185de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 186de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert -size 640x480 pattern:checkerboard checkerboard.png 187de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 188de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 189de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>STDIN, STDOUT, and file descriptors</h3> 190de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Unix and Windows permit the output of one command to be piped to the input of another. ImageMagick permits image data to be read and written from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams">standard streams</a> STDIN (<var>standard in</var>) and STDOUT (<var>standard out</var>), respectively, using a pseudo-filename of <code>-</code>. In this example we pipe the output of 191de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar <a href="convert.html">convert</a> to the <a href="display.html">display</a> program: 192de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 193de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 194de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 195de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert logo: gif:- | display gif:- 196de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 197de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 198de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>The second explicit format "<code>gif:</code>" is optional in the preceding example. The GIF image format has a unique signature within the image so ImageMagick's <a href="display.html">display</a> command can readily recognize the format as GIF. The <a href="convert.html">convert</a> program also accepts STDIN as input in this way: 199de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 200de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 201de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 202de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert rose: gif:- | convert - -resize "200%" bigrose.jpg' 203de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 204de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 205de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Other pipes can be accessed via their <var>file descriptors</var> (as of version 6.4.9-3). The file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are reserved for the standard streams STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR, respectively, but a pipe associated with a file descriptor number <var>N</var>>2 can be accessed using the pseudonym <code>fd:</code><var>N</var>. (The pseudonyms <code>fd:0</code> and <code>fd:1</code> can be used for STDIN and STDOUT.) The next example shows how to append image data piped from files with descriptors 3 and 4 and direct the result to the file with descriptor number 5. 206de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 207de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 208de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 209de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert fd:3 fd:4 -append fd:5 210de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 211de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 212de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>When needed, explicit image formats can be given as mentioned earlier, as in the following. 213de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 214de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 215de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 216de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert gif:fd:3 jpg:fd:4 -append tif:fd:5 217de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 218de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 219de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Selecting Frames</h3> 220de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Some images formats contain more than one image frame. Perhaps you only want the first image, or the last, or some number of images in-between. You can specify which image frames to read by appending the image filename with the frame range enclosed in brackets. Here our image (an animated GIF) contains more than one frame but we only want the first: 221de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 222de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 223de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 224de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert 'images.gif[0]' image.png 225de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 226de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 227de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p class="warn">[Unix shells generally interpret brackets so we enclosed the filename in quotes above. 228de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga NainarIn a Windows command shell the brackets are not interpreted but using quotes doesn't hurt. However, in most cases the roles of single-quotes and double-quotes are reversed with respect to Unix and Windows, so Windows users should usually try double-quotes where we display single-quotes, and vice versa.] 229de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 230de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 231de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>You can read more than one image from a sequence with a frame range. For example, you can extract the first four frames of an image sequence: 232de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 233de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 234de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 235de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert 'images.gif[0-3]' images.mng 236de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 237de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 238de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Finally, you can read more than one image from a sequence, out-of-order. The next command gets the third image in the sequence, followed by the second, and then the fourth: 239de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 240de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 241de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 242de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert 'images.gif[3,2,4]' images.mng 243de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 244de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 245de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Notice that in the last two commands, a single image is written. The output in this case, where the image type is MNG, is a multi-frame file because the MNG format supports multiple frames. Had the output format been JPG, which only supports single frames, the output would have consisted of separate frames. More about that below, in the section about the <a href="command-line-processing.html#output">Output Filename</a>. 246de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 247de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 248de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Selecting an Image Region</h3> 249de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Raw images are a sequence of color intensities without additional meta information such as width, height, or image signature. With raw image formats, you must specify the image width and height but you can also specify a region of the image to read. In our example, the image is in the raw 8-bit RGB format and is 6000 pixels wide and 4000 pixels high. However, we only want a region of 600 by 400 near the center of the image: 250de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 251de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 252de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 253de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert -size 6000x4000 -depth 8 \ 254de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 'rgb:image[600x400+1900+2900]' image.jpg 255de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 256de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 257de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p> 258de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar You can get the same results with the <a href="command-line-options.html#extract">‑extract</a> option: 259de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 260de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 261de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 262de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert -size 6000x4000 -depth 8 \ 263de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar -extract 600x400+1900+2900 rgb:image image.jpg 264de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 265de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 266de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Inline Image Resize</h3> 267de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>It is sometimes convenient to resize an image as they are read. Suppose you have hundreds of large JPEG images you want to convert to a sequence of PNG thumbails: 268de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 269de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 270de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 271de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert '*.jpg' -resize 120x120 thumbnail%03d.png 272de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 273de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 274de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Here <var>all</var> the images are read and subsequently 275de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarresized. It is faster and less resource intensive to resize each image it 276de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainaris read: 277de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 278de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 279de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 280de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert '*.jpg[120x120]' thumbnail%03d.png 281de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 282de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 283de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Inline Image Crop</h3> 284de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>It is sometimes convenient to crop an image as they are read. Suppose you have hundreds of large JPEG images you want to convert to a sequence of PNG thumbails: 285de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 286de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 287de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 288de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert '*.jpg' -crop 120x120+10+5 thumbnail%03d.png 289de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 290de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 291de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>Here <var>all</var> the images are read and subsequently cropped. It is faster and less resource-intensive to crop each image as it is read: 292de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 293de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 294de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 295de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert '*.jpg[120x120+10+5]' thumbnail%03d.png 296de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 297de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 298de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 299de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<h3>Filename References</h3> 300de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 301de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>There are two methods to use a filename to reference other image filenames. 302de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga NainarThe first is with '<code>@</code>' which reads image filenames separated by white space from the specified file. Assume the file <code>myimages.txt</code> consists of a list of filenames, like so: 303de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</p> 304de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 305de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 306de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarframe001.jpg 307de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarframe002.jpg 308de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarframe003.jpg 309de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 310de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 311de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>We then expect this command:</p> 312de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 313de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 314de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarconvert @myimages.txt mymovie.gif 315de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 316de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 317de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>to read the images <code>frame001.jpg</code>, <code>frame002.jpg</code>, and <code>frame003.jpg</code> and convert them to a GIF image sequence. </p> 318de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<p>If the image path includes one or more spaces, enclose the path in quotes:</p> 319de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar<pre> 320de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar'my title.jpg' 321de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar</pre> 322de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 323de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar 324de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainar <p>Some ImageMagick command-line options may exceed the capabilities of 325de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainaryour command line processor. Windows, for example, limits command lines 326de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarto 8192 characters. If, for example, you have a draw option with polygon 327de2d8694e25a814696358e95141f4b1aa4d8847ePirama Arumuga Nainarpoints that exceed the command-line length limit, put the draw option instead 328in a file and reference the file with 329the <code>@</code> (e.g. <code>@mypoly.txt</code>).</p> 330 331<p>Another method of referring to other image files is by 332embedding a formatting character in the filename with a scene range. Consider 333the filename <code>image-%d.jpg[1-5]</code>. The command</p> 334 335<pre> 336convert image-%d.jpg[1-5] 337</pre> 338 339<p>causes ImageMagick to attempt to read images with these filenames: 340</p> 341 342<pre> 343image-1.jpg 344image-2.jpg 345image-3.jpg 346image-4.jpg 347image-5.jpg 348</pre> 349 350<h3>Stream Buffering</h3> 351<p>By default, the input stream is buffered. To ensure information on the source file or terminal is read as soon as its available, set the buffer size to 0:</p> 352 353<pre> 354convert logo: gif:- | display -define stream:buffer-size=0 gif:- 355</pre> 356 357<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="setting"></a>Image Setting</h2> 358 359<p>An image setting persists as it appears on the command line and may affect 360subsequent processing such as reading an image, an image operator, or when 361writing an image as appropriate. An image setting stays in effect until it 362is reset or the command line terminates. The image settings include:</p> 363 364<p class="options"> 365<a href="command-line-options.html#adjoin">‑adjoin</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#affine">‑affine</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#alpha">‑alpha</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#antialias">‑antialias</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#authenticate">‑authenticate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#background">‑background</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#bias">‑bias</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#black-point-compensation">‑black‑point‑compensation</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#blue-primary">‑blue‑primary</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#bordercolor">‑bordercolor</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#caption">‑caption</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#channel">‑channel</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#comment">‑comment</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#compress">‑compress</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#debug">‑debug</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#define">‑define</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#delay">‑delay</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#density">‑density</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#depth">‑depth</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#direction">‑direction</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#display">‑display</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#dispose">‑dispose</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#dither">‑dither</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#encoding">‑encoding</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#endian">‑endian</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#extract">‑extract</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#family">‑family</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#fill">‑fill</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#filter">‑filter</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#font">‑font</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#format">‑format</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#fuzz">‑fuzz</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#geometry">‑geometry</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">‑gravity</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#green-primary">‑green‑primary</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#interlace">‑interlace</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#intent">‑intent</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#interpolate">‑interpolate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#label">‑label</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#limit">‑limit</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#linewidth">‑linewidth</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#log">‑log</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#loop">‑loop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#mask">‑mask</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#mattecolor">‑mattecolor</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#monitor">‑monitor</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#orient">‑orient</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#page">‑page</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#pointsize">‑pointsize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#preview">‑preview</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#quality">‑quality</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">‑quiet</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#red-primary">‑red‑primary</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#region">‑region</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#render">‑render</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#repage">‑repage</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">‑sampling‑factor</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#scene">‑scene</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#seed">‑seed</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#size">‑size</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#stretch">‑stretch</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#stroke">‑stroke</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#strokewidth">‑strokewidth</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#style">‑style</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#texture">‑texture</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#tile">‑tile</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#transparent-color">‑transparent‑color</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#treedepth">‑treedepth</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#type">‑type</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#undercolor">‑undercolor</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#units">‑units</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#verbose">‑verbose</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">‑virtual‑pixel</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#weight">‑weight</a> </p> 366 367<p>In this example, <var>-channel</var> applies to each of the images, since, as we mentioned, settings persist: 368</p> 369 370<pre> 371convert -channel RGB wand.png wizard.png images.png 372</pre> 373 374<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="operator"></a>Image Operator</h2> 375 376<p>An image operator differs from a setting in that it affects the image 377immediately as it appears on the command line. An operator is 378any <a href="command-line-options.html">command line option</a> 379not listed as a <a href="command-line-processing.html#setting">image setting</a> 380or <a href="command-line-processing.html#sequence">image sequence operator</a>. Unlike an 381image setting, which persists until the command line terminates, 382an operator is applied to an image and forgotten. The image operators 383include:</p> 384 385<p class="options"> 386<a href="command-line-options.html#annotate">‑annotate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#black-threshold">‑black‑threshold</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#blur">‑blur</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#border">‑border</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#charcoal">‑charcoal</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#chop">‑chop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#clip">‑clip</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#clip-path">‑clip‑path</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#clip-mask">‑clip‑mask</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#colors">‑colors</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#colorize">‑colorize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#colorspace">‑colorspace</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#compose">‑compose</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#contrast">‑contrast</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#convolve">‑convolve</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#crop">‑crop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#cycle">‑cycle</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#despeckle">‑despeckle</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#draw">‑draw</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#edge">‑edge</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#emboss">‑emboss</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#enhance">‑enhance</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#equalize">‑equalize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#evaluate">‑evaluate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#extent">‑extent</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#flip">‑flip</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#flop">‑flop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#floodfill">‑floodfill</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#frame">‑frame</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#gamma">‑gamma</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#gaussian-blur">‑gaussian‑blur</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#implode">‑implode</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#lat">‑lat</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#level">‑level</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#map">‑map</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#median">‑median</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#modulate">‑modulate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#monochrome">‑monochrome</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#negate">‑negate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#noise">‑noise</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#normalize">‑normalize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#opaque">‑opaque</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#ordered-dither">‑ordered‑dither</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#paint">‑paint</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#posterize">‑posterize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#raise">‑raise</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#profile">‑profile</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#radial-blur">‑radial‑blur</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#raise">‑raise</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#random-threshold">‑random‑threshold</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#resample">‑resample</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#resize">‑resize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#roll">‑roll</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#rotate">‑rotate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sample">‑sample</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#scale">‑scale</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sepia-tone">‑sepia‑tone</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#segment">‑segment</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#shade">‑shade</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#shadow">‑shadow</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sharpen">‑sharpen</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#shave">‑shave</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#shear">‑shear</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sigmoidal-contrast">‑sigmoidal‑contrast</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#solarize">‑solarize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#splice">‑splice</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#spread">‑spread</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#strip">‑strip</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#swirl">‑swirl</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#threshold">‑threshold</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#transparent">‑transparent</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#thumbnail">‑thumbnail</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#tint">‑tint</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#transform">‑transform</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#trim">‑trim</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#unsharp">‑unsharp</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#version">‑version</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#wave">‑wave</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#white-point">‑white‑point</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#white-threshold">‑white‑threshold</a> </p> 387 388<p>In this example, <var>-negate</var> negates the wand image but not the wizard:</p> 389 390<pre> 391convert wand.png -negate wizard.png images.png 392</pre> 393 394<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="sequence"></a>Image Sequence Operator</h2> 395 396<p>An image sequence operator differs from a setting in that it affects an 397image sequence immediately as it appears on the command line. Choose from 398these image sequence operators:</p> 399 400<p class="options"> 401<a href="command-line-options.html#append">‑append</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#affinity">‑affinity</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#average">‑average</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#clut">‑clut</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#coalesce">‑coalesce</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#combine">‑combine</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#compare">‑compare</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#complex">‑complex</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#composite">‑composite</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#crop">‑crop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#debug">‑debug</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#deconstruct">‑deconstruct</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#delete">‑delete</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#evaluate-sequence">‑evaluate‑sequence</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#fft">‑fft</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#flatten">‑flatten</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#fx">‑fx</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#hald-clut">‑hald‑clut</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#ift">‑ift</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#identify">‑identify</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#insert">‑insert</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#layers">‑layers</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#limit">‑limit</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#map">‑map</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#maximum">‑maximum</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#minimum">‑minimum</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#morph">‑morph</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#mosaic">‑mosaic</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#optimize">‑optimize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#print">‑print</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#process">‑process</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">‑quiet</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#separate">‑separate</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#swap">‑swap</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#write">‑write</a> </p> 402 403<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="geometry"></a>Image Geometry</h2> 404 405<p>Many command-line options take a <var>geometry</var> argument 406to specify such things as the desired width and height of an image and other 407dimensional quantities. Because users want so many variations on the resulting 408dimensions, sizes, and positions of images (and because ImageMagick wants to 409provide them), the <var>geometry</var> argument can take many 410forms. We describe many of these in this section. </p> 411 412<p>The image options and settings that take some form of 413a <var>geometry</var> argument include the following. 414Keep in mind that some of these parse their arguments in slightly 415different ways. See the documentation for the individual option or 416setting for more specifics.</p> 417 418<p class="options" style="text-align:justify"> 419<a href="command-line-options.html#adaptive-resize">‑adaptive‑resize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#border">‑border</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#borderwidth">‑borderwidth</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#chop">‑chop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#crop">‑crop</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#density">‑density</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#extent">‑extent</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#extract">‑extract</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#frame">‑frame</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#geometry">‑geometry</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#iconGeometry">‑iconGeometry</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#liquid-rescale">‑liquid‑rescale</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#page">‑page</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#region">‑region</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#repage">‑repage</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#resize">‑resize</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#sample">‑sample</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#scale">‑scale</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#shave">‑shave</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#splice">‑splice</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#thumbnail">‑thumbnail</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#window">‑window</a> </p> 420 421<p>The <var>geometry</var> argument might take any of the forms listed in the table below. These will described in more detail in the subsections following the table. The usual form is <var>size</var>[<var>offset</var>], meaning <var>size</var> is required and <var>offset</var> is optional. Occasionally, [<var>size</var>]<var>offset</var> is possible. In no cases are spaces permitted within the <var>geometry</var> argument.</p> 422 423 424<div class="table-responsive"> 425<table class="table table-condensed table-striped"> 426 <col width="20%"> <col width="80%"> 427 <thead> 428 <tr> 429 <th style="text-align:center"><var>size</var></th> 430 <th>General description (actual behavior can vary for different options and settings)</th> 431 </tr> 432 </thead> 433 <tbody> 434 <tr> 435 <td><var>scale</var>%</td> 436 <td>Height and width both scaled by specified percentage.</td> 437 </tr> 438 <tr> 439 <td><var>scale-x</var>%x<var>scale-y</var>%</td> 440 <td>Height and width individually scaled by specified percentages. (Only one % symbol needed.)</td> 441 </tr> 442 <tr> 443 <td><var>width</var></td> 444 <td>Width given, height automagically selected to preserve aspect ratio.</td> 445 </tr> 446 <tr> 447 <td>x<var>height</var></td> 448 <td>Height given, width automagically selected to preserve aspect ratio.</td> 449 </tr> 450 <tr> 451 <td><var>width</var>x<var>height</var></td> 452 <td>Maximum values of height and width given, aspect ratio preserved.</td> 453 </tr> 454 <tr> 455 <td><var>width</var>x<var>height</var>^</td> 456 <td>Minimum values of width and height given, aspect ratio preserved.</td> 457 </tr> 458 <tr> 459 <td><var>width</var>x<var>height</var>!</td> 460 <td>Width and height emphatically given, original aspect ratio ignored.</td> 461 </tr> 462 <tr> 463 <td><var>width</var>x<var>height</var>></td> 464 <td>Shrinks an image with dimension(s) <b>larger</b> than the corresponding <var>width</var> and/or <var>height</var> argument(s).</td> 465 </tr> 466 <tr> 467 <td><var>width</var>x<var>height</var><</td> 468 <td>Enlarges an image with dimension(s) <b>smaller</b> than the corresponding <var>width</var> and/or <var>height</var> argument(s).</td> 469 </tr> 470 <tr> 471 <td><var>area</var>@</td> 472 <td>Resize image to have specified area in pixels. Aspect ratio is preserved.</td> 473 </tr> 474 <tr> 475 <td>{<var>size</var>}{<var>offset</var>}</td> 476 <td>Specifying the <var>offset</var> (default is <code>+0+0</code>). Below, {<var>size</var>} refers to any of the forms above.</td> 477 </tr> 478 <tr> 479 <td>{<var>size</var>}{<var>+-</var>}<var>x</var>{<var>+-</var>}<var>y</var></td> 480 <td>Horizontal and vertical offsets <var>x</var> and <var>y</var>, specified in pixels. Signs are required for both. Offsets are affected by <a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">‑gravity</a> setting. Offsets are not affected by <code>%</code> or other <var>size</var> operators.</td> 481 </tr> 482 </tbody> 483</table></div> 484 485 486<h3>Basic adjustments to width and height; the operators <code>%</code>, <code>^</code>, and <code>!</code> </h3> 487<p>Here, just below, are a few simple examples of <var>geometry</var>, showing how it might be used as an argument to the <a href="command-line-options.html#resize">‑resize</a> option. We'll use the internal image <code>logo:</code> for our input image. 488<a href="/images/logo.png"> 489This fine image</a> is 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels high. We say its <var>dimensions</var> are 640x480. When we give dimensions of an image, the width (the horizontal dimension) always precedes the height (the vertical dimension). This will be true when we speak of coordinates or <var>offsets</var> into an image, which will always be <var>x</var>–value followed by <var>y</var>. Just think of your high school algebra classes and the <var>xy</var>–plane. (Well, almost: our <var>y</var>–axis will always go downward!) 490</p> 491 492<pre> 493convert logo: -resize '200%' bigWiz.png 494convert logo: -resize '200x50%' longShortWiz.png 495convert logo: -resize '100x200' notThinWiz.png 496convert logo: -resize '100x200^' biggerNotThinWiz.png 497convert logo: -resize '100x200!' dochThinWiz.png 498</pre> 499 500<p>The first of the four commands is simple—it stretches both the width and height of the input image by <code>200%</code> in each direction; it magnifies the whole thing by a factor of two. The second command specifies different percentages for each direction, stretching the width to <code>200</code>% and squashing the height to <code>50%</code>. The resulting image (in this example) has dimensions 1280x240. Notice that the percent symbol needn't be repeated; the following are equivalent: <code>200x50%</code>, <code>200%x50</code>, <code>200%x50%</code>. 501</p> 502 503<p>By default, the width and height given in a <var>geometry</var> argument are <var>maximum</var> values unless a percentage is specified. That is, the image is expanded or contracted to fit the specified width and height value while maintaining the <var>aspect ratio</var> (the ratio of its height to its width) of the image. For instance, the third command above "tries" to set the dimensions to <code>100x200</code>. Imagine gradually shrinking the original image (which is 640x480), keeping is aspect ratio constant, until it just fits into a 100x200 rectangle. Since the image is longer than it is tall, it will fit when its width shrinks to 100 pixels. To preserve the aspect ratio, the height will therefore have to be (480/640)×100 pixels=75 pixels, so the final dimensions will be 100x75.</p> 504 505<p> Notice that in the previous example, at least one of the specified dimensions will be attained (in this case, the width, 100 pixels). The resulting image fits snugly within the original. One can do just the opposite of this by invoking the <code>^</code> operator, as in the fourth example above. In that case, when <code>100x200^</code> is given as the argument, again at least one of the dimensions will be attained, but in this case the resulting image can snugly contain the original. Here the <var>geometry</var> argument gives <var>minimum</var> values. In our example, the height will become 200 and the width will be scaled to preserve the aspect ratio, becoming (640/480)×200 pixels=267 pixels. With the <code>^</code> operator, one of those dimensions will match the requested size, but the image will likely overflow the dimensions requested to preserve its aspect ratio. (The <code>^</code> feature is new as of IM 6.3.8-2.)</p> 506 507<p>We see that ImageMagick is very good about preserving aspect ratios of images, to prevent distortion of your favorite photos and images. But you might really want the dimensions to be <code>100x200</code>, thereby stretching the image. In this case just tell ImageMagick you really mean it (!) by appending an exclamation operator to the geometry. This will force the image size to exactly what you specify. So, for example, if you specify <code>100x200!</code> the dimensions will become exactly 100x200 (giving a small, vertically elongated wizard).</p> 508 509<h3>Bounding the width, height, and area; the operators <code>></code>, <code><</code>, and <code>@</code> </h3> 510<p> 511Here are a few more examples: 512</p> 513 514<pre> 515convert logo: -resize '100' wiz1.png 516convert logo: -resize 'x200' wiz2.png 517convert logo: -resize '100x200>' wiz3.png 518convert logo: -resize '100x200<' wiz4.png 519</pre> 520 521<p>If only one dimension is given it is taken to be the width. When only the width is specified, as in the first example above, the width is accepted as given and the height is chosen to maintain the aspect ratio of the input image. Similarly, if only the height is specified, as in the second example above, the height is accepted and the width is chosen to maintain the aspect ratio.</p> 522 523 524<p>Use <code>></code> to shrink an image <var>only</var> if its dimension(s) are <b>larger</b> than the corresponding <var>width</var> and/or <var>height</var> arguments. Use <code><</code> to enlarge an image <var>only</var> if its dimension(s) are <b>smaller</b> than the corresponding <var>width</var> and/or <var>height</var> arguments. In either case, if a change is made, the result is as if the <code>></code> or <code><</code> operator was not present. So, in the third example above, we specified <code>100x200></code> and the original image size is 640x480, so the image size is reduced as if we had specified <code>100x200</code>. However, in the fourth example above, there will be no change to its size.</p> 525 526<p>Finally, use <code>@</code> to specify the maximum area in pixels of an image, again while attempting to preserve aspect ratio. (Pixels take only integer values, so some approximation is always at work.) In the following example, an area of 10000 pixels is requested. The resulting file has dimensions 115x86, which has 9890 pixels. </p> 527 528<pre> 529convert logo: -resize '@10000' wiz10000.png 530</pre> 531 532<p class="warn">Another word about the quotation marks: In all the examples above and below, we have enclosed the <var>geometry</var> arguments within quotation marks. Doing so is optional in many cases, but not always. We <var>must</var> enclose the geometry specifications in quotation marks when using <code><</code> or <code>></code> to prevent these characters from being interpreted by the shell as <var>file redirection</var>. On Windows systems, the carat <code>^</code> needs to be within quotes, else it is ignored. To be safe, one should probably maintain a habit of enclosing all <var>geometry</var> arguments in quotes, as we have here. 533</p> 534 535<h3>Offsets in geometry</h3> 536<p> 537Here are some examples to illustrate the use of <var>offsets</var> in <var>geometry</var> arguments. One typical use of offsets is in conjunction with the 538<a href="command-line-options.html#region">‑region</a> option. This option allows many other options to modify the pixels within a specified rectangular subregion of an image. As such, it needs to be given the width and height of that region, and also an <var>offset</var> into the image, which is a pair of coordinates that indicate the location of the region within the larger image. Below, in the first example, we specify a region of size <code>100x200</code> to be located at the <var>xy</var>–coordinates <var>x</var>=10, <var>y</var>=20. Let's use the usual algebraic notation (<var>x</var>,<var>y</var>)=(10,20), for convenience. 539</p> 540 541<pre> 542convert logo: -region '100x200+10+20' -negate wizNeg1.png 543convert logo: -region '100x200-10+20' -negate wizNeg2.png 544convert logo: -gravity center -region '100x200-10+20' \ 545 -negate wizNeg3.png 546</pre> 547 548<p>Note that offsets always require +/− signs. The offset is not actually a true location within the image; its coordinates must be added to some other location. Let's refer to that as the <var>current location</var>. In the first two examples above, though, that location is the upper-left hand corner of the image, which has coordinates (0,0). (That is the default situation when there are no other directives given to change it.) The first example above puts the <code>100x200</code> rectangle's own upper-left corner at (10,20). </p> 549 550<p>A negative offset can make sense in many cases. In the second example above, the offset is (-10,20), specified by <code>-10+20</code>. In that case, only the portion of the (virtual) rectangle obtained that lies within the image can be negated; here it is equivalent to specifying the geometry as <code>90x200+0+20</code>.</p> 551 552<p>In the third example above, the <a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">‑gravity</a> setting precedes the others and sets the current location within the image at the very center of the image. In this case that is at pixel (320,240), since the size of the image is 640x480. This means that the offsets apply to that location, which thereby gets moved, in this case, to (320-10,240+20)=(310,260). But the <code>100x200</code> region itself is affected by the <a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">‑gravity</a> setting, so instead of affecting its upper-left corner, the region's own center (at (+50,+100) within it) is determined. Therefore the center of the <code>100x200</code> rectangle is moved to (310,260). The negated rectangle's upper-left corner is now at (310-50,260-100)=(260,160). 553</p> 554 555 556<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="stack"></a>Image Stack</h2> 557 558<p>In school, your teacher probably permitted you to work on problems on a scrap of paper and then copy the results to your test paper. An image stack is similar. It permits you to work on an image or image sequence in isolation and subsequently introduce the results back into the command line. The image stack is delineated with parenthesis. Image operators only affect images in the current stack. For example, we can limit the image rotation to just the wizard image like this:</p> 559 560<pre> 561convert wand.gif \( wizard.gif -rotate 30 \) +append images.gif 562</pre> 563 564 565<p class="warn">Notice again that the parentheses are <var>escaped</var> by preceding them with 566backslashes. This is required under Unix, where parentheses are special 567<var>shell</var> characters. The backslash tells the shell not to interpret 568these characters, but to pass them directly to the command being executed. Do 569not escape the parentheses under Windows. Each parenthesis (or escaped 570parenthesis) must have spaces on either side, as in the example shown 571above.</p> 572 573<p>In addition to the image operators already discussed, the following image operators are most useful when processing images in an image stack:</p> 574 575<p class="options"> 576<span class="bull"> • </span> 577<a href="command-line-options.html#clone">‑clone</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#delete">‑delete</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#insert">‑insert</a> • <a href="command-line-options.html#swap">‑swap</a> <span class="bull"> • </span> 578</p> 579 580<p>The arguments to these operators are indexes into the image sequence by number, starting with zero, for the first image, and so on. However if you give a negative index, the images are indexed from the end (last image added). That is, an index of -1 is the last image in the current image sequence, -2 gives the second-to-last, and so on.</p> 581 582<h2 class="magick-header"><a id="output"></a>Output Filename</h2> 583 584<p>ImageMagick extends the concept of an output filename to include:</p> 585 586<ol> 587<li>an explicit image format</li> 588<li>write to <var>standard out</var></li> 589<li>filename references</li> 590</ol> 591 592<p>Each of these extensions are explained in the next few paragraphs.</p> 593 594<h3>Explicit Image Format</h3> 595 <p>Images can be stored in a mryiad of image formats including the better known JPEG, PNG, TIFF and others. ImageMagick must know the desired format of the image before it is written. ImageMagick leverages the filename extension to determine the format. For example, <code>image.jpg</code> tells ImageMagick to write the image in the JPEG format. In some cases the filename does not identify the image format. In these cases, the image is written in the format it was originally read unless an explicit image format is specified. For example, suppose we want to write our image to a filename of <code>image</code> in the raw red, green, and blue intensity format: 596 </p> 597 598<pre> 599convert image.jpg rgb:image 600</pre> 601 602 603<h3>Standard Out</h3> 604 <p>Unix permits the output of one command to be piped to another. ImageMagick permits piping one command to another with a filename of <code>-</code>. In this example we pipe the output of <a href="convert.html">convert</a> to the <a href="display.html">display</a> program: 605 </p> 606 607<pre> 608convert logo: gif:- | display gif:- 609</pre> 610 611<p>Here the explicit format is optional. The GIF image format has a signature that uniquely identifies it so ImageMagick can readily recognize the format as GIF.</p> 612 613<h3>Filename References</h3> 614<p>Optionally, use an embedded formatting character to write a sequential image list. Suppose our output filename is <code>image-%d.jpg</code> and our image list includes 3 images. You can expect these images files to be written: 615</p> 616 617<pre> 618image-0.jpg 619image-1.jpg 620image-2.jpg 621</pre> 622 623<p>Or retrieve image properties to modify the image filename. For example, the command 624</p> 625 626<pre> 627convert rose: -set filename:area '%wx%h' \ 628 'rose-%[filename:area].png' 629</pre> 630 631<p>writes an image with this filename: 632</p> 633 634<pre> 635 rose-70x46.png 636</pre> 637 638<p>Finally to convert multiple JPEG images to individual PDF pages, use:</p> 639 640<pre> 641 convert *.jpg +adjoin page-%d.pdf 642</pre> 643 644<h3>Stream Buffering</h3> 645 646<p>By default, the output stream is buffered. 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