1 .TH convert 1 "Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00" "ImageMagick"
3 convert \- convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.
6 \fBconvert\fP [\fIinput-options\fP] \fIinput-file\fP [\fIoutput-options\fP] \fIoutput-file\fP
8 The \fBconvert\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.
10 For more information about the convert command, point your browser to file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/convert.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php.
13 \-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
14 \-affine matrix affine transform matrix
15 \-antialias remove pixel-aliasing
16 \-authenticate value decrypt image with this password
17 \-background color background color
18 \-bias value add bias when convolving an image
19 \-black-point-compensation
20 use black point compensation
21 \-blue-primary point chromaticity blue primary point
22 \-bordercolor color border color
23 \-caption string assign a caption to an image
24 \-cdl filename color correct with a color decision list
25 \-channel type apply option to select image channels
26 \-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
27 \-colorspace type alternate image colorspace
28 \-comment string annotate image with comment
29 \-compose operator set image composite operator
30 \-compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image
31 \-decipher filename convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
32 \-define format:option
33 define one or more image format options
34 \-delay value display the next image after pausing
35 \-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
36 \-depth value image depth
37 \-direction type render text right-to-left or left-to-right
38 \-display server get image or font from this X server
39 \-dispose method layer disposal method
40 \-dither method apply error diffusion to image
41 \-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
42 \-encoding type text encoding type
43 \-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
44 \-family name render text with this font family
45 \-features distance analyze image features (e.g. contrast, correlation)
46 \-fill color color to use when filling a graphic primitive
47 \-filter type use this filter when resizing an image
48 \-flatten flatten a sequence of images
49 \-font name render text with this font
50 \-format "string" output formatted image characteristics
51 \-fuzz distance colors within this distance are considered equal
52 \-gravity type horizontal and vertical text placement
53 \-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
54 \-intent type type of rendering intent when managing the image color
55 \-interlace type type of image interlacing scheme
56 \-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
57 \-kerning value set the space between two letters
58 \-label string assign a label to an image
59 \-limit type value pixel cache resource limit
60 \-loop iterations add Netscape loop extension to your GIF animation
61 \-mask filename associate a mask with the image
62 \-matte store matte channel if the image has one
63 \-mattecolor color frame color
64 \-monitor monitor progress
65 \-orient type image orientation
66 \-origin geometry image origin
67 \-page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting)
68 \-ping efficiently determine image attributes
69 \-pointsize value font point size
70 \-preview type image preview type
71 \-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
72 \-quiet suppress all warning messages
73 \-red-primary point chromaticity red primary point
74 \-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
75 \-sampling-factor geometry
76 horizontal and vertical sampling factor
77 \-scene value image scene number
78 \-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
79 \-size geometry width and height of image
80 \-statistic type geometry
81 replace each pixel with corresponding statistic from the neighborhood
82 \-stretch type render text with this font stretch
83 \-stroke color graphic primitive stroke color
84 \-strokewidth value graphic primitive stroke width
85 \-style type render text with this font style
86 \-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
87 \-synchronize synchronize image to storage device
88 \-taint declare the image as modified
89 \-texture filename name of texture to tile onto the image background
90 \-tile-offset geometry
92 \-treedepth value color tree depth
93 \-transparent-color color
95 \-undercolor color annotation bounding box color
96 \-units type the units of image resolution
97 \-verbose print detailed information about the image
98 \-view FlashPix viewing transforms
99 \-virtual-pixel method
100 virtual pixel access method
101 \-weight type render text with this font weight
102 \-white-point point chromaticity white point
105 \-adaptive-blur geometry
106 adaptively blur pixels; decrease effect near edges
107 \-adaptive-resize geometry
108 adaptively resize image with data dependent triangulation
109 \-adaptive-sharpen geometry
110 adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges
111 \-annotate geometry text
112 annotate the image with text
113 \-auto-orient automatically orient image
114 \-black-threshold value
115 force all pixels below the threshold into black
116 \-blur geometry reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
117 \-border geometry surround image with a border of color
118 \-charcoal radius simulate a charcoal drawing
119 \-chop geometry remove pixels from the image interior
120 \-clamp keep pixel values in range (0-QuantumRange)
121 \-clip clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
122 \-clip-mask filename associate a clip mask with the image
123 \-clip-path id clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
124 \-colorize value colorize the image with the fill color
125 \-color-matrix matrix apply color correction to the image
126 \-contrast enhance or reduce the image contrast
127 \-contrast-stretch geometry
128 improve contrast by `stretching' the intensity range
129 \-convolve coefficients
130 apply a convolution kernel to the image
131 \-cycle amount cycle the image colormap
132 \-despeckle reduce the speckles within an image
133 \-draw string annotate the image with a graphic primitive
134 \-edge radius apply a filter to detect edges in the image
135 \-emboss radius emboss an image
136 \-enhance apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
137 \-equalize perform histogram equalization to an image
138 \-evaluate operator value
139 evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression
140 \-extent geometry set the image size
141 \-extract geometry extract area from image
142 \-fft implements the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)
143 \-flip flip image vertically
144 \-floodfill geometry color
145 floodfill the image with color
146 \-flop flop image horizontally
147 \-frame geometry surround image with an ornamental border
148 \-function name apply a function to the image
149 \-gamma value level of gamma correction
150 \-gaussian-blur geometry
151 reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
152 \-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
153 \-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image
154 \-ift implements the inverse discrete Fourier transform (DFT)
155 \-implode amount implode image pixels about the center
156 \-lat geometry local adaptive thresholding
157 \-layers method optimize or compare image layers
158 \-level value adjust the level of image contrast
159 \-linear-stretch geometry
160 improve contrast by `stretching with saturation' the intensity range
161 \-median geometry apply a median filter to the image
162 \-mode geometry make each pixel the 'predominant color' of the neighborhood
163 \-modulate value vary the brightness, saturation, and hue
164 \-monochrome transform image to black and white
165 \-morphology method kernel
166 apply a morphology method to the image
167 \-motion-blur geometry
169 \-negate replace each pixel with its complementary color
170 \-noise geometry add or reduce noise in an image
171 \-normalize transform image to span the full range of colors
172 \-opaque color change this color to the fill color
174 add a noise pattern to the image with specific amplitudes
175 \-paint radius simulate an oil painting
176 \-perceptible epsilon
177 pixel value less than |epsilon| become epsilon or -epsilon
178 \-polaroid angle simulate a Polaroid picture
179 \-posterize levels reduce the image to a limited number of color levels
180 \-print string interpret string and print to console
181 \-profile filename add, delete, or apply an image profile
182 \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
183 \-radial-blur angle radial blur the image
184 \-raise value lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
185 \-random-threshold low,high
186 random threshold the image
187 \-region geometry apply options to a portion of the image
188 \-render render vector graphics
189 \-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
190 \-resample geometry change the resolution of an image
191 \-resize geometry resize the image
192 \-roll geometry roll an image vertically or horizontally
193 \-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
194 \-sample geometry scale image with pixel sampling
195 \-scale geometry scale the image
196 \-segment values segment an image
197 \-selective-blur geometry
198 selectively blur pixels within a contrast threshold
199 \-sepia-tone threshold
200 simulate a sepia-toned photo
201 \-set property value set an image property
202 \-shade degrees shade the image using a distant light source
203 \-shadow geometry simulate an image shadow
204 \-sharpen geometry sharpen the image
205 \-shave geometry shave pixels from the image edges
206 \-shear geometry slide one edge of the image along the X or Y axis
207 \-sigmoidal-contrast geometry
208 lightness rescaling using sigmoidal contrast enhancement
209 \-sketch geometry simulate a pencil sketch
210 \-solarize threshold negate all pixels above the threshold level
211 \-splice geometry splice the background color into the image
212 \-spread amount displace image pixels by a random amount
213 \-strip strip image of all profiles and comments
214 \-swirl degrees swirl image pixels about the center
215 \-threshold value threshold the image
216 \-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
217 \-tile filename tile image when filling a graphic primitive
218 \-tint value tint the image with the fill color
219 \-transform affine transform image
220 \-transparent color make this color transparent within the image
221 \-transpose flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees
222 \-transverse flop image horizontally and rotate 270 degrees
223 \-trim trim image edges
224 \-type type image type
225 \-unique-colors discard all but one of any pixel color
226 \-unsharp geometry sharpen the image
227 \-vignette geometry soften the edges of the image in vignette style
228 \-wave geometry alter an image along a sine wave
229 \-white-threshold value
230 force all pixels above the threshold into white
233 Image Channel Operators:
234 \-channel-extract channel-list
235 extract the channels in order
236 \-channel-inject channel-list
237 inject the channels in order
238 \-channel-swap channel,channel
241 Image Sequence Operators:
242 \-affinity filename transform image colors to match this set of colors
243 \-append append an image sequence top to bottom (use +append for left to right)
244 \-clut apply a color lookup table to the image
245 \-coalesce merge a sequence of images
246 \-combine combine a sequence of images
247 \-composite composite image
248 \-crop geometry cut out a rectangular region of the image
249 \-deconstruct break down an image sequence into constituent parts
250 \-evaluate-sequence operator
251 evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression
252 \-flatten flatten a sequence of images
253 \-fx expression apply mathematical expression to an image channel(s)
254 \-hald-clut apply a Hald color lookup table to the image
255 \-morph value morph an image sequence
256 \- osaic create a mosaic from an image sequence
257 \-poly terms build a polynomial from the image sequence and the corresponding terms (coefficients and degree pairs)
258 \-process arguments process the image with a custom image filter
259 \-separate separate an image channel into a grayscale image
260 \-smush geometry smush an image sequence together
261 \-write filename write images to this file
263 Image Stack Operators:
264 \-clone indexes clone an image
265 \-delete indexes delete the image from the image sequence
266 \-duplicate count,indexes
267 duplicate an image one or more times
268 \-insert index insert last image into the image sequence
269 \-swap indexes swap two images in the image sequence
271 Miscellaneous Options:
272 \-debug events display copious debugging information
273 \-help print program options
274 \-log format format of debugging information
275 \-list type print a list of supported option arguments
276 \-version print version information
278 Use any setting or operator as an \fIoutput-option\fP. Only a limited number of setting are \fIinput-option\fP. They include: \-antialias, \-caption, \-density, \-define, \-encoding, \-font, \-pointsize, \-size, and \-texture as well as any of the miscellaneous options.
280 By default, the image format of `file' is determined by its magic number. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for standard input or output.
285 \fBCopyright (C) 1999-2012 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php\fP
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