1 .TH import 1 "Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00" "ImageMagick"
3 import \- saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen.
6 \fBimport\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIoutput-file\fP
8 The \fBimport\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file.
10 For more information about the import command, point your browser to file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/import.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php.
13 \-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
14 \-border include window border in the output image
15 \-channel type apply option to select image channels
16 \-colorspace type alternate image colorspace
17 \-comment string annotate image with comment
18 \-compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image
19 \-define format:option
20 define one or more image format options
21 \-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
22 \-depth value image depth
23 \-descend obtain image by descending window hierarchy
24 \-display server X server to contact
25 \-dispose method layer disposal method
26 \-dither method apply error diffusion to image
27 \-delay value display the next image after pausing
28 \-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
29 \-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
30 \-encoding type text encoding type
31 \-filter type use this filter when resizing an image
32 \-format "string" output formatted image characteristics
33 \-frame include window manager frame
34 \-gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards
35 \-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image
36 \-interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
37 \-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
38 \-label string assign a label to an image
39 \-limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
40 \-monitor monitor progress
41 \-page geometry size and location of an image canvas
42 \-pause seconds seconds delay between snapshots
43 \-pointsize value font point size
44 \-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
45 \-quiet suppress all warning messages
46 \-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
47 \-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
48 \-sampling-factor geometry
49 horizontal and vertical sampling factor
50 \-scene value image scene number
51 \-screen select image from root window
52 \-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
53 \-set property value set an image property
54 \-silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells
55 \-snaps value number of screen snapshots
56 \-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
57 \-synchronize synchronize image to storage device
58 \-taint declare the image as modified
59 \-transparent-color color
61 \-treedepth value color tree depth
62 \-verbose print detailed information about the image
63 \-virtual-pixel method
64 Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
65 \-window id select window with this id or name
68 \-annotate geometry text
69 annotate the image with text
70 \-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
71 \-crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
72 \-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
73 \-help print program options
74 \-monochrome transform image to black and white
75 \-negate replace each pixel with its complementary color
76 \-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
77 \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
78 \-resize geometry resize the image
79 \-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
80 \-strip strip image of all profiles and comments
81 \-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
82 \-transparent color make this color transparent within the image
83 \-trim trim image edges
84 \-type type image type
86 Miscellaneous Options:
87 \-debug events display copious debugging information
88 \-help print program options
89 \-log format format of debugging information
90 \-list type print a list of supported option arguments
91 \-version print version information
93 By default, 'file' is written in the MIFF image format. 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.
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