-| ImageMagick 7 | ImageMagick 6 |\r
-| ------------- | ------------- |\r
-| [](https://travis-ci.org/ImageMagick/ImageMagick) | [](https://travis-ci.org/ImageMagick/ImageMagick) |
-
-
-#Introduction to ImageMagick
-
- ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert
- bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over
- 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript,
- PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort,
- shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special
- effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
-
- The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command
- line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite
- programming language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore
- (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++
- (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick (Lisp), NMagick (Neko/haXe), MagickNet
- (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP
- (PHP), IMagick (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick
- (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create
- images dynamically and automagically.
-
- ImageMagick utilizes multiple computational threads to increase performance
- and can read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes.
-
- ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution
- or as source code that you may use, copy, modify, and distribute in both open
- and proprietary applications. It is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
-
- The ImageMagick development process ensures a stable API and ABI. Before
- each ImageMagick release, we perform a comprehensive security assessment
- that includes memory error and thread data race detection to prevent
- security vulnerabilities.
-
- ImageMagick is available from http://www.imagemagick.org/download to
- download. It runs on Linux, Windows, Mac Os X, iOS, Android OS, and others.
-
- The authoritative ImageMagick web site is
- http://www.imagemagick.org. The authoritative source code repository is
- https://subversion.imagemagick.org/subversion/ImageMagick/.
-
-
-#Features and Capabilities
-
- Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:
-
- * Format conversion: convert an image from one format to another (e.g.
- PNG to JPEG).
- * Transform: resize, rotate, crop, flip or trim an image.
- * Transparency: render portions of an image invisible.
- * Draw: add shapes or text to an image.
- * Decorate: add a border or frame to an image.
- * Special effects: blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image.
- * Animation: create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images.
- * Text & comments: insert descriptive or artistic text in an image.
- * Image identification: describe the format and attributes of an image.
- * Composite: overlap one image over another.
- * Montage: juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas.
- * Generalized pixel distortion: correct for, or induce image distortions
- including perspective.
- * Computer vision: Canny edge detection.
- * Morphology of shapes: extract features, describe shapes and recognize
- patterns in images.
- * Motion picture support: read and write the common image formats used in
- digital film work.
- * Image calculator: apply a mathematical expression to an image or image
- channels.
- * Connected component labeling: uniquely label connected regions in an
- image.
- * Discrete Fourier transform: implements the forward and inverse DFT.
- * Perceptual hash: maps visually identical images to the same or similar
- hash-- useful in image retrieval, authentication, indexing, or copy
- detection as well as digital watermarking.
- * Color management: accurate color management with color profiles or in
- lieu of-- built-in gamma compression or expansion as demanded by the
- colorspace.
- * High dynamic-range images: accurately represent the wide range of
- intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct
- sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows.
- * Encipher or decipher an image: convert ordinary images into
- unintelligible gibberish and back again.
- * Virtual pixel support: convenient access to pixels outside the image
- region.
- * Large image support: read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or
- tera-pixel image sizes.
- * Threads of execution support: ImageMagick is thread safe and most
- internal algorithms are OpenMP-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups
- offered by multicore processor chips.
- * Distributed pixel cache: offload intermediate pixel storage to one or
- more remote servers.
- * Heterogeneous distributed processing: certain algorithms are
- OpenCL-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by executing in
- concert across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and
- other processors.
- * ImageMagick on the iPhone: convert, edit, or compose images on your
- iPhone.
-
- Examples of ImageMagick Usage shows how to use ImageMagick from the
- command-line to accomplish any of these tasks and much more. Also,
- see Fred's ImageMagick Scripts: a plethora of command-line scripts that
- perform geometric transforms, blurs, sharpens, edging, noise removal,
- and color manipulations. With Magick.NET, use ImageMagick without having
- to install ImageMagick on your server or desktop.
+ImageMagick
+===========
+
+<p align="center">
+<img align="center" src="https://www.imagemagick.org/image/wizard.png" alt="ImageMagick logo" width="265"/>
+
+[ImageMagick®](https://www.imagemagick.org/) is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of [formats](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php) (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
+
+
+| Version | *nix | Windows |
+| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
+| 7 | [](https://travis-ci.org/ImageMagick/ImageMagick) | [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dlemstra/imagemagick-windows/branch/master) |
+| 6 | [](https://travis-ci.org/ImageMagick/ImageMagick) | [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dlemstra/imagemagick-windows/branch/ImageMagick-Windows-6) |
+
+#### What is ImageMagick?
+
+The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite programming language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++ (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick (Lisp), NMagick (Neko/haXe), MagickNet (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP (PHP), IMagick (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images dynamically and automagically.
+
+ImageMagick utilizes multiple computational threads to increase performance and can read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes.
+
+ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution or as source code that you may use, copy, modify, and distribute in both open and proprietary applications. It is distributed under the Apache 2.0 [license](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php).
+
+The ImageMagick development process ensures a stable API and ABI. Before each ImageMagick release, we perform a comprehensive security assessment that includes memory error and thread data race detection to prevent security vulnerabilities.
+
+ImageMagick is available from https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php. It runs on Linux, Windows, Mac Os X, iOS, Android OS, and others.
+
+The authoritative ImageMagick web site is https://www.imagemagick.org. The authoritative source code repository is http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/.
+
+#### Features and Capabilities
+
+Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:
+
+* [Format conversion](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php): convert an image from one [format](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php) to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG).
+* [Transform](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/): resize, rotate, deskew, crop, flip or trim an image.
+* [Transparency](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/masking/): render portions of an image invisible.
+* [Draw](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/draw/): add shapes or text to an image.
+* [Decorate](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/): add a border or frame to an image.
+* [Special effects](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/blur/): blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image.
+* [Animation](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_basics/): create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images.
+* [Text & comments](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/): insert descriptive or artistic text in an image.
+* [Image gradients](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/gradient.php): create a gradual blend of one color whose shape is horizontal, vertical, circular, or ellipical.
+* [Image identification](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php): describe the format and attributes of an image.
+* [Composite](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/composite.php): overlap one image over another.
+* [Montage](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/montage.php): juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas.
+* [Generalized pixel distortion](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/distorts/): correct for, or induce image distortions including perspective.
+* [Morphology of shapes](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/morphology/): extract features, describe shapes and recognize patterns in images.
+* [Delineate image features](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/transform/#vision): Canny edge detection, mean-shift, Hough lines.
+* [Motion picture support](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/motion-picture.php): read and write the common image formats used in digital film work.
+* [Image calculator](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/fx.php): apply a mathematical expression to an image or image channels.
+* [Connected component labeling](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/connected-components.php): uniquely label connected regions in an image.
+* [Discrete Fourier transform](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fourier/): implements the forward and inverse [DFT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_Fourier_transform).
+* [Perceptual hash](http://www.fmwconcepts.com/misc_tests/perceptual_hash_test_results_510/index.html): maps visually identical images to the same or similar hash-- useful in image retrieval, authentication, indexing, or copy detection as well as digital watermarking.
+* [Complex text layout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_text_layout) bidirectional text support and shaping.
+* [Color management](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/color-management.php): accurate color management with color profiles or in lieu of-- built-in gamma compression or expansion as demanded by the colorspace.
+* [High dynamic-range images](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/high-dynamic-range.php): accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows.
+* [Encipher or decipher an image](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/cipher.php): convert ordinary images into unintelligible gibberish and back again.
+* [Virtual pixel support](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/architecture.php#virtual-pixels): convenient access to pixels outside the image region.
+* [Large image support](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/architecture.php#tera-pixel): read, process, or write mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes.
+* [Threads of execution support](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/architecture.php#threads): ImageMagick is thread safe and most internal algorithms are OpenMP-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by multicore processor chips.
+* [Distributed pixel cache](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/distribute-pixel-cache.php): offload intermediate pixel storage to one or more remote servers.
+* [Heterogeneous distributed processing](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/architecture.php#distributed): certain algorithms are OpenCL-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by executing in concert across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
+* [ImageMagick on the iPhone](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#iOS): convert, edit, or compose images on your iPhone.
+
+[Examples of ImageMagick Usage](https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/), shows how to use ImageMagick from the command-line to accomplish any of these tasks and much more. Also, see [Fred's ImageMagick Scripts](http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/): a plethora of command-line scripts that perform geometric transforms, blurs, sharpens, edging, noise removal, and color manipulations. With [Magick.NET](https://magick.codeplex.com/), use ImageMagick without having to install ImageMagick on your server or desktop.
+
+#### News
+
+The design of ImageMagick is an evolutionary process, with the design and implementation efforts serving to influence and guide further progress in the other. With [ImageMagick version 7](https://www.imagemagick.org), we aim to improve the design based on lessons learned from the version 6 implementation. See the [porting](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/porting.php) guide to track the progress of the version 7 development effort.
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