X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=df4e07a72b6757dd169e6779a7aea3ae0d641d5f;hb=222b19c8e5e5ee5287e41d33fea54f2b651741b6;hp=17d8dca525ab09351fd7e58b9e40ad2e399cc1b8;hpb=d8575d6c4eb4a905497fd0d86ce4008b701babdc;p=imagemagick diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 17d8dca52..df4e07a72 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,61 +1,80 @@ Introduction to ImageMagick -ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. -It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) -including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, -and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and -transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw -text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves. + ImageMagick®, http://www.imagemagick.org, is a software suite to create, + edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in + a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, + PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to scale, + 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 is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution + or as source code that you may freely use, copy, modify, and distribute + in both open and proprietary applications. It is distributed under the + Apache 2.0 license, approved by the OSI and recommended for use by the OSSCC. + + The ImageMagick development process ensures a stable API and ABI. Before + each ImageMagick release, we perform a comprehensive security assessment + that includes memory and thread error detection to prevent security + vulnerabilities. -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 is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution -or as source code that you may freely use, copy, modify, and distribute. Its -license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all major operating systems. 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 properties of an image - * Composite: overlap one image over another - * Montage: juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas - * 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 - * 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 - * Large image support: read, process, or write mibi- and gibi-pixel image - sizes - * Encipher or decipher an image: convert ordinary images into - unintelligible gibberish and back again - * Threads of execution support: ImageMagick is thread safe and many - internal algorithms are already threaded to take advantage of speed-ups - offered by the dual and quad-core processor technologies - -For more information, see http://www.imagemagick.org. - -Examples of Imagemagick Usage, http://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. - + + 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. + * 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. + * Discrete Fourier transform: implements the forward and inverse DFT. + * 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. + * 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, http://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.