X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;h=df4e07a72b6757dd169e6779a7aea3ae0d641d5f;hb=dfc9c53591160b219c9bbfd286044a9677f9c4e9;hp=501fd4587f9512e2d9ee0c3d824e556fceb02379;hpb=1bd5c4da97d4c821fa6dd6d3725a3cb257053c9c;p=imagemagick diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 501fd4587..df4e07a72 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ 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 @@ -16,61 +17,64 @@ Introduction to ImageMagick (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 an Apache - 2.0-style license, approved by the OSI. - + 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 help prevent exploits. + that includes memory and thread error detection to prevent security + vulnerabilities. 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 - * 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 mebi- and gibi-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 the dual and quad-core processor technologies - * 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. - - 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 at - http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/, a plethora of command-line scripts + + * 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.