ImageMagick Animate Command-line Tool

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Use the animate program to animate an image sequence on any X server. See Command Line Processing for advice on how to structure your animate command or see below for example usages of the command.

Example Usage

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We list a few examples of the animate command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets animate an image sequence in the GIF format:

$magick> animate movie.gif

$ animate movie.gif

To animate a directory of JPEG images, use:

$magick> animate *.jpg

$ animate *.jpg

You can find additional examples of using animate in Examples of ImageMagick Usage.

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-compress type + -compress type image compression type - -contrast + -contrast enhance or reduce the image contrast - -crop geometry + -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image - -debug events + -debug events animate copious debugging information - -decipher filename + -decipher filename convert cipher pixels to plain - -define format:option + -define format:option define one or more image format options - -delay value + -delay value animate the next image after pausing - -density geometry + -density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image - -depth value + -depth value image depth - -despeckle + -despeckle reduce the speckles within an image - -display server + -display server get image or font from this X server - -dispose method + -dispose method layer disposal method - -dither method + -dither method apply error diffusion to image - -edge radius + -edge radius apply a filter to detect edges in the image - -endian type + -endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image - -enhance + -enhance apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image - -extract geometry + -extract geometry extract area from image - -filter type + -filter type use this filter when resizing an image - -flatten + -flatten flatten a sequence of images - -flip + -flip flip image in the vertical direction - -flop + -flop flop image in the horizontal direction - -frame geometry + -frame geometry surround image with an ornamental border - -gamma value + -gamma value level of gamma correction - -geometry geometry + -geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image - -gravity geometry + -gravity geometry horizontal and vertical backdrop placement - -help + -help print program options - -identify + -identify identify the format and characteristics of the image - -immutable type + -immutable type prohibit image edits - -interlace type + -interlace type type of image interlacing scheme - -interpolate method + -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method - -label name + -label name assign a label to an image - -limit type value + -limit type value pixel cache resource limit - -log format + -log format format of debugging information - -map filename + -map filename transform image colors to match this set of colors - -mattecolor color + -mattecolor color frame color - -monitor + -monitor monitor progress - -monochrome + -monochrome transform image to black and white - -negate + -negate replace each pixel with its complementary color - -page geometry + -page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting) - -profile filename + -profile filename add, delete, or apply an image profile - -quantize colorspace + -quantize colorspace reduce image colors in this colorspace - -quiet + -quiet suppress all warning messages - -raise value + -raise value lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect - -regard-warnings + -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages. - -remote command + -remote command execute a command in an remote animate process - -resample geometry + -resample geometry change the resolution of an image - -resize geometry + -resize geometry resize the image - -respect-parentheses + -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary. - -roll geometry + -roll geometry roll an image vertically or horizontally - -rotate degrees + -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image - -sample geometry + -sample geometry scale image with pixel sampling - -sampling-factor geometry + -sampling-factor geometry horizontal and vertical sampling factor - -scene value + -scene value image scene number - -segment values + -segment values segment an image - -seed value + -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers - -set attribute value + -set attribute value set an image attribute - -sharpen geometry + -sharpen geometry sharpen the image - -size geometry + -size geometry width and height of image - -strip + -strip strip image of all profiles and comments - -thumbnail geometry + -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image - -transparent-color color + -transparent-color color transparent color - -trim + -trim trim image edges - -update seconds + -update seconds detect when image file is modified and reanimate - -verbose + -verbose print detailed information about the image - -version + -version print version information - -virtual-pixel method + -virtual-pixel method access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image - -visual + -visual animate image using this visual type - -window id + -window id animate images to background of this window - -window-group id + -window-group id exit program when this window id is destroyed