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ImageMagick Animate Command-line Tool
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[Example Usage • Option Summary]
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[Example Usage • Option Summary]
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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.
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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:
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$magick> animate movie.gif
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$ animate movie.gif
To animate a directory of JPEG images, use:
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$magick> animate *.jpg
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$ animate *.jpg
You can find additional examples of using animate in Examples of ImageMagick Usage.
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- -alpha |
+ -alpha |
on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy",
transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel |
- -antialias |
+ -antialias |
remove pixel-aliasing |
- -authenticate value |
+ -authenticate value |
decrypt image with this password |
- -backdrop |
+ -backdrop |
background color |
- -background color |
+ -background color |
background color |
- -border geometry |
+ -border geometry |
surround image with a border of color |
- -bordercolor color |
+ -bordercolor color |
border color |
- -channel type |
+ -channel type |
apply option to select image channels |
- -clip |
+ -clip |
clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile |
- -clip-path id |
+ -clip-path id |
clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile |
- -coalesce |
+ -coalesce |
merge a sequence of images |
- -colormap type |
+ -colormap type |
Shared or Private |
- -colors value |
+ -colors value |
preferred number of colors in the image |
- -colorspace type |
+ -colorspace type |
set image colorspace |
- -comment string |
+ -comment string |
annotate image with comment |
- -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 |