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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.
+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.
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:
-$magick> animate *.jpg
-You can find additional examples of using animate in Graphics from the Command Line. Further discussion is available in More Graphics from the Command Line and Examples of ImageMagick Usage.
+$ animate *.jpg
+You can find additional examples of using animate in Examples of ImageMagick Usage.
- +The animate command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.
| -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 |