| 1 | ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap |
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| 2 | images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats |
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| 3 | (about 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, |
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| 4 | PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, |
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| 5 | mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, |
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| 6 | apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses |
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| 7 | and Bézier curves. |
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| 9 | The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command |
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| 10 | line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite |
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| 11 | programming language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore |
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| 12 | (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++ |
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| 13 | (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick (Lisp), nMagick (Neko/haXe), MagickNet |
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| 14 | (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP |
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| 15 | (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With |
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| 16 | a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images |
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| 17 | dynamically and automagically. |
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| 19 | ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary |
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| 20 | distribution or as source code that you can freely use, copy, modify, |
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| 21 | and distribute. Its license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all |
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| 22 | major operating systems. |
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| 24 | Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do: |
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| 26 | * Format conversion: convert an image from one format to another (e.g. |
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| 27 | PNG to JPEG) |
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| 28 | * Transform: resize, rotate, crop, flip or trim an image |
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| 29 | * Transparency: render portions of an image invisible |
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| 30 | * Draw: add shapes or text to an image |
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| 31 | * Decorate: add a border or frame to an image |
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| 32 | * Special effects: blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image |
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| 33 | * Image calculator: apply a mathematical expression to an image or image |
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| 34 | channels |
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| 35 | * Text & comments: insert descriptive or artistic text in an image |
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| 36 | * Image identification: describe the format and attributes of an image |
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| 37 | * Animation: create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images |
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| 38 | * Composite: overlap one image over another |
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| 39 | * Montage: juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas |
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| 40 | * High dynamic-range imaging: accurately represent the wide range of |
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| 41 | intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct |
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| 42 | sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows |
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| 43 | * Large image support: read, process, or write mega- and giga-pixel image |
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| 44 | sizes |
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| 46 | For more information, go to http://www.imagemagick.org. |
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