| 1 | .TH import 1 "Date: 2005/03/01 01:00:00" "ImageMagick" |
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| 2 | .SH NAME |
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| 3 | import \- saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen. |
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 5 | .TP |
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| 6 | \fBimport\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIinput-file\fP |
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| 7 | .SH OVERVIEW |
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| 8 | The \fBimport\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file. |
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| 10 | For more information about the import command, point your browser to file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.4.4/www/import.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php. |
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| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 12 | Image Settings: |
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| 13 | -adjoin join images into a single multi-image file |
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| 14 | -channel type apply option to select image channels |
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| 15 | -colorspace type alternate image colorspace |
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| 16 | -comment string annotate image with comment |
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| 17 | -compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image |
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| 18 | -define format:option |
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| 19 | define one or more image format options |
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| 20 | -density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image |
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| 21 | -depth value image depth |
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| 22 | -descend obtain image by descending window hierarchy |
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| 23 | -display server X server to contact |
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| 24 | -dispose method layer disposal method |
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| 25 | -dither method apply error diffusion to image |
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| 26 | -delay value display the next image after pausing |
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| 27 | -encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels |
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| 28 | -endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image |
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| 29 | -encoding type text encoding type |
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| 30 | -format "string" output formatted image characteristics |
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| 31 | -frame include window manager frame |
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| 32 | -gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards |
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| 33 | -identify identify the format and characteristics of the image |
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| 34 | -interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition |
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| 35 | -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method |
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| 36 | -label string assign a label to an image |
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| 37 | -limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit |
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| 38 | -monitor monitor progress |
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| 39 | -page geometry size and location of an image canvas |
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| 40 | -pause value seconds delay between snapshots |
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| 41 | -pointsize value font point size |
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| 42 | -quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level |
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| 43 | -quiet suppress all warning messages |
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| 44 | -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages |
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| 45 | -sampling-factor geometry |
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| 46 | horizontal and vertical sampling factor |
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| 47 | -scene value image scene number |
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| 48 | -screen select image from root window |
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| 49 | -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers |
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| 50 | -set property value set an image property |
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| 51 | -silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells |
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| 52 | -snaps value number of screen snapshots |
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| 53 | -support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp |
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| 54 | -transparent-color color |
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| 55 | transparent color |
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| 56 | -treedepth value color tree depth |
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| 57 | -verbose print detailed information about the image |
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| 58 | -virtual-pixel method |
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| 59 | Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile |
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| 60 | -window id select window with this id or name |
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| 62 | Image Operators: |
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| 63 | -annotate geometry text |
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| 64 | annotate the image with text |
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| 65 | -border include image borders in the output image |
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| 66 | -colors value preferred number of colors in the image |
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| 67 | -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image |
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| 68 | -geometry geometry perferred size or location of the image |
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| 69 | -help print program options |
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| 70 | -monochrome transform image to black and white |
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| 71 | -negate replace every pixel with its complementary color |
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| 72 | -repage geometry size and location of an image canvas |
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| 73 | -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace |
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| 74 | -resize geometry resize the image |
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| 75 | -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image |
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| 76 | -strip strip image of all profiles and comments |
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| 77 | -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image |
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| 78 | -transparent color make this color transparent within the image |
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| 79 | -trim trim image edges |
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| 80 | -type type image type |
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| 82 | Miscellaneous Options: |
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| 83 | -debug events display copious debugging information |
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| 84 | -help print program options |
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| 85 | -log format format of debugging information |
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| 86 | -list type print a list of supported option arguments |
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| 87 | -version print version information |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | By default, 'file' is written in the MIFF image format. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for standard input or output. |
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| 90 | .SH SEE-ALSO |
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| 91 | ImageMagick(1) |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | \fBCopyright (C) 1999-2008 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.4.4/www/license.php or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php\fP |
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