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r304 r318 154 154 <p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#animate">animate</a> • <a href="#compare">compare</a> • <a href="#composite">composite</a> • <a href="#conjure">conjure</a> • <a href="#convert">convert</a> • <a href="#display">display</a> • <a href="#identify">identify</a> • <a href="#import">import</a> • <a href="#mogrify">mogrify</a> • <a href="#montage">montage</a> • <a href="#stream">stream</a>]</p> 155 155 156 <p>ImageMagick includes a number of command-line utilities for manipulating images. Most of you are probably accustomed to editing images one at a time with a graphical user interface (GUI) with such programs as <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target=" 1833512054">gimp</a> or <a href="http://www.adobe.com" target="123604129">Photoshop</a>. However, a GUI is not always convenient. Suppose you want to process an image dynamically from a web script or you want to apply the same operations to many images or repeat a specific operation at different times to the same or different image. For these types of operations, the command-line image processing utility is appropriate.</p>156 <p>ImageMagick includes a number of command-line utilities for manipulating images. Most of you are probably accustomed to editing images one at a time with a graphical user interface (GUI) with such programs as <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="969924989">gimp</a> or <a href="http://www.adobe.com" target="626055533">Photoshop</a>. However, a GUI is not always convenient. Suppose you want to process an image dynamically from a web script or you want to apply the same operations to many images or repeat a specific operation at different times to the same or different image. For these types of operations, the command-line image processing utility is appropriate.</p> 157 157 158 158 <p>The ImageMagick command-line tools exit with a status of 0 if the command line arguments have a proper syntax and no problems are encountered. Expect a descriptive message and an exit status of 1 if any exception occurs such as improper syntax, a problem reading or writing an image, or any other problem that prevents the command from completing successfully.</p> 159 159 160 <p>In the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line tool. Click on the program name to get details about the program usage and a list of command-line options that alters how the program behaves. If you are just getting acquainted with ImageMagick, start with the <a href="#convert">convert</a> program. Be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial on how to use ImageMagick utilities to <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/" target="2 049343125">convert, compose, or edit</a> images from the command-line.</p>160 <p>In the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line tool. Click on the program name to get details about the program usage and a list of command-line options that alters how the program behaves. If you are just getting acquainted with ImageMagick, start with the <a href="#convert">convert</a> program. Be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial on how to use ImageMagick utilities to <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/" target="2137253001">convert, compose, or edit</a> images from the command-line.</p> 161 161 162 162 <div style="margin: auto;">
