Version: ImageMagick 7.1.2-35 Q16-HDRI x86_64 acaf7e418:20261031 https://imagemagick.org
Copyright: (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: https://imagemagick.org/license/
Features: Cipher DPC HDRI OpenMP
Delegates (built-in): bzlib fontconfig freetype heic jng jp2 jpeg lcms lzma pangocairo png tiff webp x xml zlib zstd
Compiler: gcc (16.2)
Usage: import [options ...] [ file ]
Image Settings:
-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
-border include window border in the output image
-channel type apply option to select image channels
-colorspace type alternate image colorspace
-comment string annotate image with comment
-compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image
-define format:option
define one or more image format options
-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
-depth value image depth
-descend obtain image by descending window hierarchy
-display server X server to contact
-dispose method layer disposal method
-dither method apply error diffusion to image
-delay value display the next image after pausing
-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
-encoding type text encoding type
-filter type use this filter when resizing an image
-format "string" output formatted image characteristics
-frame include window manager frame
-gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards
-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image
-interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
-label string assign a label to an image
-limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
-monitor monitor progress
-page geometry size and location of an image canvas
-pause seconds seconds delay between snapshots
-pointsize value font point size
-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
-sampling-factor geometry
horizontal and vertical sampling factor
-scene value image scene number
-screen select image from root window
-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-set property value set an image property
-silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells
-snaps value number of screen snapshots
-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
-synchronize synchronize image to storage device
-taint declare the image as modified
-transparent-color color
transparent color
-treedepth value color tree depth
-verbose print detailed information about the image
-virtual-pixel method
Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
-window id select window with this id or name
root selects whole screen
Image Operators:
-annotate geometry text
annotate the image with text
-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
-crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
-extent geometry set the image size
-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
-help print program options
-monochrome transform image to black and white
-negate replace every pixel with its complementary color
-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
-resize geometry resize the image
-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
-strip strip image of all profiles and comments
-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
-transparent color make this color transparent within the image
-trim trim image edges
-type type image type
Miscellaneous Options:
-debug events display copious debugging information
-help print program options
-list type print a list of supported option arguments
-log format format of debugging information
-version print version information
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.
Options (67)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
-adjoin | join images into a single multi-image file | help |
-border | include window border in the output image | help |
-channel type | apply option to select image channels | help |
-colorspace type | alternate image colorspace | help |
-comment string | annotate image with comment | help |
-compress type | type of pixel compression when writing the image | help |
-define format:option | define one or more image format options | help |
-density geometry | horizontal and vertical density of the image | help |
-depth value | image depth | help |
-descend | obtain image by descending window hierarchy | help |
-display server | X server to contact | help |
-dispose method | layer disposal method | help |
-dither method | apply error diffusion to image | help |
-delay value | display the next image after pausing | help |
-encipher filename | convert plain pixels to cipher pixels | help |
-endian type | endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image | help |
-encoding type | text encoding type | help |
-filter type | use this filter when resizing an image | help |
-format "string" | output formatted image characteristics | help |
-frame | include window manager frame | help |
-gravity direction | which direction to gravitate towards | help |
-identify | identify the format and characteristics of the image | help |
-interlace type | None, Line, Plane, or Partition | help |
-interpolate method | pixel color interpolation method | help |
-label string | assign a label to an image | help |
-limit type | Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit | help |
-monitor | monitor progress | help |
-page geometry | size and location of an image canvas | help |
-pause seconds | seconds delay between snapshots | help |
-pointsize value | font point size | help |
-quality value | JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level | help |
-quiet | suppress all warning messages | help |
-regard-warnings | pay attention to warning messages | help |
-repage geometry | size and location of an image canvas | help |
-sampling-factor geometry | horizontal and vertical sampling factor | help |
-scene value | image scene number | help |
-screen | select image from root window | help |
-seed value | seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers | help |
-set property | set an image property | help |
-silent | operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells | help |
-snaps value | number of screen snapshots | help |
-support factor | resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp | help |
-synchronize | synchronize image to storage device | help |
-taint | declare the image as modified | help |
-transparent-color color | transparent color | help |
-treedepth value | color tree depth | help |
-verbose | print detailed information about the image | help |
-virtual-pixel method | Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile | help |
-window id | select window with this id or name root selects whole screen | help |
-colors value | preferred number of colors in the image | help |
-crop geometry | preferred size and location of the cropped image | help |
-extent geometry | set the image size | help |
-geometry geometry | preferred size or location of the image | help |
-help | print program options | help |
-monochrome | transform image to black and white | help |
-negate | replace every pixel with its complementary color | help |
-resize geometry | resize the image | help |
-rotate degrees | apply Paeth rotation to the image | help |
-strip | strip image of all profiles and comments | help |
-thumbnail geometry | create a thumbnail of the image | help |
-transparent color | make this color transparent within the image | help |
-trim | trim image edges | help |
-type type | image type | help |
-debug events | display copious debugging information | help |
-list type | print a list of supported option arguments | help |
-log format | format of debugging information | help |
-version | print version information | help |