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ImageMagick includes a number of command-line utilities for manipulating images.  Most of you are probably accustom to editing images one at a time with a graphical user interface (GUI) with such programs as
http://www.gimp.org
gimp
or
http://www.adobe.com
Photoshop
.  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.
In the paragraphs below, find a short description for each command-line tool.Click on the program name to get details on the program usage and a list of command-line options that alters how the program performs.  If you are just getting acquianted with ImageMagick, start at the top of the list, the
#convert
convert
program, and work your way dowm.  Also be sure to peruse Anthony Thyssen's tutorial on how to use ImageMagick utilities to
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6
convert, compose, or edit
images from the command-line.
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convert
convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.
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identify
describes the format and characteristics of one or more image files.
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mogrify
resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.  Mogrify overwrites the original image file, whereas,
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convert
writes to a different image file.
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composite
overlaps one image over another.
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montage
create a composite image by combining several separate images.  The images are tiled on the composite image optionall adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.
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compare
mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction.
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display
displays an image or image sequence on any X server.
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animate
animates an image sequence on any X server.
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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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conjure
interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL).
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