glfs/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml

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<?dbhtml filename="imagemagick.html"?>
<title>ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;-&imagemagick-patch-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>ImageMagick</application></title>

<para><application>ImageMagick</application> is a collection of tools and 
libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in various image formats. 
Image processing operations are available from the command line. Bindings 
to various programming languages are also available.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&imagemagick-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&imagemagick-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &imagemagick-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&imagemagick-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&imagemagick-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>ImageMagick</application> dependencies</title>

<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), and
<xref linkend="espgs"/> or <xref linkend="gs"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional (Install based on the format support needed)</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="lcms"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">libwmf</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libexif/">libexif</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.i3a.org/i_flashpix.html">FlashPIX</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/jbigkit/">JBIG-KIT</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/">Jasper</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.graphviz.org/">GraphViz</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/">corefonts</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para></sect4>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Imagemagick</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Imagemagick</application> by running the following
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-modules &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Additional Configure Options</title>

<para>There are additional switches that can be passed to 
<application>ImageMagick</application> to customize the installation to your 
needs. Check out the <application>ImageMagick</application> installation 
instructions at <ulink url="http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Install-unix.html"/>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command Explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--with-modules</parameter>: Enables support for dynamically 
loadable modules.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para><application>ImageMagick</application> contains 
<command>animate</command>,
<command>compare</command>,
<command>composite</command>,
<command>conjure</command>,
<command>convert</command>,
<command>display</command>,
<command>identify</command>,
<command>import</command>,
<command>Magick-config</command>,
<command>Magick++-config</command>,
<command>mogrify</command>,
<command>montage</command>, 
<command>Wand-config</command>, and the 
<filename class="libraryfile">libMagick</filename>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libMagick++</filename> and 
<filename class="libraryfile">libWand</filename> libraries.</para>
 
</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>
 
<sect3><title>animate</title>
<para>Animates a sequence of images.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>compare</title>
<para>Compares an image to a reconstructed image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>composite</title>
<para>Composites various images into the given base image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>conjure</title>
<para>Processes a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) script to create
an image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>convert</title>
<para>Convert image(s) from one format to another.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>display</title>
<para>Display the image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>identify</title>
<para>Describes the format and characteristics of an image file.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>import</title>
<para>Captures an X window.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>Magick-config and Magick++-config</title>
<para>Get information about the installed versions of 
<application>ImageMagick</application> and Magick++.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>mogrify</title>
<para>Transforms an image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>montage</title>
<para>Composites various images into a new image.</para></sect3>
 
<sect3><title>Wand-config</title>
<para>Get the options required to use the Wand library.</para></sect3>
 
</sect2>

</sect1>