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ImageMagick
I ImageMagick, 7 version 3.7.1, is a package for display and interactive M manipulation of images for the X Window System. It is written in C and M interfaces to the X library, and therefore does not require any O proprietary toolkit in order to compile. Although the software is copyrighted, > it is available for free and can be redistributed without fee.
G The ImageMagick image display tool first determines the hardware G capabilities of your workstation. If the number of unique colors in an J image is less than or equal to the number the workstation can support, theQ image is displayed in an X window. Otherwise, the number of colors in the G image is first reduced to match the color resolution of the workstation before it is displayed.
E In addition to the image display program, ImageMagick also has 3 command line programs that perform these functions:
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. Convert an image from one format to another(
+ Transform an image or sequence of images (
@ Read an image from an X server and output it as an image file(
Animate a sequence of images (
2 Combine one or more images to create new images(
@ Create a composite image by combining several separate images(
0 Segment an image based on the color histogram(
< Retrieve, list, or print files from a remote network site
D You can try these and many more functions over the Internet from theD Imaging Machine . Or, youF can see examples of select ImageMagick functions.
: ImageMagick supports many of the more popular imageA formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, Photo CD, etc.
G ImageMagick < is known to compile and run on virtually any Unix system and Linux. It also runs underH VMS. SeeA README for compiling instructions.
What's New
E ImageMagick is continually being enhanced. Check this section ; periodically to see what enhancements have been added. See O Changelog for past enhancements and bug fixes.
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J You can now make an animated GIF loop within Netscape 2.0. For furtherD details see GIF Animation. (
M The new option -adjoin concatenates information found in multiple A input image files and writes it to a single multi-image file. (
I Display now has a progress monitor and a multi-level undo cache.(
? All LZW compression has been removed because it is subject to L licensing and is not freely distributable. See . Frequently Asked Questions for details.(
J Display and ? animate now lighten or darken an image of known gamma to " match the gamma of the display.(
I ImageMagick can now write a HTML document. An imagemap is generated for # any Visual Image Directory image.
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