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What is ImageMagick

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ImageMagick TM, version 5.1.0, is a robust= collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and? manipulate an image in any of the more popular image formats including GIF, JPEG,? PNG, PDF, and Photo CD. With ImageMagick you can createA GIFs dynamically making it suitable for Web applications.

 
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You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or? add special effects to an image and save your completed8 work in the same or differing image format.

 
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Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:
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* Convert an image from one format to( another (e.g. TIFF to JPEG)
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* Resize, rotate, sharpen, color7 reduce, or add special effects to an image
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* height="14"> Create a montage of image thumbnails
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* Create a transparent image suitable for use on the Web
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* Turn a group of images into a GIF animation sequence
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* Create a composite image by. combining several separate images
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* Draw shapes or text on an image
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* Decorate an image with a border or frame
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* Describe the format and( characteristics of an image
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You can access ImageMagick functions directly from the3 command line using the ImageMagick tools convert, mogrify, montage, combine, or identify. Use the display program to2 interactively manipulate your images or href="www/animate.html"> animate an image sequence> from a graphical panel. Finally you have access to the; various image processing methods directly from your8 favorite application development environment: Perl, href="http://www.simplesystems.org/Magick++"> C++,, C, or Java.? These programs and much more are explained by following/ the links from this page or read the ImageMagick Users Guide.

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ImageMagick7 is known to compile and run on virtually any Unix. system and Linux. It also runs under Windows NT,J Windows 95, Macintosh,L VMS, and OS2.A See the install guide for/ compiling instructions. Pre-compiled binaries< are available for some of the more popular operating= systems. The entire source and binary distribution is/ also available for a limited time on CD.

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Developers will probably be interested in the latest0 source from the ImageMagick anonymous CVS server.

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You can subscribe? to the mailing list. Here you can ask questions and get: advice from other ImageMagick users and see9 announcements of bug fixes, enhancements, and new releases.

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Although the software is copyrighted, it is available for free- and can be redistributed without fee.  


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How Can I Find Out More About# ImageMagick

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For detailed information about the ImageMagick command7 line utilities, select from these sources:
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*5 ImageMagick Tools
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*? Frequently Asked Questions
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*; Magick Image File Format
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* 1 ImageMagick's color reduction algorithm
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*, What's New
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*3 How You Can Help

 
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Get the ImageMagick source or binary% distributions from here:
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*A ImageMagick Download Sites
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*; Concurrent Version System

 
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You can access ImageMagick capabilities from a. number of application interfaces:
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*J Magick Application Programming Interface
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* 7 Object-oriented Perl Interface to ImageMagick
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*1 6 Object-oriented C++ Interface to ImageMagick
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*2 9 Object-oriented Python Interface to ImageMagick
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*E > Object-oriented Java Interface to ImageMagick
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*C 5 GDK Toolkit Interface to ImageMagick

 
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ImageMagick Defects:
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*^ Defect Tracking System

 
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Here are a few miscellaneous uses of ImageMagick:
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*< 1 Common Desktop Environment Screen Saver
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*E  Motif GUI for Animate
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*W  3-D Web Screamers
  

  
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Here is a list of ImageMagick related sites that& you might want to visit:
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* $ ImageMagick Studio
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* WebMagick Image Navigator
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*1 % The Bitmap Information Tool
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*< ! Tripod's Banner Builder
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*2  The Banner Generator
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*4  Microsoft Vision SDK
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*4 Anthony's Icon Library
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*B Equinox


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Image manipulation- software that works like magic.