diff --git a/MagickCore/channel.c b/MagickCore/channel.c
index 82fc69d..d114f02 100644
--- a/MagickCore/channel.c
+++ b/MagickCore/channel.c
@@ -340,3 +340,370 @@
     }
   return(destination_image);
 }
+
+/*
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%     C o m b i n e I m a g e s                                               %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+%  CombineImages() combines one or more images into a single image.  The
+%  grayscale value of the pixels of each image in the sequence is assigned in
+%  order to the specified channels of the combined image.   The typical
+%  ordering would be image 1 => Red, 2 => Green, 3 => Blue, etc.
+%
+%  The format of the CombineImages method is:
+%
+%      Image *CombineImages(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)
+%
+%  A description of each parameter follows:
+%
+%    o image: the image.
+%
+%    o exception: return any errors or warnings in this structure.
+%
+*/
+MagickExport Image *CombineImages(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)
+{
+#define CombineImageTag  "Combine/Image"
+
+  CacheView
+    *combine_view;
+
+  Image
+    *combine_image;
+
+  MagickBooleanType
+    status;
+
+  MagickOffsetType
+    progress;
+
+  ssize_t
+    y;
+
+  /*
+    Ensure the image are the same size.
+  */
+  assert(image != (const Image *) NULL);
+  assert(image->signature == MagickSignature);
+  if (image->debug != MagickFalse)
+    (void) LogMagickEvent(TraceEvent,GetMagickModule(),"%s",image->filename);
+  assert(exception != (ExceptionInfo *) NULL);
+  assert(exception->signature == MagickSignature);
+  combine_image=CloneImage(image,0,0,MagickTrue,exception);
+  if (combine_image == (Image *) NULL)
+    return((Image *) NULL);
+  if (SetImageStorageClass(combine_image,DirectClass,exception) == MagickFalse)
+    {
+      combine_image=DestroyImage(combine_image);
+      return((Image *) NULL);
+    }
+  if ((GetPixelAlphaTraits(image) & UpdatePixelTrait) != 0)
+    combine_image->matte=MagickTrue;
+  /*
+    Combine images.
+  */
+  status=MagickTrue;
+  progress=0;
+  combine_view=AcquireCacheView(combine_image);
+  for (y=0; y < (ssize_t) combine_image->rows; y++)
+  {
+    CacheView
+      *image_view;
+
+    const Image
+      *next;
+
+    Quantum
+      *pixels;
+
+    register const Quantum
+      *restrict p;
+
+    register Quantum
+      *restrict q;
+
+    register ssize_t
+      i;
+
+    if (status == MagickFalse)
+      continue;
+    pixels=GetCacheViewAuthenticPixels(combine_view,0,y,combine_image->columns,
+      1,exception);
+    if (pixels == (Quantum *) NULL)
+      {
+        status=MagickFalse;
+        continue;
+      }
+    next=image;
+    for (i=0; i < (ssize_t) GetPixelChannels(image); i++)
+    {
+      PixelChannel
+        channel;
+
+      PixelTrait
+        combine_traits,
+        traits;
+
+      register ssize_t
+        x;
+
+      if (next == (Image *) NULL)
+        continue;
+      channel=GetPixelChannelMapChannel(image,i);
+      traits=GetPixelChannelMapTraits(image,channel);
+      combine_traits=GetPixelChannelMapTraits(combine_image,channel);
+      if ((traits == UndefinedPixelTrait) ||
+          (combine_traits == UndefinedPixelTrait))
+        continue;
+      image_view=AcquireCacheView(next);
+      p=GetCacheViewVirtualPixels(image_view,0,y,next->columns,1,exception);
+      if (p == (const Quantum *) NULL)
+        continue;
+      q=pixels;
+      for (x=0; x < (ssize_t) combine_image->columns; x++)
+      {
+        if (x < (ssize_t) image->columns)
+          {
+            q[i]=GetPixelGray(image,p);
+            p+=GetPixelChannels(image);
+          }
+        q+=GetPixelChannels(combine_image);
+      }
+      image_view=DestroyCacheView(image_view);
+      next=GetNextImageInList(next);
+      if (SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels(combine_view,exception) == MagickFalse)
+        status=MagickFalse;
+      if (image->progress_monitor != (MagickProgressMonitor) NULL)
+        {
+          MagickBooleanType
+            proceed;
+
+          proceed=SetImageProgress(image,CombineImageTag,progress++,
+            combine_image->rows);
+          if (proceed == MagickFalse)
+            status=MagickFalse;
+        }
+    }
+  }
+  combine_view=DestroyCacheView(combine_view);
+  if (status == MagickFalse)
+    combine_image=DestroyImage(combine_image);
+  return(combine_image);
+}
+
+/*
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%     S e p a r a t e I m a g e                                               %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+%  SeparateImage() separates a channel from the image and returns it as a
+%  grayscale image.
+%
+%  The format of the SeparateImage method is:
+%
+%      Image *SeparateImage(const Image *image,const ChannelType channel,
+%        ExceptionInfo *exception)
+%
+%  A description of each parameter follows:
+%
+%    o image: the image.
+%
+%    o channel: the image channel.
+%
+%    o exception: return any errors or warnings in this structure.
+%
+*/
+MagickExport Image *SeparateImage(const Image *image,
+  const ChannelType channel_type,ExceptionInfo *exception)
+{
+#define GetChannelBit(mask,bit)  (((size_t) (mask) >> (size_t) (bit)) & 0x01)
+#define SeparateImageTag  "Separate/Image"
+
+  CacheView
+    *image_view,
+    *separate_view;
+
+  Image
+    *separate_image;
+
+  MagickBooleanType
+    status;
+
+  MagickOffsetType
+    progress;
+
+  ssize_t
+    y;
+
+  /*
+    Initialize spread image attributes.
+  */
+  assert(image != (Image *) NULL);
+  assert(image->signature == MagickSignature);
+  if (image->debug != MagickFalse)
+    (void) LogMagickEvent(TraceEvent,GetMagickModule(),"%s",image->filename);
+  assert(exception != (ExceptionInfo *) NULL);
+  assert(exception->signature == MagickSignature);
+  separate_image=CloneImage(image,image->columns,image->rows,MagickTrue,
+    exception);
+  if (separate_image == (Image *) NULL)
+    return((Image *) NULL);
+  if (SetImageStorageClass(separate_image,DirectClass,exception) == MagickFalse)
+    {
+      separate_image=DestroyImage(separate_image);
+      return((Image *) NULL);
+    }
+  separate_image->colorspace=GRAYColorspace;
+  /*
+    Separate image.
+  */
+  status=MagickTrue;
+  progress=0;
+  image_view=AcquireCacheView(image);
+  separate_view=AcquireCacheView(separate_image);
+#if defined(MAGICKCORE_OPENMP_SUPPORT)
+  #pragma omp parallel for schedule(static) shared(progress,status)
+#endif
+  for (y=0; y < (ssize_t) image->rows; y++)
+  {
+    register const Quantum
+      *restrict p;
+
+    register Quantum
+      *restrict q;
+
+    register ssize_t
+      x;
+
+    if (status == MagickFalse)
+      continue;
+    p=GetCacheViewVirtualPixels(image_view,0,y,image->columns,1,exception);
+    q=QueueCacheViewAuthenticPixels(separate_view,0,y,separate_image->columns,1,
+      exception);
+    if ((p == (const Quantum *) NULL) || (q == (Quantum *) NULL))
+      {
+        status=MagickFalse;
+        continue;
+      }
+    for (x=0; x < (ssize_t) image->columns; x++)
+    {
+      register ssize_t
+        i;
+
+      if (GetPixelMask(image,p) != 0)
+        {
+          p+=GetPixelChannels(image);
+          q+=GetPixelChannels(separate_image);
+          continue;
+        }
+      SetPixelChannel(separate_image,GrayPixelChannel,0,q);
+      for (i=0; i < (ssize_t) GetPixelChannels(image); i++)
+      {
+        PixelChannel
+          channel;
+
+        PixelTrait
+          traits;
+
+        channel=GetPixelChannelMapChannel(image,i);
+        traits=GetPixelChannelMapTraits(image,channel);
+        if ((traits == UndefinedPixelTrait) ||
+            (GetChannelBit(channel_type,channel) == 0))
+          continue;
+        SetPixelChannel(separate_image,GrayPixelChannel,p[i],q);
+      }
+      p+=GetPixelChannels(image);
+      q+=GetPixelChannels(separate_image);
+    }
+    if (SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels(separate_view,exception) == MagickFalse)
+      status=MagickFalse;
+    if (image->progress_monitor != (MagickProgressMonitor) NULL)
+      {
+        MagickBooleanType
+          proceed;
+
+#if defined(MAGICKCORE_OPENMP_SUPPORT)
+  #pragma omp critical (MagickCore_SeparateImage)
+#endif
+        proceed=SetImageProgress(image,SeparateImageTag,progress++,image->rows);
+        if (proceed == MagickFalse)
+          status=MagickFalse;
+      }
+  }
+  separate_view=DestroyCacheView(separate_view);
+  image_view=DestroyCacheView(image_view);
+  return(separate_image);
+}
+
+/*
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%     S e p a r a t e I m a g e s                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+%  SeparateImages() returns a separate grayscale image for each channel
+%  specified.
+%
+%  The format of the SeparateImages method is:
+%
+%      MagickBooleanType SeparateImages(const Image *image,
+%        ExceptionInfo *exception)
+%
+%  A description of each parameter follows:
+%
+%    o image: the image.
+%
+%    o exception: return any errors or warnings in this structure.
+%
+*/
+MagickExport Image *SeparateImages(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)
+{
+  Image
+    *images,
+    *separate_image;
+
+  register ssize_t
+    i;
+
+  assert(image != (Image *) NULL);
+  assert(image->signature == MagickSignature);
+  if (image->debug != MagickFalse)
+    (void) LogMagickEvent(TraceEvent,GetMagickModule(),"%s",image->filename);
+  images=NewImageList();
+  for (i=0; i < (ssize_t) GetPixelChannels(image); i++)
+  {
+    PixelChannel
+      channel;
+
+    PixelTrait
+      traits;
+
+    channel=GetPixelChannelMapChannel(image,i);
+    traits=GetPixelChannelMapTraits(image,channel);
+    if ((traits == UndefinedPixelTrait) ||
+        ((traits & UpdatePixelTrait) == 0))
+      continue;
+    separate_image=SeparateImage(image,(ChannelType) (1 << channel),exception);
+    if (separate_image != (Image *) NULL)
+      AppendImageToList(&images,separate_image);
+  }
+  return(images);
+}