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<p>After you write your MagickWand program, compile it like this:</p>

<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick&gt; </span><span class='crtin'>cc `MagickWand-config --cflags --cppflags` -o wand wand.c `MagickWand-config --ldflags --libs`</span></p>
<p>Here is a example program that utilizes the MagickWand API to get you started, <a href="../www/source/wand.c">wand.c</a>. It reads an image, creates a thumbnail, and writes the result to disk.</p>

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<pre class="code">
#include &lt;stdio.h>
#include &lt;stdlib.h>
#include &lt;wand/MagickWand.h>

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
#define ThrowWandException(wand) \
{ \
  char \
    *description; \
 \
  ExceptionType \
    severity; \
 \
  description=MagickGetException(wand,&amp;severity); \
  (void) fprintf(stderr,"%s %s %lu %s\n",GetMagickModule(),description); \
  description=(char *) MagickRelinquishMemory(description); \
  exit(-1); \
}

  MagickBooleanType
    status;

  MagickWand
    *magick_wand;

  if (argc != 3)
    {
      (void) fprintf(stdout,"Usage: %s image thumbnail\n",argv[0]);
      exit(0);
    }
  /*
    Read an image.
  */
  MagickWandGenesis();
  magick_wand=NewMagickWand();
  status=MagickReadImage(magick_wand,argv[1]);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(magick_wand);
  /*
    Turn the images into a thumbnail sequence.
  */
  MagickResetIterator(magick_wand);
  while (MagickNextImage(magick_wand) != MagickFalse)
    MagickResizeImage(magick_wand,106,80,LanczosFilter,1.0);
  /*
    Write the image then destroy it.
  */
  status=MagickWriteImages(magick_wand,argv[2],MagickTrue);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(magick_wand);
  magick_wand=DestroyMagickWand(magick_wand);
  MagickWandTerminus();
  return(0);
}
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<p>Here is another program that shows one way to get and set image pixels with the MagickWand API, <a href="../www/source/contrast.c">contrast.c</a>. It reads an image, applies sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control, and writes the result to disk.</p>

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<pre class="code">
#include &lt;stdio.h>
#include &lt;stdlib.h>
#include &lt;math.h>
#include &lt;wand/MagickWand.h>

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
#define QuantumScale  ((MagickRealType) 1.0/(MagickRealType) QuantumRange)
#define SigmoidalContrast(x) \
  (QuantumRange*(1.0/(1+exp(10.0*(0.5-QuantumScale*x)))-0.0066928509)*1.0092503)
#define ThrowWandException(wand) \
{ \
  char \
    *description; \
 \
  ExceptionType \
    severity; \
 \
  description=MagickGetException(wand,&amp;severity); \
  (void) fprintf(stderr,"%s %s %lu %s\n",GetMagickModule(),description); \
  description=(char *) MagickRelinquishMemory(description); \
  exit(-1); \
}

  long
    y;

  MagickBooleanType
    status;

  MagickPixelPacket
    pixel;

  MagickWand
    *contrast_wand,
    *image_wand;

  PixelIterator
    *contrast_iterator,
    *iterator;

  PixelWand
    **contrast_pixels,
    **pixels;

  register long
    x;

  unsigned long
    width;

  if (argc != 3)
    {
      (void) fprintf(stdout,"Usage: %s image sigmoidal-image\n",argv[0]);
      exit(0);
    }
  /*
    Read an image.
  */
  MagickWandGenesis();
  image_wand=NewMagickWand();
  status=MagickReadImage(image_wand,argv[1]);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(image_wand);
  contrast_wand=CloneMagickWand(image_wand);
  /*
    Sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control.
  */
  iterator=NewPixelIterator(image_wand);
  contrast_iterator=NewPixelIterator(contrast_wand);
  if ((iterator == (PixelIterator *) NULL) ||
      (contrast_iterator == (PixelIterator *) NULL))
    ThrowWandException(image_wand);
  for (y=0; y &lt; (long) MagickGetImageHeight(image_wand); y++)
  {
    pixels=PixelGetNextIteratorRow(iterator,&amp;width);
    contrast_pixels=PixelGetNextIteratorRow(contrast_iterator,&amp;width);
    if ((pixels == (PixelWand **) NULL) ||
        (contrast_pixels == (PixelWand **) NULL))
      break;
    for (x=0; x &lt; (long) width; x++)
    {
      PixelGetMagickColor(pixels[x],&amp;pixel);
      pixel.red=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.red);
      pixel.green=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.green);
      pixel.blue=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.blue);
      pixel.index=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.index);
      PixelSetMagickColor(contrast_pixels[x],&amp;pixel);
    }
    (void) PixelSyncIterator(contrast_iterator);
  }
  if (y &lt; (long) MagickGetImageHeight(image_wand))
    ThrowWandException(image_wand);
  contrast_iterator=DestroyPixelIterator(contrast_iterator);
  iterator=DestroyPixelIterator(iterator);
  image_wand=DestroyMagickWand(image_wand);
  /*
    Write the image then destroy it.
  */
  status=MagickWriteImages(contrast_wand,argv[2],MagickTrue);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(image_wand);
  contrast_wand=DestroyMagickWand(contrast_wand);
  MagickWandTerminus();
  return(0);
}
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<p>Now lets perform the same contrast enhancement while taking advantage of our dual or quad-core processing system by running the algorithm in parallel utilizing pixel views.  The <a href="../www/source/sigmoidal-contrast.c">sigmoidal-contrast.c</a> module reads an image, applies sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control, and writes the result to disk just like the previous contrast enhancement program, but now it does its work in parallel (assumes ImageMagick is built with OpenMP support).</p>

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<pre class="code">
#include &lt;stdio.h>
#include &lt;stdlib.h>
#include &lt;math.h>
#include &lt;wand/MagickWand.h>

static MagickBooleanType SigmoidalContrast(PixelView *pixel_view,
  void *context)
{
#define QuantumScale  ((MagickRealType) 1.0/(MagickRealType) QuantumRange)
#define SigmoidalContrast(x) \
  (QuantumRange*(1.0/(1+exp(10.0*(0.5-QuantumScale*x)))-0.0066928509)*1.0092503)

  MagickPixelPacket
    pixel;

  PixelWand
    **pixels;

  register long
    x;

  pixels=GetPixelViewPixels(contrast_view);
  for (x=0; x &lt; (long) GetPixelViewWidth(contrast_view); x++)
  {
    PixelGetMagickColor(pixels[x],&amp;pixel);
    pixel.red=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.red);
    pixel.green=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.green);
    pixel.blue=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.blue);
    pixel.index=SigmoidalContrast(pixel.index);
    PixelSetMagickColor(contrast_pixels[x],&amp;pixel);
  }
  return(MagickTrue);
}

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
#define ThrowWandException(wand) \
{ \
  char \
    *description; \
 \
  ExceptionType \
    severity; \
 \
  description=MagickGetException(wand,&amp;severity); \
  (void) fprintf(stderr,"%s %s %lu %s\n",GetMagickModule(),description); \
  description=(char *) MagickRelinquishMemory(description); \
  exit(-1); \
}

  MagickBooleanType
    status;

  MagickPixelPacket
    pixel;

  MagickWand
    *contrast_wand;

  PixelView
    *contrast_view;

  if (argc != 3)
    {
      (void) fprintf(stdout,"Usage: %s image sigmoidal-image\n",argv[0]);
      exit(0);
    }
  /*
    Read an image.
  */
  MagickWandGenesis();
  contrast_wand=NewMagickWand();
  status=MagickReadImage(contrast_wand,argv[1]);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(contrast_wand);
  /*
    Sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control.
  */
  contrast_view=NewPixelView(contrast_wand);
  if (contrast_view == (PixelView *) NULL)
    ThrowWandException(contrast_wand);
  status=UpdatePixelViewIterator(contrast_view,SigmoidalContrast,(void *) NULL);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(contrast_wand);
  contrast_view=DestroyPixelView(contrast_view);
  /*
    Write the image then destroy it.
  */
  status=MagickWriteImages(contrast_wand,argv[2],MagickTrue);
  if (status == MagickFalse)
    ThrowWandException(contrast_wand);
  contrast_wand=DestroyMagickWand(contrast_wand);
  MagickWandTerminus();
  return(0);
}
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