| .TH import 1 "Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00" "ImageMagick" |
| .SH NAME |
| import \- saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .TP |
| \fBimport\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIinput-file\fP |
| .SH OVERVIEW |
| The \fBimport\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file. |
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| For more information about the import command, point your browser to file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/import.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php. |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Image Settings: |
| \-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file |
| \-channel type apply option to select image channels |
| \-colorspace type alternate image colorspace |
| \-comment string annotate image with comment |
| \-compress type type of pixel compression when writing the image |
| \-define format:option |
| define one or more image format options |
| \-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image |
| \-depth value image depth |
| \-descend obtain image by descending window hierarchy |
| \-display server X server to contact |
| \-dispose method layer disposal method |
| \-dither method apply error diffusion to image |
| \-delay value display the next image after pausing |
| \-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels |
| \-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image |
| \-encoding type text encoding type |
| \-format "string" output formatted image characteristics |
| \-frame include window manager frame |
| \-gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards |
| \-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image |
| \-interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition |
| \-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method |
| \-label string assign a label to an image |
| \-limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit |
| \-monitor monitor progress |
| \-page geometry size and location of an image canvas |
| \-pause value seconds delay between snapshots |
| \-pointsize value font point size |
| \-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level |
| \-quiet suppress all warning messages |
| \-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages |
| \-sampling-factor geometry |
| horizontal and vertical sampling factor |
| \-scene value image scene number |
| \-screen select image from root window |
| \-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers |
| \-set property value set an image property |
| \-silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells |
| \-snaps value number of screen snapshots |
| \-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp |
| \-transparent-color color |
| transparent color |
| \-treedepth value color tree depth |
| \-verbose print detailed information about the image |
| \-virtual-pixel method |
| Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile |
| \-window id select window with this id or name |
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| Image Operators: |
| \-annotate geometry text |
| annotate the image with text |
| \-border include image borders in the output image |
| \-colors value preferred number of colors in the image |
| \-crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image |
| \-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image |
| \-help print program options |
| \-monochrome transform image to black and white |
| \-negate replace every pixel with its complementary color |
| \-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas |
| \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace |
| \-resize geometry resize the image |
| \-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image |
| \-strip strip image of all profiles and comments |
| \-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image |
| \-transparent color make this color transparent within the image |
| \-trim trim image edges |
| \-type type image type |
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| Miscellaneous Options: |
| \-debug events display copious debugging information |
| \-help print program options |
| \-log format format of debugging information |
| \-list type print a list of supported option arguments |
| \-version print version information |
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| By default, 'file' is written in the MIFF image format. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify 'file' as '-' for standard input or output. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| ImageMagick(1) |
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| .SH COPYRIGHT |
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| \fBCopyright (C) 1999-2009 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php\fP |