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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000[diff] [blame]240<h1>ImageMagick Import Command-line Tool</h1>
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cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]244<p>Use the <kbd>import</kbd> program to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file. See <a href="command-line-processing.html">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <kbd>import</kbd> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p>
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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000[diff] [blame]247<h2><a id="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2>
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249
250<p>We list a few examples of the <kbd>import</kbd> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets import an image in the JPEG format:</p>
251
cristyeed6cb62012-01-28 19:38:34 +0000[diff] [blame]252<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $ </span><span class='crtin'>import rose.jpg</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]253<p>To capture the entire X server screen in the Postscript image format:</p>
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cristyeed6cb62012-01-28 19:38:34 +0000[diff] [blame]255<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $ </span><span class='crtin'>import -window root screen.ps</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]256<p>You can find additional examples of using <kbd>import</kbd> in <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-graf/?ca=dnt-428">Graphics from the Command Line</a>. Further discussion is available in <a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-graf2/?ca=dgr-lnxw15GraphicsLine">More Graphics from the Command Line</a> and <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p>
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262
263<p>The <kbd>import</kbd> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p>
264
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cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]273 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#adjoin">-adjoin</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]274 <td valign="top">join images into a single multi-image file</td>
275 </tr>
276
277 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]278 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#annotate">-annotate <em class="option">geometry text</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]279 <td valign="top">annotate the image with text</td>
280 </tr>
281
282 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]283 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#border">-border</a></td>
cristy19156992010-03-04 17:04:59 +0000[diff] [blame]284 <td valign="top">include window border in the output image</td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]285 </tr>
286
287 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]288 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]289 <td valign="top">apply option to select image channels</td>
290 </tr>
291
292 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]293 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]294 <td valign="top">preferred number of colors in the image</td>
295 </tr>
296
297 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]298 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]299 <td valign="top">set image colorspace</td>
300 </tr>
301
302 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]303 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]304 <td valign="top">annotate image with comment</td>
305 </tr>
306
307 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]308 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]309 <td valign="top">image compression type</td>
310 </tr>
311
312 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]313 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#contrast">-contrast</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]314 <td valign="top">enhance or reduce the image contrast</td>
315 </tr>
316
317 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]318 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#crop">-crop <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]319 <td valign="top">preferred size and location of the cropped image</td>
320 </tr>
321
322 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]323 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]324 <td valign="top">import copious debugging information</td>
325 </tr>
326
327 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]328 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#define">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]329 <td valign="top">define one or more image format options</td>
330 </tr>
331
332 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]333 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#delay">-delay <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]334 <td valign="top">import the next image after pausing</td>
335 </tr>
336
337 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]338 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#density">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]339 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical density of the image</td>
340 </tr>
341
342 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]343 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]344 <td valign="top">image depth</td>
345 </tr>
346
347 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]348 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#despeckle">-descend</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]349 <td valign="top">obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td>
350 </tr>
351
352 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]353 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#display">-display <em class="option">server</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]354 <td valign="top">get image or font from this X server</td>
355 </tr>
356
357 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]358 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#dispose">-dispose <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]359 <td valign="top">layer disposal method</td>
360 </tr>
361
362 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]363 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#dither">-dither <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]364 <td valign="top">apply error diffusion to image</td>
365 </tr>
366
367 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]368 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]369 <td valign="top">convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td>
370 </tr>
371
372 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]373 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]374 <td valign="top">text encoding type</td>
375 </tr>
376
377 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]378 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]379 <td valign="top">endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td>
380 </tr>
381
382 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]383 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]384 <td valign="top">use this filter when resizing an image</td>
385 </tr>
386
387 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]388 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#frame">-frame</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]389 <td valign="top">include window manager frame</td>
390 </tr>
391
392 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]393 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]394 <td valign="top">preferred size or location of the image</td>
395 </tr>
396
397 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]398 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]399 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical text placement</td>
400 </tr>
401
402 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]403 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]404 <td valign="top">print program options</td>
405 </tr>
406
407 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]408 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]409 <td valign="top">identify the format and characteristics of the image</td>
410 </tr>
411
412 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]413 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]414 <td valign="top">type of image interlacing scheme</td>
415 </tr>
416
417 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]418 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]419 <td valign="top">pixel color interpolation method</td>
420 </tr>
421
422 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]423 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#label">-label <em class="option">name</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]424 <td valign="top">assign a label to an image</td>
425 </tr>
426
427 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]428 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]429 <td valign="top">pixel cache resource limit</td>
430 </tr>
431
432 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]433 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#log">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]434 <td valign="top">format of debugging information</td>
435 </tr>
436
437 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]438 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]439 <td valign="top">monitor progress</td>
440 </tr>
441
442 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]443 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]444 <td valign="top">transform image to black and white</td>
445 </tr>
446
447 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]448 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td>
cristyb29bc032010-02-01 20:29:43 +0000[diff] [blame]449 <td valign="top">replace each pixel with its complementary color </td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]450 </tr>
451
452 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]453 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#page">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]454 <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td>
455 </tr>
456
457 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]458 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]459 <td valign="top">JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td>
460 </tr>
461
462 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]463 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <em class="option">colorspace</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]464 <td valign="top">reduce image colors in this colorspace</td>
465 </tr>
466
467 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]468 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]469 <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td>
470 </tr>
471
472 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]473 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]474 <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td>
475 </tr>
476
477 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]478 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]479 <td valign="top">pay attention to warning messages.</td>
480 </tr>
481
482 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]483 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#repage">-repage <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]484 <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas</td>
485 </tr>
486
487 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]488 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#resize">-resize <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]489 <td valign="top">resize the image</td>
490 </tr>
491
492 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]493 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]494 <td valign="top">settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td>
495 </tr>
496
497 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]498 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]499 <td valign="top">apply Paeth rotation to the image</td>
500 </tr>
501
502 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]503 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]504 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td>
505 </tr>
506
507 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]508 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]509 <td valign="top">image scene number</td>
510 </tr>
511
512 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]513 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#screen">-screen</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]514 <td valign="top">select image from root window</td>
515 </tr>
516
517 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]518 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]519 <td valign="top">seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td>
520 </tr>
521
522 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]523 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#set">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]524 <td valign="top">set an image attribute</td>
525 </tr>
526
527 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]528 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#sharpen">-silent</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]529 <td valign="top">operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td>
530 </tr>
531
532 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]533 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]534 <td valign="top">strip image of all profiles and comments</td>
535 </tr>
536
537 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]538 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td>
cristy5063d812010-10-19 16:28:10 +0000[diff] [blame]539 <td valign="top">synchronize image to storage device</td>
540 </tr>
541
542 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]543 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td>
cristy5063d812010-10-19 16:28:10 +0000[diff] [blame]544 <td valign="top">mark the image as modified</td>
545 </tr>
546
547 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]548 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]549 <td valign="top">transparent color</td>
550 </tr>
551
552 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]553 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#trim">-trim</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]554 <td valign="top">trim image edges</td>
555 </tr>
556
557 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]558 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#update">-type <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]559 <td valign="top">image type</td>
560 </tr>
561
562 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]563 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]564 <td valign="top">print detailed information about the image</td>
565 </tr>
566
567 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]568 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]569 <td valign="top">print version information</td>
570 </tr>
571
572 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]573 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]574 <td valign="top">access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td>
575 </tr>
576
577 <tr>
cristy751980d2012-06-03 23:18:35 +0000[diff] [blame]578 <td valign="top"><a href="command-line-options.html#write">-window <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]579 <td valign="top">select window with this id or name</td>
580 </tr>
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