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cristy | dcca3fa | 2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | <h1>ImageMagick Import Command-line Tool</h1> |
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| 216 | <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="../www/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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| 222 | <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> |
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| 224 | <p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick> </span><span class='crtin'>import rose.jpg</span></p> |
| 225 | <p>To capture the entire X server screen in the Postscript image format:</p> |
| 226 | |
| 227 | <p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $magick> </span><span class='crtin'>import -window root screen.ps</span></p> |
| 228 | <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> |
| 229 | |
| 230 | </div> |
| 231 | |
cristy | dcca3fa | 2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | <h2><a id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2> |
cristy | 3ed852e | 2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | <div class="doc-section"> |
| 234 | |
| 235 | <p>The <kbd>import</kbd> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p> |
| 236 | |
| 237 | <table class="doc"> |
| 238 | <tbody> |
| 239 | <tr> |
| 240 | <th align="left">Option</th> |
| 241 | <th align="left">Description</th> |
| 242 | </tr> |
| 243 | |
| 244 | <tr> |
| 245 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#adjoin">-adjoin</a></td> |
| 246 | <td valign="top">join images into a single multi-image file</td> |
| 247 | </tr> |
| 248 | |
| 249 | <tr> |
| 250 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#annotate">-annotate <em class="option">geometry text</em></a></td> |
| 251 | <td valign="top">annotate the image with text</td> |
| 252 | </tr> |
| 253 | |
| 254 | <tr> |
| 255 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#border">-border</a></td> |
cristy | 1915699 | 2010-03-04 17:04:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | <td valign="top">include window border in the output image</td> |
cristy | 3ed852e | 2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | </tr> |
| 258 | |
| 259 | <tr> |
| 260 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 261 | <td valign="top">apply option to select image channels</td> |
| 262 | </tr> |
| 263 | |
| 264 | <tr> |
| 265 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 266 | <td valign="top">preferred number of colors in the image</td> |
| 267 | </tr> |
| 268 | |
| 269 | <tr> |
| 270 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 271 | <td valign="top">set image colorspace</td> |
| 272 | </tr> |
| 273 | |
| 274 | <tr> |
| 275 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td> |
| 276 | <td valign="top">annotate image with comment</td> |
| 277 | </tr> |
| 278 | |
| 279 | <tr> |
| 280 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 281 | <td valign="top">image compression type</td> |
| 282 | </tr> |
| 283 | |
| 284 | <tr> |
| 285 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#contrast">-contrast</a></td> |
| 286 | <td valign="top">enhance or reduce the image contrast</td> |
| 287 | </tr> |
| 288 | |
| 289 | <tr> |
| 290 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#crop">-crop <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 291 | <td valign="top">preferred size and location of the cropped image</td> |
| 292 | </tr> |
| 293 | |
| 294 | <tr> |
| 295 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td> |
| 296 | <td valign="top">import copious debugging information</td> |
| 297 | </tr> |
| 298 | |
| 299 | <tr> |
| 300 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#define">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td> |
| 301 | <td valign="top">define one or more image format options</td> |
| 302 | </tr> |
| 303 | |
| 304 | <tr> |
| 305 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#delay">-delay <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 306 | <td valign="top">import the next image after pausing</td> |
| 307 | </tr> |
| 308 | |
| 309 | <tr> |
| 310 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#density">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 311 | <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical density of the image</td> |
| 312 | </tr> |
| 313 | |
| 314 | <tr> |
| 315 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 316 | <td valign="top">image depth</td> |
| 317 | </tr> |
| 318 | |
| 319 | <tr> |
| 320 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#despeckle">-descend</a></td> |
| 321 | <td valign="top">obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td> |
| 322 | </tr> |
| 323 | |
| 324 | <tr> |
| 325 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#display">-display <em class="option">server</em></a></td> |
| 326 | <td valign="top">get image or font from this X server</td> |
| 327 | </tr> |
| 328 | |
| 329 | <tr> |
| 330 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dispose">-dispose <em class="option">method</em></a></td> |
| 331 | <td valign="top">layer disposal method</td> |
| 332 | </tr> |
| 333 | |
| 334 | <tr> |
| 335 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dither">-dither <em class="option">method</em></a></td> |
| 336 | <td valign="top">apply error diffusion to image</td> |
| 337 | </tr> |
| 338 | |
| 339 | <tr> |
| 340 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <em class="option">filename</em></a></td> |
| 341 | <td valign="top">convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td> |
| 342 | </tr> |
| 343 | |
| 344 | <tr> |
| 345 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 346 | <td valign="top">text encoding type</td> |
| 347 | </tr> |
| 348 | |
| 349 | <tr> |
| 350 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 351 | <td valign="top">endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td> |
| 352 | </tr> |
| 353 | |
| 354 | <tr> |
| 355 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 356 | <td valign="top">use this filter when resizing an image</td> |
| 357 | </tr> |
| 358 | |
| 359 | <tr> |
| 360 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#frame">-frame</a></td> |
| 361 | <td valign="top">include window manager frame</td> |
| 362 | </tr> |
| 363 | |
| 364 | <tr> |
| 365 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 366 | <td valign="top">preferred size or location of the image</td> |
| 367 | </tr> |
| 368 | |
| 369 | <tr> |
| 370 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 371 | <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical text placement</td> |
| 372 | </tr> |
| 373 | |
| 374 | <tr> |
| 375 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td> |
| 376 | <td valign="top">print program options</td> |
| 377 | </tr> |
| 378 | |
| 379 | <tr> |
| 380 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td> |
| 381 | <td valign="top">identify the format and characteristics of the image</td> |
| 382 | </tr> |
| 383 | |
| 384 | <tr> |
| 385 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 386 | <td valign="top">type of image interlacing scheme</td> |
| 387 | </tr> |
| 388 | |
| 389 | <tr> |
| 390 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <em class="option">method</em></a></td> |
| 391 | <td valign="top">pixel color interpolation method</td> |
| 392 | </tr> |
| 393 | |
| 394 | <tr> |
| 395 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#label">-label <em class="option">name</em></a></td> |
| 396 | <td valign="top">assign a label to an image</td> |
| 397 | </tr> |
| 398 | |
| 399 | <tr> |
| 400 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td> |
| 401 | <td valign="top">pixel cache resource limit</td> |
| 402 | </tr> |
| 403 | |
| 404 | <tr> |
| 405 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#log">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td> |
| 406 | <td valign="top">format of debugging information</td> |
| 407 | </tr> |
| 408 | |
| 409 | <tr> |
| 410 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td> |
| 411 | <td valign="top">monitor progress</td> |
| 412 | </tr> |
| 413 | |
| 414 | <tr> |
| 415 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td> |
| 416 | <td valign="top">transform image to black and white</td> |
| 417 | </tr> |
| 418 | |
| 419 | <tr> |
| 420 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td> |
cristy | b29bc03 | 2010-02-01 20:29:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | <td valign="top">replace each pixel with its complementary color </td> |
cristy | 3ed852e | 2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | </tr> |
| 423 | |
| 424 | <tr> |
| 425 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#page">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 426 | <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td> |
| 427 | </tr> |
| 428 | |
| 429 | <tr> |
| 430 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 431 | <td valign="top">JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td> |
| 432 | </tr> |
| 433 | |
| 434 | <tr> |
| 435 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <em class="option">colorspace</em></a></td> |
| 436 | <td valign="top">reduce image colors in this colorspace</td> |
| 437 | </tr> |
| 438 | |
| 439 | <tr> |
| 440 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> |
| 441 | <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td> |
| 442 | </tr> |
| 443 | |
| 444 | <tr> |
| 445 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> |
| 446 | <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td> |
| 447 | </tr> |
| 448 | |
| 449 | <tr> |
| 450 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td> |
| 451 | <td valign="top">pay attention to warning messages.</td> |
| 452 | </tr> |
| 453 | |
| 454 | <tr> |
| 455 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#repage">-repage <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 456 | <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas</td> |
| 457 | </tr> |
| 458 | |
| 459 | <tr> |
| 460 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#resize">-resize <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 461 | <td valign="top">resize the image</td> |
| 462 | </tr> |
| 463 | |
| 464 | <tr> |
| 465 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td> |
| 466 | <td valign="top">settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td> |
| 467 | </tr> |
| 468 | |
| 469 | <tr> |
| 470 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td> |
| 471 | <td valign="top">apply Paeth rotation to the image</td> |
| 472 | </tr> |
| 473 | |
| 474 | <tr> |
| 475 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td> |
| 476 | <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td> |
| 477 | </tr> |
| 478 | |
| 479 | <tr> |
| 480 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 481 | <td valign="top">image scene number</td> |
| 482 | </tr> |
| 483 | |
| 484 | <tr> |
| 485 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#screen">-screen</a></td> |
| 486 | <td valign="top">select image from root window</td> |
| 487 | </tr> |
| 488 | |
| 489 | <tr> |
| 490 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <em class="option">value</em></a></td> |
| 491 | <td valign="top">seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td> |
| 492 | </tr> |
| 493 | |
| 494 | <tr> |
| 495 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#set">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td> |
| 496 | <td valign="top">set an image attribute</td> |
| 497 | </tr> |
| 498 | |
| 499 | <tr> |
| 500 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sharpen">-silent</a></td> |
| 501 | <td valign="top">operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td> |
| 502 | </tr> |
| 503 | |
| 504 | <tr> |
| 505 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td> |
| 506 | <td valign="top">strip image of all profiles and comments</td> |
| 507 | </tr> |
| 508 | |
| 509 | <tr> |
cristy | 5063d81 | 2010-10-19 16:28:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 510 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td> |
| 511 | <td valign="top">synchronize image to storage device</td> |
| 512 | </tr> |
| 513 | |
| 514 | <tr> |
| 515 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td> |
| 516 | <td valign="top">mark the image as modified</td> |
| 517 | </tr> |
| 518 | |
| 519 | <tr> |
cristy | 3ed852e | 2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 520 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <em class="option">color</em></a></td> |
| 521 | <td valign="top">transparent color</td> |
| 522 | </tr> |
| 523 | |
| 524 | <tr> |
| 525 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#trim">-trim</a></td> |
| 526 | <td valign="top">trim image edges</td> |
| 527 | </tr> |
| 528 | |
| 529 | <tr> |
| 530 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#update">-type <em class="option">type</em></a></td> |
| 531 | <td valign="top">image type</td> |
| 532 | </tr> |
| 533 | |
| 534 | <tr> |
| 535 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td> |
| 536 | <td valign="top">print detailed information about the image</td> |
| 537 | </tr> |
| 538 | |
| 539 | <tr> |
| 540 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td> |
| 541 | <td valign="top">print version information</td> |
| 542 | </tr> |
| 543 | |
| 544 | <tr> |
| 545 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td> |
| 546 | <td valign="top">access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td> |
| 547 | </tr> |
| 548 | |
| 549 | <tr> |
| 550 | <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write">-window <em class="option">id</em></a></td> |
| 551 | <td valign="top">select window with this id or name</td> |
| 552 | </tr> |
| 553 | |
| 554 | </tbody> |
| 555 | </table> |
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