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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000[diff] [blame]244<h1>ImageMagick Import Command-line Tool</h1>
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248<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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254<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>
255
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cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]257<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^]259<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]260<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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cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000[diff] [blame]264<h2><a id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2>
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266
267<p>The <kbd>import</kbd> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p>
268
269<table class="doc">
270 <tbody>
271 <tr>
272 <th align="left">Option</th>
273 <th align="left">Description</th>
274 </tr>
275
276 <tr>
277 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#adjoin">-adjoin</a></td>
278 <td valign="top">join images into a single multi-image file</td>
279 </tr>
280
281 <tr>
282 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#annotate">-annotate <em class="option">geometry text</em></a></td>
283 <td valign="top">annotate the image with text</td>
284 </tr>
285
286 <tr>
287 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#border">-border</a></td>
cristy19156992010-03-04 17:04:59 +0000[diff] [blame]288 <td valign="top">include window border in the output image</td>
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290
291 <tr>
292 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
293 <td valign="top">apply option to select image channels</td>
294 </tr>
295
296 <tr>
297 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
298 <td valign="top">preferred number of colors in the image</td>
299 </tr>
300
301 <tr>
302 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
303 <td valign="top">set image colorspace</td>
304 </tr>
305
306 <tr>
307 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
308 <td valign="top">annotate image with comment</td>
309 </tr>
310
311 <tr>
312 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
313 <td valign="top">image compression type</td>
314 </tr>
315
316 <tr>
317 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#contrast">-contrast</a></td>
318 <td valign="top">enhance or reduce the image contrast</td>
319 </tr>
320
321 <tr>
322 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#crop">-crop <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
323 <td valign="top">preferred size and location of the cropped image</td>
324 </tr>
325
326 <tr>
327 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td>
328 <td valign="top">import copious debugging information</td>
329 </tr>
330
331 <tr>
332 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#define">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td>
333 <td valign="top">define one or more image format options</td>
334 </tr>
335
336 <tr>
337 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#delay">-delay <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
338 <td valign="top">import the next image after pausing</td>
339 </tr>
340
341 <tr>
342 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#density">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
343 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical density of the image</td>
344 </tr>
345
346 <tr>
347 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
348 <td valign="top">image depth</td>
349 </tr>
350
351 <tr>
352 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#despeckle">-descend</a></td>
353 <td valign="top">obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td>
354 </tr>
355
356 <tr>
357 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#display">-display <em class="option">server</em></a></td>
358 <td valign="top">get image or font from this X server</td>
359 </tr>
360
361 <tr>
362 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dispose">-dispose <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
363 <td valign="top">layer disposal method</td>
364 </tr>
365
366 <tr>
367 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dither">-dither <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
368 <td valign="top">apply error diffusion to image</td>
369 </tr>
370
371 <tr>
372 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <em class="option">filename</em></a></td>
373 <td valign="top">convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td>
374 </tr>
375
376 <tr>
377 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
378 <td valign="top">text encoding type</td>
379 </tr>
380
381 <tr>
382 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
383 <td valign="top">endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td>
384 </tr>
385
386 <tr>
387 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
388 <td valign="top">use this filter when resizing an image</td>
389 </tr>
390
391 <tr>
392 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#frame">-frame</a></td>
393 <td valign="top">include window manager frame</td>
394 </tr>
395
396 <tr>
397 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
398 <td valign="top">preferred size or location of the image</td>
399 </tr>
400
401 <tr>
402 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
403 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical text placement</td>
404 </tr>
405
406 <tr>
407 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td>
408 <td valign="top">print program options</td>
409 </tr>
410
411 <tr>
412 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td>
413 <td valign="top">identify the format and characteristics of the image</td>
414 </tr>
415
416 <tr>
417 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
418 <td valign="top">type of image interlacing scheme</td>
419 </tr>
420
421 <tr>
422 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
423 <td valign="top">pixel color interpolation method</td>
424 </tr>
425
426 <tr>
427 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#label">-label <em class="option">name</em></a></td>
428 <td valign="top">assign a label to an image</td>
429 </tr>
430
431 <tr>
432 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td>
433 <td valign="top">pixel cache resource limit</td>
434 </tr>
435
436 <tr>
437 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#log">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td>
438 <td valign="top">format of debugging information</td>
439 </tr>
440
441 <tr>
442 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td>
443 <td valign="top">monitor progress</td>
444 </tr>
445
446 <tr>
447 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td>
448 <td valign="top">transform image to black and white</td>
449 </tr>
450
451 <tr>
452 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td>
cristyb29bc032010-02-01 20:29:43 +0000[diff] [blame]453 <td valign="top">replace each pixel with its complementary color </td>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]454 </tr>
455
456 <tr>
457 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#page">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
458 <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td>
459 </tr>
460
461 <tr>
462 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
463 <td valign="top">JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td>
464 </tr>
465
466 <tr>
467 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <em class="option">colorspace</em></a></td>
468 <td valign="top">reduce image colors in this colorspace</td>
469 </tr>
470
471 <tr>
472 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td>
473 <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td>
474 </tr>
475
476 <tr>
477 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td>
478 <td valign="top">suppress all warning messages</td>
479 </tr>
480
481 <tr>
482 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td>
483 <td valign="top">pay attention to warning messages.</td>
484 </tr>
485
486 <tr>
487 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#repage">-repage <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
488 <td valign="top">size and location of an image canvas</td>
489 </tr>
490
491 <tr>
492 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#resize">-resize <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
493 <td valign="top">resize the image</td>
494 </tr>
495
496 <tr>
497 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td>
498 <td valign="top">settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td>
499 </tr>
500
501 <tr>
502 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td>
503 <td valign="top">apply Paeth rotation to the image</td>
504 </tr>
505
506 <tr>
507 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
508 <td valign="top">horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td>
509 </tr>
510
511 <tr>
512 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
513 <td valign="top">image scene number</td>
514 </tr>
515
516 <tr>
517 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#screen">-screen</a></td>
518 <td valign="top">select image from root window</td>
519 </tr>
520
521 <tr>
522 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
523 <td valign="top">seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td>
524 </tr>
525
526 <tr>
527 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#set">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td>
528 <td valign="top">set an image attribute</td>
529 </tr>
530
531 <tr>
532 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sharpen">-silent</a></td>
533 <td valign="top">operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td>
534 </tr>
535
536 <tr>
537 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td>
538 <td valign="top">strip image of all profiles and comments</td>
539 </tr>
540
541 <tr>
cristy5063d812010-10-19 16:28:10 +0000[diff] [blame]542 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td>
543 <td valign="top">synchronize image to storage device</td>
544 </tr>
545
546 <tr>
547 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td>
548 <td valign="top">mark the image as modified</td>
549 </tr>
550
551 <tr>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000[diff] [blame]552 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <em class="option">color</em></a></td>
553 <td valign="top">transparent color</td>
554 </tr>
555
556 <tr>
557 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#trim">-trim</a></td>
558 <td valign="top">trim image edges</td>
559 </tr>
560
561 <tr>
562 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#update">-type <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
563 <td valign="top">image type</td>
564 </tr>
565
566 <tr>
567 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td>
568 <td valign="top">print detailed information about the image</td>
569 </tr>
570
571 <tr>
572 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td>
573 <td valign="top">print version information</td>
574 </tr>
575
576 <tr>
577 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
578 <td valign="top">access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td>
579 </tr>
580
581 <tr>
582 <td valign="top"><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write">-window <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
583 <td valign="top">select window with this id or name</td>
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