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- ImageMagick« is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap
- images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats
- (about 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD,
- PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip,
- mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors,
- apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses
- and BĪzier curves.
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- The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command
- line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite
- programming language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore
- (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++
- (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick (Lisp), nMagick (Neko/haXe), MagickNet
- (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP
- (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With
- a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images
- dynamically and automagically.
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- ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary
- distribution or as source code that you can freely use, copy, modify,
- and distribute. Its license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all
- major operating systems.
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- Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:
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- * Format conversion: convert an image from one format to another (e.g.
- PNG to JPEG)
- * Transform: resize, rotate, crop, flip or trim an image
- * Transparency: render portions of an image invisible
- * Draw: add shapes or text to an image
- * Decorate: add a border or frame to an image
- * Special effects: blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image
- * Image calculator: apply a mathematical expression to an image or image
- channels
- * Text & comments: insert descriptive or artistic text in an image
- * Image identification: describe the format and attributes of an image
- * Animation: create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images
- * Composite: overlap one image over another
- * Montage: juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas
- * High dynamic-range imaging: accurately represent the wide range of
- intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct
- sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows
- * Large image support: read, process, or write mega- and giga-pixel image
- sizes
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- For more information, go to http://www.imagemagick.org.
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