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See <a href="command-line-processing.html">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <code>import</code> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p> 62 63 <h2 class="magick-header"><a id="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2> 64 65 <p>We list a few examples of the <code>import</code> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets import an image in the JPEG format:</p> 66 67 <pre> 68 import rose.jpg 69 </pre> 70 71 <p>To capture the entire X server screen in the Postscript image format:</p> 72 73 <pre> 74 import -window root screen.ps 75 </pre> 76 77 <p>You can find additional examples of using <code>import</code> in <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-graf/?ca=dnt-428">Graphics from the Command Line</a>. Further discussion is available in <a href="http://www.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> 78 79 80 <h2 class="magick-header"><a id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2> 81 82 <p>The <code>import</code> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p> 83 84 <table class="table table-condensed table-striped"> 85 <tbody> 86 <tr> 87 <th align="left">Option</th> 88 <th align="left">Description</th> 89 </tr> 90 91 <tr> 92 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#adjoin">-adjoin</a></td> 93 <td>join images into a single multi-image file</td> 94 </tr> 95 96 <tr> 97 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#annotate">-annotate <var>geometry text</var></a></td> 98 <td>annotate the image with text</td> 99 </tr> 100 101 <tr> 102 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#border">-border</a></td> 103 <td>include window border in the output image</td> 104 </tr> 105 106 <tr> 107 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <var>type</var></a></td> 108 <td>apply option to select image channels</td> 109 </tr> 110 111 <tr> 112 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <var>value</var></a></td> 113 <td>preferred number of colors in the image</td> 114 </tr> 115 116 <tr> 117 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <var>type</var></a></td> 118 <td>set image colorspace</td> 119 </tr> 120 121 <tr> 122 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <var>string</var></a></td> 123 <td>annotate image with comment</td> 124 </tr> 125 126 <tr> 127 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <var>type</var></a></td> 128 <td>image compression type</td> 129 </tr> 130 131 <tr> 132 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#contrast">-contrast</a></td> 133 <td>enhance or reduce the image contrast</td> 134 </tr> 135 136 <tr> 137 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#crop">-crop <var>geometry</var></a></td> 138 <td>preferred size and location of the cropped image</td> 139 </tr> 140 141 <tr> 142 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <var>events</var></a></td> 143 <td>import copious debugging information</td> 144 </tr> 145 146 <tr> 147 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#define">-define <var>format:option</var></a></td> 148 <td>define one or more image format options</td> 149 </tr> 150 151 <tr> 152 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#delay">-delay <var>value</var></a></td> 153 <td>import the next image after pausing</td> 154 </tr> 155 156 <tr> 157 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#density">-density <var>geometry</var></a></td> 158 <td>horizontal and vertical density of the image</td> 159 </tr> 160 161 <tr> 162 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <var>value</var></a></td> 163 <td>image depth</td> 164 </tr> 165 166 <tr> 167 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#despeckle">-descend</a></td> 168 <td>obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td> 169 </tr> 170 171 <tr> 172 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#display">-display <var>server</var></a></td> 173 <td>get image or font from this X server</td> 174 </tr> 175 176 <tr> 177 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#dispose">-dispose <var>method</var></a></td> 178 <td>layer disposal method</td> 179 </tr> 180 181 <tr> 182 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#dither">-dither <var>method</var></a></td> 183 <td>apply error diffusion to image</td> 184 </tr> 185 186 <tr> 187 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <var>filename</var></a></td> 188 <td>convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td> 189 </tr> 190 191 <tr> 192 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <var>type</var></a></td> 193 <td>text encoding type</td> 194 </tr> 195 196 <tr> 197 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <var>type</var></a></td> 198 <td>endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td> 199 </tr> 200 201 <tr> 202 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <var>type</var></a></td> 203 <td>use this filter when resizing an image</td> 204 </tr> 205 206 <tr> 207 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#frame">-frame</a></td> 208 <td>include window manager frame</td> 209 </tr> 210 211 <tr> 212 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <var>geometry</var></a></td> 213 <td>preferred size or location of the image</td> 214 </tr> 215 216 <tr> 217 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <var>type</var></a></td> 218 <td>horizontal and vertical text placement</td> 219 </tr> 220 221 <tr> 222 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td> 223 <td>print program options</td> 224 </tr> 225 226 <tr> 227 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td> 228 <td>identify the format and characteristics of the image</td> 229 </tr> 230 231 <tr> 232 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <var>type</var></a></td> 233 <td>type of image interlacing scheme</td> 234 </tr> 235 236 <tr> 237 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <var>method</var></a></td> 238 <td>pixel color interpolation method</td> 239 </tr> 240 241 <tr> 242 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#label">-label <var>name</var></a></td> 243 <td>assign a label to an image</td> 244 </tr> 245 246 <tr> 247 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <var>type value</var></a></td> 248 <td>pixel cache resource limit</td> 249 </tr> 250 251 <tr> 252 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#log">-log <var>format</var></a></td> 253 <td>format of debugging information</td> 254 </tr> 255 256 <tr> 257 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td> 258 <td>monitor progress</td> 259 </tr> 260 261 <tr> 262 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td> 263 <td>transform image to black and white</td> 264 </tr> 265 266 <tr> 267 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td> 268 <td>replace each pixel with its complementary color </td> 269 </tr> 270 271 <tr> 272 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#page">-page <var>geometry</var></a></td> 273 <td>size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td> 274 </tr> 275 276 <tr> 277 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#pause">-pause <var>seconds</var></a></td> 278 <td>seconds delay between snapshots</td> 279 </tr> 280 281 <tr> 282 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <var>value</var></a></td> 283 <td>JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td> 284 </tr> 285 286 <tr> 287 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <var>colorspace</var></a></td> 288 <td>reduce image colors in this colorspace</td> 289 </tr> 290 291 <tr> 292 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> 293 <td>suppress all warning messages</td> 294 </tr> 295 296 <tr> 297 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> 298 <td>suppress all warning messages</td> 299 </tr> 300 301 <tr> 302 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td> 303 <td>pay attention to warning messages.</td> 304 </tr> 305 306 <tr> 307 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#repage">-repage <var>geometry</var></a></td> 308 <td>size and location of an image canvas</td> 309 </tr> 310 311 <tr> 312 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#resize">-resize <var>geometry</var></a></td> 313 <td>resize the image</td> 314 </tr> 315 316 <tr> 317 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td> 318 <td>settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td> 319 </tr> 320 321 <tr> 322 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <var>degrees</var></a></td> 323 <td>apply Paeth rotation to the image</td> 324 </tr> 325 326 <tr> 327 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <var>geometry</var></a></td> 328 <td>horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td> 329 </tr> 330 331 <tr> 332 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <var>value</var></a></td> 333 <td>image scene number</td> 334 </tr> 335 336 <tr> 337 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#screen">-screen</a></td> 338 <td>select image from root window</td> 339 </tr> 340 341 <tr> 342 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <var>value</var></a></td> 343 <td>seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td> 344 </tr> 345 346 <tr> 347 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#set">-set <var>attribute value</var></a></td> 348 <td>set an image attribute</td> 349 </tr> 350 351 <tr> 352 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#sharpen">-silent</a></td> 353 <td>operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td> 354 </tr> 355 356 <tr> 357 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td> 358 <td>strip image of all profiles and comments</td> 359 </tr> 360 361 <tr> 362 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td> 363 <td>synchronize image to storage device</td> 364 </tr> 365 366 <tr> 367 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td> 368 <td>mark the image as modified</td> 369 </tr> 370 371 <tr> 372 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <var>color</var></a></td> 373 <td>transparent color</td> 374 </tr> 375 376 <tr> 377 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#trim">-trim</a></td> 378 <td>trim image edges</td> 379 </tr> 380 381 <tr> 382 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#update">-type <var>type</var></a></td> 383 <td>image type</td> 384 </tr> 385 386 <tr> 387 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td> 388 <td>print detailed information about the image</td> 389 </tr> 390 391 <tr> 392 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td> 393 <td>print version information</td> 394 </tr> 395 396 <tr> 397 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <var>method</var></a></td> 398 <td>access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td> 399 </tr> 400 401 <tr> 402 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#write">-window <var>id</var></a></td> 403 <td>select window with this id or name</td> 404 </tr> 405 406 </tbody> 407 </table> 408 409 </div> 410 <footer class="magick-footer"> 411 <p><a 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