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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> 98 99<h2><a class="anchor" id="usage"></a>Example Usage</h2> 100 101<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 of an X11 window in the JPEG format:</p> 102 103<pre class="highlight"><code>magick import rose.jpg 104</code></pre> 105 106<p>To capture the entire X server screen in the Postscript image format:</p> 107 108<pre class="highlight"><code>magick import -window root screen.ps 109</code></pre> 110 111<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="https://legacy.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p> 112 113 114<h2><a class="anchor" id="options"></a>Option Summary</h2> 115 116<p>The <code>import</code> command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.</p> 117 118<table class="table table-sm table-hover"> 119 <tbody> 120 <tr> 121 <th align="left">Option</th> 122 <th align="left">Description</th> 123 </tr> 124 125 <tr> 126 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#adjoin">-adjoin</a></td> 127 <td>join images into a single multi-image file</td> 128 </tr> 129 130 <tr> 131 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#annotate">-annotate <var>geometry text</var></a></td> 132 <td>annotate the image with text</td> 133 </tr> 134 135 <tr> 136 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#border">-border</a></td> 137 <td>include window border in the output image</td> 138 </tr> 139 140 <tr> 141 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#channel">-channel <var>type</var></a></td> 142 <td>apply option to select image channels</td> 143 </tr> 144 145 <tr> 146 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#colors">-colors <var>value</var></a></td> 147 <td>preferred number of colors in the image</td> 148 </tr> 149 150 <tr> 151 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#colorspace">-colorspace <var>type</var></a></td> 152 <td>set image colorspace</td> 153 </tr> 154 155 <tr> 156 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#comment">-comment <var>string</var></a></td> 157 <td>annotate image with comment</td> 158 </tr> 159 160 <tr> 161 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#compress">-compress <var>type</var></a></td> 162 <td>image compression type</td> 163 </tr> 164 165 <tr> 166 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#contrast">-contrast</a></td> 167 <td>enhance or reduce the image contrast</td> 168 </tr> 169 170 <tr> 171 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#crop">-crop <var>geometry</var></a></td> 172 <td>preferred size and location of the cropped image</td> 173 </tr> 174 175 <tr> 176 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#debug">-debug <var>events</var></a></td> 177 <td>import copious debugging information</td> 178 </tr> 179 180 <tr> 181 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#define">-define <var>format:option</var></a></td> 182 <td>define one or more image format options</td> 183 </tr> 184 185 <tr> 186 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#delay">-delay <var>centiseconds</var></a></td> 187 <td>import the next image after pausing</td> 188 </tr> 189 190 <tr> 191 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#density">-density <var>geometry</var></a></td> 192 <td>horizontal and vertical density of the image</td> 193 </tr> 194 195 <tr> 196 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#depth">-depth <var>value</var></a></td> 197 <td>image depth</td> 198 </tr> 199 200 <tr> 201 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#despeckle">-descend</a></td> 202 <td>obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td> 203 </tr> 204 205 <tr> 206 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#display">-display <var>server</var></a></td> 207 <td>get image or font from this X server</td> 208 </tr> 209 210 <tr> 211 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#dispose">-dispose <var>method</var></a></td> 212 <td>layer disposal method</td> 213 </tr> 214 215 <tr> 216 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#dither">-dither <var>method</var></a></td> 217 <td>apply error diffusion to image</td> 218 </tr> 219 220 <tr> 221 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#encipher">-encipher <var>filename</var></a></td> 222 <td>convert plain pixels to cipher pixels</td> 223 </tr> 224 225 <tr> 226 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#encoding">-encoding <var>type</var></a></td> 227 <td>text encoding type</td> 228 </tr> 229 230 <tr> 231 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#endian">-endian <var>type</var></a></td> 232 <td>endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td> 233 </tr> 234 235 <tr> 236 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#filter">-filter <var>type</var></a></td> 237 <td>use this filter when resizing an image</td> 238 </tr> 239 240 <tr> 241 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#frame">-frame</a></td> 242 <td>include window manager frame</td> 243 </tr> 244 245 <tr> 246 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#geometry">-geometry <var>geometry</var></a></td> 247 <td>preferred size or location of the image</td> 248 </tr> 249 250 <tr> 251 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#gravity">-gravity <var>type</var></a></td> 252 <td>horizontal and vertical text placement</td> 253 </tr> 254 255 <tr> 256 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#help">-help</a></td> 257 <td>print program options</td> 258 </tr> 259 260 <tr> 261 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#identify">-identify</a></td> 262 <td>identify the format and characteristics of the image</td> 263 </tr> 264 265 <tr> 266 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#interlace">-interlace <var>type</var></a></td> 267 <td>type of image interlacing scheme</td> 268 </tr> 269 270 <tr> 271 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#interpolate">-interpolate <var>method</var></a></td> 272 <td>pixel color interpolation method</td> 273 </tr> 274 275 <tr> 276 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#label">-label <var>name</var></a></td> 277 <td>assign a label to an image</td> 278 </tr> 279 280 <tr> 281 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#limit">-limit <var>type value</var></a></td> 282 <td>pixel cache resource limit</td> 283 </tr> 284 285 <tr> 286 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#log">-log <var>format</var></a></td> 287 <td>format of debugging information</td> 288 </tr> 289 290 <tr> 291 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#monitor">-monitor</a></td> 292 <td>monitor progress</td> 293 </tr> 294 295 <tr> 296 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#monochrome">-monochrome</a></td> 297 <td>transform image to black and white</td> 298 </tr> 299 300 <tr> 301 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#negate">-negate</a></td> 302 <td>replace each pixel with its complementary color </td> 303 </tr> 304 305 <tr> 306 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#page">-page <var>geometry</var></a></td> 307 <td>size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td> 308 </tr> 309 310 <tr> 311 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#pause">-pause <var>seconds</var></a></td> 312 <td>seconds delay between snapshots</td> 313 </tr> 314 315 <tr> 316 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quality">-quality <var>value</var></a></td> 317 <td>JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td> 318 </tr> 319 320 <tr> 321 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quantize">-quantize <var>colorspace</var></a></td> 322 <td>reduce image colors in this colorspace</td> 323 </tr> 324 325 <tr> 326 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> 327 <td>suppress all warning messages</td> 328 </tr> 329 330 <tr> 331 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#quiet">-quiet</a></td> 332 <td>suppress all warning messages</td> 333 </tr> 334 335 <tr> 336 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#regard-warnings">-regard-warnings</a></td> 337 <td>pay attention to warning messages.</td> 338 </tr> 339 340 <tr> 341 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#repage">-repage <var>geometry</var></a></td> 342 <td>size and location of an image canvas</td> 343 </tr> 344 345 <tr> 346 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#resize">-resize <var>geometry</var></a></td> 347 <td>resize the image</td> 348 </tr> 349 350 <tr> 351 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#respect-parentheses">-respect-parentheses</a></td> 352 <td>settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.</td> 353 </tr> 354 355 <tr> 356 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#rotate">-rotate <var>degrees</var></a></td> 357 <td>apply Paeth rotation to the image</td> 358 </tr> 359 360 <tr> 361 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#sampling-factor">-sampling-factor <var>geometry</var></a></td> 362 <td>horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td> 363 </tr> 364 365 <tr> 366 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#scene">-scene <var>value</var></a></td> 367 <td>image scene number</td> 368 </tr> 369 370 <tr> 371 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#screen">-screen</a></td> 372 <td>select image from root window</td> 373 </tr> 374 375 <tr> 376 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#seed">-seed <var>value</var></a></td> 377 <td>seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers</td> 378 </tr> 379 380 <tr> 381 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#set">-set <var>attribute value</var></a></td> 382 <td>set an image attribute</td> 383 </tr> 384 385 <tr> 386 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#sharpen">-silent</a></td> 387 <td>operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td> 388 </tr> 389 390 <tr> 391 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#strip">-strip</a></td> 392 <td>strip image of all profiles and comments</td> 393 </tr> 394 395 <tr> 396 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#synchronize">-synchronize</a></td> 397 <td>synchronize image to storage device</td> 398 </tr> 399 400 <tr> 401 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#taint">-taint</a></td> 402 <td>mark the image as modified</td> 403 </tr> 404 405 <tr> 406 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#transparent-color">-transparent-color <var>color</var></a></td> 407 <td>transparent color</td> 408 </tr> 409 410 <tr> 411 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#trim">-trim</a></td> 412 <td>trim image edges</td> 413 </tr> 414 415 <tr> 416 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#update">-type <var>type</var></a></td> 417 <td>image type</td> 418 </tr> 419 420 <tr> 421 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#verbose">-verbose</a></td> 422 <td>print detailed information about the image</td> 423 </tr> 424 425 <tr> 426 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#version">-version</a></td> 427 <td>print version information</td> 428 </tr> 429 430 <tr> 431 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel">-virtual-pixel <var>method</var></a></td> 432 <td>access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td> 433 </tr> 434 435 <tr> 436 <td><a href="command-line-options.html#write">-window <var>id</var></a></td> 437 <td>select window with this id or name</td> 438 </tr> 439 440 </tbody> 441</table> 442 443</div> 444 </div> 445 </main><!-- /.container --> 446 <footer 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