ImageMagick - Convert, Edit, and Compose Images

ImageMagick^TM 5.5.5 is a robust collection of tools and libraries offered under a usage license to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats (over 87 major formats) including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. With ImageMagick you can create images dynamically, making it suitable for Web applications. You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image or image sequence and save your completed work in the same or differing image format. Image processing operations are available from the command line, as well as through C, C++, Perl, or Java programming interfaces.

Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:

	Convert an image from one format to another (e.g. TIFF to JPEG)
	Resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image
	Create a montage of image thumbnails
	Create a transparent image suitable for use on the Web
	Turn a group of images into a GIF animation sequence
	Create a composite image by combining several separate images
	Draw shapes or text on an image
	Decorate an image with a border or frame
	Describe the format and characteristics of an image

You can access ImageMagick functions directly from the command line using the ImageMagick tools convert, mogrify, montage, composite, or identify. Use the display program to interactively manipulate your images or animate an image sequence from a graphical panel. Finally you have access to the various image manipulation methods directly from the most popular application development environment: Perl, C++, C, Python, C, PHP, or Java. These programs, and much more, are discussed in detail. Just follow the appropriate link on this page.

You can subscribe to the mailing list or register with the Web-based discourse server. Here you can ask questions and get advice from other ImageMagick users and see announcements of bug fixes, enhancements, and new releases.

ImageMagick is copyright ImageMagick Studio LLC, a non-profit organization. ImageMagick is available for free, may be used to support both open and proprietary applications, and may be redistributed without fee.

The ImageMagick logo is copyright Pineapple USA Inc. It is freely distributable, however, modifications to the logo are not permitted.

ImageMagick Utilities

ImageMagick provides a powerful set of command line utilities. These utilities use a consistent set of options. The available utilities and links to their documentation are shown in the following table:

Utility	Description
animate	animate a sequence of images
composite	composite images together
conjure	execute a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) XML script
convert	convert an image or sequence of images
display	display an image on a workstation running X
identify	describe an image or image sequence
import	capture an application or X server screen
mogrify	transform an image or sequence of images
montage	create a composite image (in a grid) from separate images

ImageMagick Programming Interface

ImageMagick capabilities may be accessed from many languages and scripting environments as shown in the following table:

Language	Description
C	C is the core programming interface to ImageMagick
C++	Magick++ provides an object-oriented C++ interface to ImageMagick
Perl	PerlMagick provides an object-oriented Perl interface to ImageMagick
Python	PythonMagick an object-oriented Python interface to ImageMagick
PHP	A native php-extentsion to ImageMagick.
Java	JMagick provides an object-oriented Java interface to ImageMagick
Visual Basic	The ImageMagickObject OLE control supports access from Visual Basic programs under Microsoft Windows.
Windows Script Host (WSH)	The ImageMagickObject OLE control supports access from Windows Script Host (WSH) (cscript and wscript) under Microsoft Windows.
Macintosh Scripting Interface	A scripting interface for the Mac
ColdFusion	The Alagad Magick Tag for ColdFusion is a free, open source ColdFusion Custom Tag.
PtcMagick	A C++ interface between ImageMagick and OpenPTC.
wxImagick	A C++ interface between ImageMagick and wxWindows. Includes a sample image display program.

Some of these languages and scripting environments are supported by ImageMagick Studio while others are developed and supported by third parties.

ImageMagick Topics

Topics related to ImageMagick:

Frequently Asked Questions	Provides answers to questions which are often asked about ImageMagick.
What's New	Provides a high-level view of enhancements made to ImageMagick over the years.
Change Log	Provides a change-log view of ImageMagick source code and feature changes.
How You Can Help	Describes how you can contribute to the ImageMagick project.
Reporting Bugs	Bugs should be reported by posting to the Magick-bugs mailing list. But first you must subscribe to the list! Alternatively, you can report bugs using the bug tracker at SourceForge.
Magick Image File Format	Provides a detailed description of the MIFF file format.
ImageMagick's Color Reduction Algorithm	Provides a detailed description of the algorithm used by ImageMagick to reduce the number of colors in an image.

Here are some uses of ImageMagick:

ImageMagick Studio	ImageMagick Studio provides an interactive Web interface to process images.
WebMagick Image Navigator	WebMagick creates photo albums for the Web.
Motif GUI for Animate	A Motif GUI for the animate program.
ImageMagick Hacks	A collection of tips and sample scripts for PerlMagick

The following publications provide an in-depth coverage of ImageMagick topics:

Graphics Programming with Perl	Written by Martien Verbruggen. Covers use of ImageMagick's PerlMagick, and other Perl graphic interfaces for graphical programming tasks.
Programming Web Graphics with Perl & GNU Software	Written by Shawn Wallace. Covers use of ImageMagick's utilities and PerlMagick, as well as other tools for creating Web graphics.
Professional PHP4 Multimedia Programming	Written by Allan Kent, et. al., Wrox Press Ltd. Covers use of ImageMagick in PHP4 applications.

ImageMagick Sponsors

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	Web design specialists in accessibility and compatibility
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You or your company may want to sponsor the ImageMagick project as well.