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convert(1)		     General Commands Manual		      convert(1)

NAME
     convert  -  convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur,
     crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.

SYNOPSIS
     magick convert [input-options] input-file [output-options] output-file

OVERVIEW
     The convert program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.   Use
     it to convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop,
     despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.

     For  more	information  about  the  convert  command, point your browser to
     file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMagick-7/www/convert.html 	      or
     https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php.

DESCRIPTION
     Image Settings:
       -adjoin		    join images into a single multi-image file
       -affine matrix	    affine transform matrix
       -alpha  option	     activate, deactivate, reset, or set the alpha chan-
     nel
       -antialias	    remove pixel-aliasing
       -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
       -attenuate value     lessen (or intensify) when adding noise to an image
       -background color    background color
       -bias value	    add bias when convolving an image
       -black-point-compensation
			    use black point compensation
       -blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point
       -bordercolor color   border color
       -caption string	    assign a caption to an image
       -cdl filename	    color correct with a color decision list
       -clip		    clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
       -clip-mask filename  associate a clip mask with the image
       -clip-path id	    clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
       -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
       -comment string	    annotate image with comment
       -compose operator    set image composite operator
       -compress type	    type of pixel compression when writing the image
       -decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
       -define format:option
			    define one or more image format options
       -delay centiseconds  display the next image after pausing
       -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
       -depth value	    image depth
       -direction type	    render text right-to-left or left-to-right
       -display server	    get image or font from this X server
       -dispose method	    layer disposal method
       -dither method	    apply error diffusion to image
       -encipher filename   convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
       -encoding type	    text encoding type
       -endian type	    endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
       -family name	    render text with this font family
       -features distance   analyze image features (e.g. contrast, correlation)
       -fill color	    color to use when filling a graphic primitive
       -filter type	    use this filter when resizing an image
       -flatten 	    flatten a sequence of images
       -font name	    render text with this font
       -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
       -fuzz distance	    colors within this distance are considered equal
       -gravity type	    horizontal and vertical text placement
       -green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
       -intensity method    method to generate intensity value from pixel
       -intent type	    type of rendering intent  when  managing  the  image
     color
       -interlace type	    type of image interlacing scheme
       -interline-spacing value
			     set the space between two text lines
       -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
       -interword-spacing value
			     set the space between two words
       -kerning value	    set the space between two letters
       -label string	    assign a label to an image
       -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
       -loop iterations     add Netscape loop extension to your GIF animation
       -matte		    store matte channel if the image has one
       -mattecolor color    frame color
       -metric type	    measure differences between images with this metric
       -moments 	    report image moments
       -monitor 	    monitor progress
       -orient type	    image orientation
       -page geometry	    size and location of an image canvas (setting)
       -ping		    efficiently determine image attributes
       -pointsize value     font point size
       -precision value     maximum number of significant digits to print
       -preview type	    image preview type
       -quality value	    JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
       -quiet		    suppress all warning messages
       -read-mask filename  associate a read mask with the image
       -red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point
       -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
       -remap filename	    transform image colors to match this set of colors
       -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas
       -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
       -sampling-factor geometry
			    horizontal and vertical sampling factor
       -scene value	    image scene number
       -seed value	    seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
       -size geometry	    width and height of image
       -statistic type geometry
			    replace each pixel with corresponding statistic from
     the neighborhood
       -stretch type	    render text with this font stretch
       -stroke color	    graphic primitive stroke color
       -strokewidth value   graphic primitive stroke width
       -style type	    render text with this font style
       -support factor	    resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
       -synchronize	    synchronize image to storage device
       -taint		    declare the image as modified
       -texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background
       -tile-offset geometry
			    tile offset
       -treedepth value     color tree depth
       -transparent-color color
			    transparent color
       -undercolor color    annotation bounding box color
       -units type	    the units of image resolution
       -verbose 	    print detailed information about the image
       -virtual-pixel method
			    virtual pixel access method
       -weight type	    render text with this font weight
       -white-point point   chromaticity white point
       -write-mask filename associate a write mask with the image

     Image Operators:
       -adaptive-blur geometry
			    adaptively blur pixels; decrease effect near edges
       -adaptive-resize geometry
			    adaptively resize image with data dependent triangu-
     lation
       -adaptive-sharpen geometry
			    adaptively	sharpen  pixels;  increase  effect  near
     edges
       -annotate geometry text
			    annotate the image with text
       -auto-gamma	    automagically adjust gamma level of image
       -auto-level	    automagically adjust color levels of image
       -auto-orient	    automatically orient image
       -auto-threshold method
			    automatically perform image thresholding
       -bench iterations    measure performance
       -bilateral-blur geometry
			     non-linear,  edge-preserving,  and   noise-reducing
     smoothing filter
       -black-threshold value
			    force all pixels below the threshold into black
       -blue-shift factor   simulate a scene at nighttime in the moonlight
       -blur geometry	    reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
       -border geometry     surround image with a border of color
       -brightness-contrast geometry
			     improve brightness / contrast of the image
       -canny geometry	    detect edges in the image
       -channel mask	    set the image channel mask
       -charcoal radius     simulate a charcoal drawing
       -chop geometry	    remove pixels from the image interior
       -clahe geometry	    contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization
       -clamp		    keep pixel values in range (0-QuantumRange)
       -clip		    clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
       -clip-mask filename  associate a clip mask with the image
       -clip-path id	    clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
       -colorize value	    colorize the image with the fill color
       -color-matrix matrix apply color correction to the image
       -colors value	    preferred number of colors in the image
       -color-threshold start_color-stop_color
			    force  all pixels in the color range to white other-
     wise black
       -connected-component connectivity
			    connected-components uniquely labeled
       -contrast	    enhance or reduce the image contrast
       -contrast-stretch geometry
			    improve contrast by `stretching' the intensity range
       -convolve coefficients
			    apply a convolution kernel to the image
       -cycle amount	    cycle the image colormap
       -deskew threshold    straighten an image
       -despeckle	    reduce the speckles within an image
       -distort method args
			     distort images according to given method and args
       -draw string	    annotate the image with a graphic primitive
       -edge radius	    apply a filter to detect edges in the image
       -emboss radius	    emboss an image
       -enhance 	    apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
       -equalize	    perform histogram equalization to an image
       -evaluate operator value
			    evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or  logical  ex-
     pression
       -extent geometry     set the image size
       -extract geometry    extract area from image
       -fft		    implements the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)
       -flip		    flip image vertically
       -floodfill geometry color
			    floodfill the image with color
       -flop		    flop image horizontally
       -frame geometry	    surround image with an ornamental border
       -function name	    apply a function to the image
       -gamma value	    level of gamma correction
       -gaussian-blur geometry
			    reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
       -geometry geometry   preferred size or location of the image
       -grayscale method    convert image to grayscale
       -hough-lines geometry
			    identify lines in the image
       -identify	    identify the format and characteristics of the image
       -ift		     implements  the  inverse discrete Fourier transform
     (DFT)
       -implode amount	    implode image pixels about the center
       -integral	    calculate the sum of values (pixel	values)  in  the
     image
       -interpolative-resize geometry
			    resize image using interpolation
       -kmeans geometry     K means color reduction
       -lat geometry	    local adaptive thresholding
       -layers method	    optimize or compare image layers
       -level value	    adjust the level of image contrast
       -level-colors color,color
			     level image with the given colors
       -linear-stretch geometry
			    improve contrast by `stretching with saturation' the
     intensity range
       -liquid-rescale geometry
			    rescale image with seam-carving
       -mean-shift geometry delineate arbitrarily shaped clusters in the image
       -median geometry     apply a median filter to the image
       -mode  geometry	      make  each  pixel  the  'predominant color' of the
     neighborhood
       -modulate value	    vary the brightness, saturation, and hue
       -monochrome	    transform image to black and white
       -morphology method kernel
			    apply a morphology method to the image
       -motion-blur geometry
			    simulate motion blur
       -negate		    replace each pixel with its complementary color
       -noise geometry	    add or reduce noise in an image
       -normalize	    transform image to span the full range of colors
       -opaque color	    change this color to the fill color
       -ordered-dither NxN
			    add a noise pattern to the image with  specific  am-
     plitudes
       -paint radius	    simulate an oil painting
       -perceptible epsilon
			    pixel  value  less	than |epsilon| become epsilon or
     -epsilon
       -polaroid angle	    simulate a Polaroid picture
       -posterize levels    reduce the image to a limited number of color levels
       -print string	    interpret string and print to console
       -profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile
       -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
       -radial-blur angle   radial blur the image
       -raise value	    lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
       -random-threshold low,high
			    random threshold the image
       -range-threshold values
			    perform either hard or soft thresholding within some
     range of values in an image
       -region geometry     apply options to a portion of the image
       -render		    render vector graphics
       -resample geometry   change the resolution of an image
       -resize geometry     resize the image
       -roll geometry	    roll an image vertically or horizontally
       -rotate degrees	    apply Paeth rotation to the image
       -sample geometry     scale image with pixel sampling
       -scale geometry	    scale the image
       -segment values	    segment an image
       -selective-blur geometry
			    selectively blur pixels within a contrast threshold
       -sepia-tone threshold
			    simulate a sepia-toned photo
       -set property value  set an image property
       -shade degrees	    shade the image using a distant light source
       -shadow geometry     simulate an image shadow
       -sharpen geometry    sharpen the image
       -shave geometry	    shave pixels from the image edges
       -shear geometry	    slide one edge of the image along the X or Y axis
       -sigmoidal-contrast geometry
			    lightness rescaling  using	sigmoidal  contrast  en-
     hancement
       -sketch geometry     simulate a pencil sketch
       -solarize threshold  negate all pixels above the threshold level
       -sort-pixels	    sort each scanline in ascending order of intensity
       -sparse-color method args
			     fill in a image based on a few color points
       -splice geometry     splice the background color into the image
       -spread amount	    displace image pixels by a random amount
       -strip		    strip image of all profiles and comments
       -swirl degrees	    swirl image pixels about the center
       -threshold value     threshold the image
       -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
       -tile filename	    tile image when filling a graphic primitive
       -tint value	    tint the image with the fill color
       -transform	    affine transform image
       -transparent color   make this color transparent within the image
       -transpose	    flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees
       -transverse	    flop image horizontally and rotate 270 degrees
       -trim		    trim image edges
       -type type	    image type
       -unique-colors	    discard all but one of any pixel color
       -unsharp geometry    sharpen the image
       -vignette geometry   soften the edges of the image in vignette style
       -wave geometry	    alter an image along a sine wave
       -wavelet-denoise threshold
			     removes noise from the image using a wavelet trans-
     form
       -white-balance	    automagically adjust white balance of image
       -white-threshold value
			    force all pixels above the threshold into white

     Image Channel Operators:
       -channel-fx expression
			    exchange,  extract,  or  transfer  one or more image
     channels
       -separate	    separate an image channel into a grayscale image

     Image Sequence Operators:
       -append		    append an image sequence top to bottom (use  +append
     for left to right)
       -clut		    apply a color lookup table to the image
       -coalesce	    merge a sequence of images
       -combine 	    combine a sequence of images
       -compare 	     mathematically and visually annotate the difference
     between an image and its reconstruction
       -complex operator    perform complex mathematics on an image sequence
       -composite	    composite image
       -copy geometry offset,
			    copy pixels from one area of an image to another
       -crop geometry	    cut out a rectangular region of the image
       -deconstruct	    break down an image sequence into constituent parts
       -evaluate-sequence operator
			    evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or  logical  ex-
     pression
       -flatten 	    flatten a sequence of images
       -fx expression	    apply mathematical expression to an image channel(s)
       -hald-clut	    apply a Hald color lookup table to the image
       -morph value	    morph an image sequence
       -mosaic		    create a mosaic from an image sequence
       -poly  terms	      build a polynomial from the image sequence and the
     corresponding terms (coefficients and degree pairs)
       -process arguments   process the image with a custom image filter
       -smush geometry	    smush an image sequence together
       -write filename	    write images to this file

     Image Stack Operators:
       -clone indexes	    clone an image
       -delete indexes	    delete the image from the image sequence
       -duplicate count,indexes
			    duplicate an image one or more times
       -insert index	    insert last image into the image sequence
       -reverse 	    reverse image sequence
       -swap indexes	    swap two images in the image sequence

     Miscellaneous Options:
       -debug events	    display copious debugging information
       -distribute-cache port
			    distributed pixel cache spanning one or more servers
       -help		    print program options
       -log format	    format of debugging information
       -list type	    print a list of supported option arguments
       -version 	    print version information

     Use any setting or operator as an output-option.  Only a limited number  of
     setting  are   input-option.  They include: -antialias, -caption, -density,
     -define, -encoding, -font, -pointsize, -size, and -texture as well  as  any
     of the miscellaneous options.

     By  default,  the image format of `file' is determined by its magic number.
     To specify a particular image format, precede the filename  with  an  image
     format  name  and	a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the
     filename suffix (i.e. image.ps).  Specify 'file' as '-' for standard  input
     or output.

SEE ALSO
     ImageMagick(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright	(C)  1999  ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and li-
     censes  apply  to	this  software,  see  file:///usr/local/share/doc/Image-
     Magick-7/www/license.html or https://imagemagick.org/license/

ImageMagick		    Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00		      convert(1)

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