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import(1)		     General Commands Manual		       import(1)

NAME
     import - saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image
     file.  You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangu-
     lar portion of the screen. The window to capture is  selected  by	clicking
     the desired window or a program option.

SYNOPSIS
     magick import [options] output-file

OVERVIEW
     The  import  program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.  Use
     it to capture some or all of an X server screen and save  the  image  to  a
     file.

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

DESCRIPTION
     Image Settings:
       -adjoin		    join images into a single multi-image file
       -border		    include window border in the output image
       -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
       -comment string	    annotate image with comment
       -compress type	    type of pixel compression when writing the image
       -define format:option
			    define one or more image format options
       -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
       -depth value	    image depth
       -descend 	    obtain image by descending window hierarchy
       -display server	    X server to contact
       -dispose method	    layer disposal method
       -dither method	    apply error diffusion to image
       -delay centiseconds  display the next image after pausing
       -encipher filename   convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
       -endian type	    endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
       -encoding type	    text encoding type
       -filter type	    use this filter when resizing an image
       -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
       -frame		    include window manager frame
       -gravity direction   which direction to gravitate towards
       -identify	    identify the format and characteristics of the image
       -interlace type	    None, Line, Plane, or Partition
       -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
       -label string	    assign a label to an image
       -limit type value    Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
       -monitor 	    monitor progress
       -page geometry	    size and location of an image canvas
       -pause seconds	    seconds delay between snapshots
       -pointsize value     font point size
       -quality value	    JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
       -quiet		    suppress all warning messages
       -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
       -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
       -screen		    select image from root window
       -seed value	    seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
       -set property value  set an image property
       -silent		    operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells
       -snaps value	    number of screen snapshots
       -support factor	    resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
       -synchronize	    synchronize image to storage device
       -taint		    declare the image as modified
       -transparent-color color
			    transparent color
       -treedepth value     color tree depth
       -verbose 	    print detailed information about the image
       -virtual-pixel method
			    Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
       -window id	    select window with this id or name
			     root selects the whole screen

     Image Operators:
       -annotate geometry text
			    annotate the image with text
       -channel mask	    set the image channel mask
       -colors value	    preferred number of colors in the image
       -crop geometry	    preferred size and location of the cropped image
       -extent geometry     set the image size
       -geometry geometry   preferred size or location of the image
       -help		    print program options
       -monochrome	    transform image to black and white
       -negate		    replace each pixel with its complementary color
       -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
       -resize geometry     resize the image
       -rotate degrees	    apply Paeth rotation to the image
       -strip		    strip image of all profiles and comments
       -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
       -transparent color   make this color transparent within the image
       -trim		    trim image edges
       -type type	    image type

     Miscellaneous Options:
       -debug events	    display copious debugging information
       -help		    print program options
       -log format	    format of debugging information
       -list type	    print a list of supported option arguments
       -version 	    print version information

     By default, 'file' is written in the Postscript image format.  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		       import(1)

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