source: general/genutils/imagemagick.xml@ 52d29f7

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  <!ENTITY imagemagick-patch-version "16">
  <!ENTITY imagemagick-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/imagemagick/ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;-&imagemagick-patch-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY imagemagick-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY imagemagick-size          "4.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY imagemagick-buildsize     "107 MB">
  <!ENTITY imagemagick-time          "3.80 SBU">
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<sect1 id="imagemagick" xreflabel="ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;-&imagemagick-patch-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="imagemagick.html"?>
<title>ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;-&imagemagick-patch-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>ImageMagick</application></title>
                                                                               
<para><application>ImageMagick</application> is a collection of tools and libraries
to read, write, and
manipulate an image in various image formats. Image processing operations are
available from the command line. Bindings to various programming languages
are also available.</para>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&imagemagick-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&imagemagick-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &imagemagick-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&imagemagick-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&imagemagick-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>ImageMagick</application> dependencies</title>
                                                                               
<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para>
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and
<xref linkend="espgs"/>
</para></sect4>
                                                                               
<sect4><title>Optional (Install based on the format support needed)</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="lcms"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">libwmf</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libexif/">libexif</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.i3a.org/i_flashpix.html">FlashPIX</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/jbigkit/">JBIG</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/">Jasper</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/">corefonts</ulink>
</para></sect4>
                                                                               
</sect3>
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Imagemagick</application></title>
                                                                               
<para>Install <application>Imagemagick</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-modules &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                               
</sect2>
                                                                               
<sect2>
<title>Additional Configure Options</title>
                                                                               
<para>There are additional switches that can be passed to <application>ImageMagick</application>
to customize the installation to your need. Check out the <application>ImageMagick</application>
installation instructions at <ulink url="http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Install-unix.html"/>.</para>
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
                                                                               
<para><application>ImageMagick</application> contains <command>animate</command>,
<command>composite</command>,
<command>conjure</command>,
<command>convert</command>,
<command>display</command>,
<command>identify</command>,
<command>import</command>,
<command>mogrify</command>,
<command>montage</command>, and the
<filename class="libraryfile">libMagick</filename> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libMagick++</filename> libraries.</para>
                                                                               
</sect2>
                                                                               
<sect2><title>Description</title>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>animate</title>
<para>Animates a sequence of images.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>composite</title>
<para>Composites various images into the given base image.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>conjure</title>
<para>Processes a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) script to create
an image.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>convert</title>
<para>Convert image(s) from one format to another.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>display</title>
<para>Display the image.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>identify</title>
<para>Describes the format and characteristics of an image file.</para></sect3>                                                                               
<sect3><title>import</title>
<para>Captures an X window.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>mogrify</title>
<para>Transforms an image.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>montage</title>
<para>Composites various images into a new image.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
</sect2>

</sect1>