source: general/genutils/imagemagick/imagemagick-intro.xml@ d007a924

<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>
<xref linkend="xfree86"/> 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>