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/pkg/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 channel
  -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 triangulation
  -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 otherwise 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 expression
  -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 amplitudes
  -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 enhancement
  -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 transform
  -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 expression
  -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 licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/pkg/share/doc/ImageMagick-7/www/license.html or https://imagemagick.org/license/