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'''ImageMagick''' is an open source image processing toolkit. It supports a fairly large number of image file formats, and is useful as a format conversion tool. | '''ImageMagick''' is an open source image processing toolkit. It supports a fairly large number of image file formats, and is useful as a format conversion tool. | ||
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+ | There is a fork of ImageMagick called [http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ GraphicsMagick], which is more stable but less frequently updated. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
+ | Converting from one format to another is usually as simple as typing something like: | ||
+ | $ convert example.png example.jpg | ||
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+ | However, ImageMagick is a fairly low-level tool, and it won't always do the most reasonable thing. Sometimes, you may need to add a prefix to the output filename, or use some of the countless available options, to get the desired output format. For example, to convert to a portable [[BMP]] file: | ||
+ | $ convert example.png -alpha remove -compress none BMP3:example.bmp | ||
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For a list of supported formats: | For a list of supported formats: | ||
$ convert -list format | $ convert -list format |
Revision as of 01:55, 17 January 2014
ImageMagick is an open source image processing toolkit. It supports a fairly large number of image file formats, and is useful as a format conversion tool.
There is a fork of ImageMagick called GraphicsMagick, which is more stable but less frequently updated.
External links
Examples
Converting from one format to another is usually as simple as typing something like:
$ convert example.png example.jpg
However, ImageMagick is a fairly low-level tool, and it won't always do the most reasonable thing. Sometimes, you may need to add a prefix to the output filename, or use some of the countless available options, to get the desired output format. For example, to convert to a portable BMP file:
$ convert example.png -alpha remove -compress none BMP3:example.bmp
For a list of supported formats:
$ convert -list format
Format cross-reference
This is not a complete list of ImageMagick's formats and pseudo-formats. It is intended to include at least the portable image file formats that ImageMagick natively supports.
The "RW" column indicates read support (R), write support (W), or both (RW).
Format | RW | Description | Refer to |
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AAI | RW | AAI Dune image | AAI |
ART | RW | PFS: 1st Publisher Clip Art | ART (PFS: First Publisher) |
AVS | RW | AVS X image | AVS X image |
BMP, BMP2, BMP3 | RW | Microsoft Windows bitmap image | BMP |
BRF | W | BRF ASCII Braille format | |
CALS, CAL | RW | Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1 | CALS raster |
CIN | RW | Cineon Image File | Cineon |
CIP | W | Cisco IP phone image format | Cisco IP Phone image |
CUR | RW | Microsoft icon | CUR |
CUT | R | DR Halo | Dr. Halo |
DCM | R | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine image | DICOM |
DCX | RW | ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush | DCX |
DDS, DXT1, DXT5 | RW | Microsoft DirectDraw Surface | DirectDraw Surface |
DPX | RW | SMPTE 268M-2003 (DPX 2.0) | DPX |
EPS2, EPS3 | W | Encapsulated PostScript | Encapsulated PostScript |
FITS, FTS | RW | Flexible Image Transport System | Flexible Image Transport System |
G3, FAX | RW | Group 3 FAX | CCITT Group 3 |
GIF, GIF87 | RW | CompuServe graphics interchange format | GIF |
GROUP4 | RW | Raw CCITT Group4 | CCITT Group 4 |
HDR | RW | Radiance RGBE image format | Radiance HDR |
HRZ | RW | Slow Scan TeleVision | |
ICO, ICON | RW | Microsoft icon | ICO |
IPL | RW | IPL Image Sequence | |
ISOBRL | W | ISO/TR 11548-1 format | |
JNG | RW | JPEG Network Graphics | JNG |
JNX | R | Garmin tile format | |
JPEG, JPG, PJPEG | RW | Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format | JPEG, JFIF |
MAC | R | MAC Paint | MacPaint |
MIFF | RW | Magick Image File Format | MIFF |
MNG | RW | Multiple-image Network Graphics | MNG |
MTV | RW | MTV Raytracing image format | MTV ray tracer |
OTB | RW | On-the-air bitmap | OTA bitmap |
PALM | RW | Palm pixmap | Palm bitmap |
PAM | RW | Common 2-dimensional bitmap format | PAM (Portable Arbitrary Map) |
PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM | RW | Portable bitmap, ... | Netpbm formats |
PCD, PCDS | RW | Photo CD | Photo CD |
PCX | RW | ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush | PCX |
PDB | RW | Palm Database ImageViewer Format | Palm Database ImageViewer |
PES | R | Embrid Embroidery Format | PES |
PFM | RW | Portable float format | PFM (Portable Float Map) |
PICT, PCT | RW | Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT | PICT |
PIX | R | Alias/Wavefront RLE image format | Alias PIX |
PNG, PNG8, ... | RW | Portable Network Graphics | PNG |
PS2, PS3 | W | PostScript | PostScript |
PSB | RW | Adobe Large Document Format | PSB |
PSD | RW | Adobe Photoshop bitmap | PSD |
RAS, SUN | RW | SUN Rasterfile | Sun Raster |
RGF | RW | LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robot Graphic Format | |
RLA | R | Alias/Wavefront image | RLA |
RLE | R | Utah Run length encoded image | Utah RLE |
SCR | R | ZX-Spectrum SCREEN$ | SCR (ZX Spectrum) |
SCT | R | Scitex HandShake | Scitex CT |
SFW, PWP | R | Seattle Film Works | |
SGI | RW | Irix RGB image | SGI (image file format) |
TGA, ICB, VDA, VST | RW | Truevision Targa image | TGA |
TIFF, PTIF | RW | Tagged Image File Format | TIFF |
TIFF64 | RW | Tagged Image File Format (64-bit) | BigTIFF |
TIM | R | PSX TIM | TIM (PlayStation graphics) |
UBRL | W | Unicode Text format | |
UIL | W | X-Motif UIL table | |
VICAR | RW | VICAR rasterfile format | VICAR |
VIFF, XV | RW | Khoros Visualization image | VIFF |
WBMP | RW | Wireless Bitmap (level 0) image | WBMP |
WPG | R | Word Perfect Graphics | WordPerfect Graphics |
XBM | RW | X Windows system bitmap | XBM |
XCF | R | GIMP image | XCF |
XPM | RW | X Windows system pixmap | XPM |
XWD | RW | X Windows system window dump | XWD |