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#+title: Command line: ImageMagick
#+date: "2021-05-09 19:55:50 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-06-19 17:43:40 +08:00"
#+language: en
The swiss army knife for picture manipulation in the command line.
For future reference, this mainly use v7 which has Git-style interface (which is way better, IMO).
* Synopsis
#+begin_src shell
magick [subcommand [subcommand_options...]]
#+end_src
* Subcommands
- =convert= - resize images, convert between formats, apply filter effects
- =identify= - print information on the image
- =mogrify= - similar to =convert= except modifies the original file
* Examples
A comprehensive tool calls for a comprehensive introduction.
** Resize an image by half
#+begin_src shell
magick resize $INPUT -resize 50% $OUTPUT
#+end_src
You can find out various geometry options from the [[https://imagemagick.org/script/command-line-processing.php#geometry][documentation]].
** Print the information
#+begin_src shell
magick identify $INPUT
#+end_src
** Use ImageMagick as a color picker
You can use any tool that can pipe an image to other tools.
#+begin_src shell
maim --select --shader crosshair --tolerance 0 --hidecursor | magick convert - -resize 1x1\! -format '%[hex:p{0,0}]' info:-
#+end_src