User Commands import(1)
NAME
import - saves any visible window on an X server and outputs
it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the
entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen.
SYNOPSIS
import [options] input-file
OVERVIEW
The import program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite
of tools. Use it to capture some or all of an X server
screen and save the image to a file.
For more information about the import command, point your
browser to file:/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-
6.3.4/www/import.html or
http:/www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php.
DESCRIPTION
Image Settings:
-adjoin join images into a single multi-image
file
-channel type apply option to select image channels
-colorspace type alternate image colorspace
-comment string annotate image with comment
-compress type type of pixel compression when writ-
ing the image
-debug events display copious debugging information
-define format:option
define one or more image format
options
-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of
the image
-depth value image depth
-descend obtain image by descending window
hierarchy
-display server X server to contact
-dispose method GIF disposal method
-dither apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion
to image
-delay value display the next image after pausing
-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
-encoding type text encoding type
-format "string" output formatted image characteris-
tics
-frame include window manager frame
-gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards
-identify identify the format and characteris-
tics of the image
-interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
-label string assign a label to an image
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-limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource
limit
-log format format of debugging information
-monitor monitor progress
-page geometry size and location of an image canvas
-pause value seconds delay between snapshots
-pointsize value font point size
-quality value JPEG/MIF/PNG compression level
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
-sampling-factor geometry
horizontal and vertical sampling fac-
tor
-scene value image scene number
-screen select image from root window
-set property value set an image property
-silent operate silently, i.e. don't ring any
bells
-snaps value number of screen snapshots
-support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, <
1.0 is sharp
-transparent-color color
transparent color
-treedepth value color tree depth
-verbose print detailed information about the
image
-virtual-pixel method
Constant, Edge, Mirror, or Tile
-window id select window with this id or name
Image Operators:
-annotate geometry text
annotate the image with text
-border include image borders in the output
image
-colors value preferred number of colors in the
image
-crop geometry preferred size and location of the
cropped image
-geometry geometry perferred size or location of the
image
-help print program options
-monochrome transform image to black and white
-negate replace every pixel with its comple-
mentary color
-repage geometry size and location of an image canvas
-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
-resize geometry resize the image
-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
-strip strip image of all profiles and com-
ments
-thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image
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-transparent color make this color transparent within
the image
-trim trim image edges
-type type image type
-version print version information
By default, 'file' is written in the MIF image format. 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.
SE-ALSO
ImageMagick(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LC. Additional
copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see
file:/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.3.4/www/license.php or
http:/www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWimagick
Interface Stability External
NOTES
Source for ImageMagick is available on
http:/opensolaris.org.
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