composite(1)						      General Commands Manual						      composite(1)

NAME

       composite -  overlaps one image over another.

SYNOPSIS

       composite [ options ... ] change-file base-file [ mask-file ] output-image

OVERVIEW

       The composite program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.	Use it to overlap one image over another.

       For  more  information  about the composite command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/packages/ImageMagick/www/composite.html or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/composite.php.

DESCRIPTION

       Image Settings:
	 -affine matrix       affine transform matrix
	 -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
	 -blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point
	 -channel type	      apply option to select image channels
	 -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
	 -comment string      annotate image with comment
	 -compose operator    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
	 -depth value	      image depth
	 -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
	 -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
	 -filter type	      use this filter when resizing an image
	 -font name	      render text with this font
	 -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
	 -gravity type	      which direction to gravitate towards
	 -green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
	 -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
	 -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
	 -label string	      assign a label to an image
	 -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
	 -matte 	      store matte channel if the image has one
	 -monitor	      monitor progress
	 -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
	 -pointsize value     font point size
	 -quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
	 -quiet 	      suppress all warning messages
	 -red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point
	 -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
	 -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
	 -support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
	 -transparent-color color
			      transparent color
	 -treedepth value     color tree depth
	 -tile		      repeat composite operation across and down image
	 -units type	      the units of image resolution
	 -verbose	      print detailed information about the image
	 -virtual-pixel method
			      virtual pixel access method
	 -white-point point   chromaticity white point

       Image Operators:
	 -blend geometry      blend images
	 -colors value	      preferred number of colors in the image
	 -displace geometry   shift image pixels defined by a displacement map
	 -dissolve value      dissolve the two images a given percent
	 -extract geometry    extract area from image
	 -geometry geometry   location of the composite image
	 -identify	      identify the format and characteristics of the image
	 -monochrome	      transform image to black and white
	 -negate	      replace each pixel with its complementary color
	 -profile filename    add ICM or IPTC information profile to image
	 -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
	 -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
	 -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
	 -resize geometry     resize the image
	 -sharpen geometry    sharpen the image
	 -stegano offset      hide watermark within an image
	 -stereo	      combine two image to create a stereo anaglyph
	 -strip 	      strip image of all profiles and comments
	 -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
	 -transform	      affine transform image
	 -type type	      image type
	 -unsharp geometry    sharpen the image
	 -watermark geometry  percent brightness and saturation of a watermark
	 -write filename      write images to this file

       Miscellaneous Options:
	 -debug events	      display copious debugging information
	 -help		      print program options
	 -log format	      format of debugging information
	 -list type	      print a list of supported option arguments
	 -version	      print version information

       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) 1999-2010 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see  file:///usr/share/doc/pack-
       ages/ImageMagick/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

ImageMagick						     Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00						      composite(1)