animate(1)						      General Commands Manual							animate(1)

NAME

       animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.

SYNOPSIS

       animate [options] input-file

OVERVIEW

       The animate program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.  Use it to animate an image or image sequence on any X server.

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

DESCRIPTION

       Image Settings:
	 -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
	 -backdrop	      display image centered on a backdrop
	 -channel type	      apply option to select image channels
	 -colormap type       Shared or Private
	 -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
	 -decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
	 -define format:option
			      define one or more image format options
	 -delay value	      display the next image after pausing
	 -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
	 -depth value	      image depth
	 -display server      display image to this X server
	 -dispose method      layer disposal method
	 -dither method       apply error diffusion to image
	 -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
	 -gamma value	      level of gamma correction
	 -geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window
	 -gravity type	      horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
	 -identify	      identify the format and characteristics of the image
	 -immutable	      displayed image cannot be modified
	 -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
	 -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
	 -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
	 -loop iterations     loop images then exit
	 -matte 	      store matte channel if the image has one
	 -map type	      display image using this Standard Colormap
	 -monitor	      monitor progress
	 -pause 	      seconds to pause before reanimating
	 -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
	 -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
	 -quiet 	      suppress all warning messages
	 -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
	 -remote command      execute a command in an remote display process
	 -sampling-factor geometry
			      horizontal and vertical sampling factor
	 -scenes range	      image scene range
	 -seed value	      seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
	 -set attribute value set an image attribute
	 -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
	 -verbose	      print detailed information about the image
	 -visual type	      display image using this visual type
	 -virtual-pixel method
			      virtual pixel access method
	 -window id	      display image to background of this window

       Image Operators:
	 -colors value	      preferred number of colors in the image
	 -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
	 -extract geometry    extract area from image
	 -monochrome	      transform image to black and white
	 -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
	 -resample geometry   change the resolution of an image
	 -resize geometry     resize the image
	 -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
	 -strip 	      strip image of all profiles and comments
	 -trim		      trim image edges

       Image Sequence Operators:
	 -coalesce	      merge a sequence of images
	 -flatten	      flatten a sequence of images

       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

       In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line options:  -background, -bordercolor, -border-
       width, -font, -foreground, -iconGeometry, -iconic, -name, -mattecolor, -shared-memory, or -title.

       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.

       Buttons:
	 1    press to map or unmap the Command widget

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							animate(1)