compare(1)

NAME

compare - mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction.

SYNOPSIS

compare input-file input-file [options] output-file

OVERVIEW

The compare program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction.

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

DESCRIPTION

Image Settings:

-authenticate value decrypt image with this password
-channel type apply option to select image channels
-colorspace type alternate image colorspace
-compose operator set image 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

-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
-depth value image depth
-encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels
-extract geometry extract area from image
-format "string" output formatted image characteristics
-fuzz distance colors within this distance are considered equal -identify identify the format and characteristics of the

image

-interlace type type of image interlacing scheme
-highlight-color color

emphasize pixel differences with this color

-limit type value pixel cache resource limit
-lowlight-color color

de-emphasize pixel differences with this color

-metric type measure differences between images with this

metric

-monitor monitor progress
-profile filename add, delete, or apply an image profile
-quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
-sampling-factor geometry

horizontal and vertical sampling factor

-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-set attribute value set an image attribute
-size geometry width and height of image
-transparent-color color

transparent color

-type type image type
-verbose print detailed information about the image
-virtual-pixel method

virtual pixel access method

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/imagemagick/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

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