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/www/import.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php.
DESCRIPTION
- Image Settings:
- -adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
-border include window border in the output image
-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 writing the image
-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 layer disposal method -dither method apply error diffusion to image -delay value display the next image after pausing -encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels -endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image -encoding type text encoding type -format "string" output formatted image characteristics -frame include window manager frame -gravity direction which direction to gravitate towards -identify identify the format and characteristics of the
- image
- -interlace type None, Line, Plane, or Partition
-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
-label string assign a label to an image
-limit type value Area, Disk, Map, or Memory resource limit
-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/MIFF/PNG compression level
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages
-sampling-factor geometry
horizontal and vertical sampling factor
- -scene value image scene number
-screen select image from root window
-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-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
- -colors value preferred number of colors in the image -crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image -geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image -help print program options -monochrome transform image to black and white -negate replace each pixel with its complementary 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 comments -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image -transparent color make this color transparent within the image -trim trim image edges -type type image type
- 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, 'file' is written in the MIFF 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.
SEE ALSO
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