Use the animate program to animate an image sequence on any X server. See Command Line Processing for advice on how to structure your animate command or see below for example usages of the command.
Example Usage
We list a few examples of the animate command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets animate an image sequence in the GIF format:
$magick> animate movie.gif
To animate a directory of JPEG images, use:
$magick> animate *.jpg
You can find additional examples of using animate in Graphics from the Command Line. Further discussion is available in More Graphics from the Command Line and Examples of ImageMagick Usage.
Option Summary
The animate command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.
Option Description
-alpha on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy", transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel
-antialias remove pixel-aliasing
-authenticate value decrypt image with this password
-backdrop background color
-background color background color
-border geometry surround image with a border of color
-bordercolor color border color
-channel type apply option to select image channels
-clip clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
-clip-path id clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
-coalesce merge a sequence of images
-colormap type Shared or Private
-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
-colorspace type set image colorspace
-comment string annotate image with comment
-compress type image compression type
-contrast enhance or reduce the image contrast
-crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
-debug events animate copious debugging information
-decipher filename convert cipher pixels to plain
-define format:option define one or more image format options
-delay value animate the next image after pausing
-density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image
-depth value image depth
-despeckle reduce the speckles within an image
-display server get image or font from this X server
-dispose method layer disposal method
-dither method apply error diffusion to image
-edge radius apply a filter to detect edges in the image
-endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
-enhance apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
-extract geometry extract area from image
-filter type use this filter when resizing an image
-flatten flatten a sequence of images
-flip flip image in the vertical direction
-flop flop image in the horizontal direction
-frame geometry surround image with an ornamental border
-gamma value level of gamma correction
-geometry geometry preferred size or location of the image
-gravity geometry horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
-help print program options
-identify identify the format and characteristics of the image
-immutable type prohibit image edits
-interlace type type of image interlacing scheme
-interpolate method pixel color interpolation method
-label name assign a label to an image
-limit type value pixel cache resource limit
-log format format of debugging information
-map filename transform image colors to match this set of colors
-mattecolor color frame color
-monitor monitor progress
-monochrome transform image to black and white
-negate replace every pixel with its complementary color
-page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting)
-profile filename add, delete, or apply an image profile
-quantize colorspace reduce image colors in this colorspace
-quiet suppress all warning messages
-raise value lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
-regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages.
-remote command execute a command in an remote animate process
-resample geometry change the resolution of an image
-resize geometry resize the image
-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.
-roll geometry roll an image vertically or horizontally
-rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image
-sample geometry scale image with pixel sampling
-sampling-factor geometry horizontal and vertical sampling factor
-scene value image scene number
-segment values segment an image
-seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-set attribute value set an image attribute
-sharpen geometry sharpen the image
-size geometry width and height of image
-strip strip image of all profiles and comments
-transparent-color color transparent color
-trim trim image edges
-update seconds detect when image file is modified and reanimate
-verbose print detailed information about the image
-version print version information
-virtual-pixel method access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image
-visual animate image using this visual type
-window id animate images to background of this window
-window-group id exit program when this window id is destroyed
Use the animate program to animate an image sequence on any X server. See Command Line Processing for advice on how to structure your animate command or see below for example usages of the command.
Example UsageWe list a few examples of the animate command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets animate an image sequence in the GIF format:
$magick> animate movie.gif
To animate a directory of JPEG images, use:
$magick> animate *.jpg
You can find additional examples of using animate in
Graphics from the Command Line. Further discussion is available in
More Graphics from the Command Line and E
xamples of ImageMagick Usage.Option SummaryThe animate command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.
Option Description-alpha
on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy", transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel
-antialias
remove pixel-aliasing
-authenticate value
decrypt image with this password
-backdrop
background color
-background color
background color
-border geometry
surround image with a border of color
-bordercolor color
border color
-channel type
apply option to select image channels
-clip
clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile
-clip-path id
clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile
-coalesce
merge a sequence of images
-colormap type
Shared or Private
-colors value
preferred number of colors in the image
-colorspace type
set image colorspace
-comment string
annotate image with comment
-compress type
image compression type
-contrast
enhance or reduce the image contrast
-crop geometry
preferred size and location of the cropped image
-debug events
animate copious debugging information
-decipher filename
convert cipher pixels to plain
-define format:option
define one or more image format options
-delay value
animate the next image after pausing
-density geometry
horizontal and vertical density of the image
-depth value
image depth
-despeckle
reduce the speckles within an image
-display server
get image or font from this X server
-dispose method
layer disposal method
-dither method
apply error diffusion to image
-edge radius
apply a filter to detect edges in the image
-endian type
endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
-enhance
apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image
-extract geometry
extract area from image
-filter type
use this filter when resizing an image
-flatten
flatten a sequence of images
-flip
flip image in the vertical direction
-flop
flop image in the horizontal direction
-frame geometry
surround image with an ornamental border
-gamma value
level of gamma correction
-geometry geometry
preferred size or location of the image
-gravity geometry
horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
-help
print program options
-identify
identify the format and characteristics of the image
-immutable type
prohibit image edits
-interlace type
type of image interlacing scheme
-interpolate method
pixel color interpolation method
-label name
assign a label to an image
-limit type value
pixel cache resource limit
-log format
format of debugging information
-map filename
transform image colors to match this set of colors
-mattecolor color
frame color
-monitor
monitor progress
-monochrome
transform image to black and white
-negate
replace every pixel with its complementary color
-page geometry
size and location of an image canvas (setting)
-profile filename
add, delete, or apply an image profile
-quantize colorspace
reduce image colors in this colorspace
-quiet
suppress all warning messages
-raise value
lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect
-regard-warnings
pay attention to warning messages.
-remote command
execute a command in an remote animate process
-resample geometry
change the resolution of an image
-resize geometry
resize the image
-respect-parentheses
settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary.
-roll geometry
roll an image vertically or horizontally
-rotate degrees
apply Paeth rotation to the image
-sample geometry
scale image with pixel sampling
-sampling-factor geometry
horizontal and vertical sampling factor
-scene value
image scene number
-segment values
segment an image
-seed value
seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
-set attribute value
set an image attribute
-sharpen geometry
sharpen the image
-size geometry
width and height of image
-strip
strip image of all profiles and comments
-transparent-color color
transparent color
-trim
trim image edges
-update seconds
detect when image file is modified and reanimate
-verbose
print detailed information about the image
-version
print version information
-virtual-pixel method
access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image
-visual
animate image using this visual type
-window id
animate images to background of this window
-window-group id
exit program when this window id is destroyed