combine(1)combine(1)NAMEcombine - combine images to create new images.
SYNOPSIScombine [ options ... ] image composite [ mask ] combined
DESCRIPTIONcombine combine images to create new images.
EXAMPLES
To combine a image of a cockatoo with a perch, use
combine cockatoo.miff perch.ras composite.miff
To compute the difference between images in a series, use
combine-compose difference series.1 series.2 difference.miff
To combine a image of a cockatoo with a perch starting at
location (100,150), use
combine-geometry +100+150 cockatoo.miff perch.ras composite.miff
To tile a logo across your image of a cockatoo, use
convert +shade 30x60 cockatoo.miff mask.miff
combine-compose bumpmap -tile logo.gif cockatoo.miff mask.miff composite.miff
OPTIONS-blend value
blend the two images a given percent.
-colors value
preferred number of colors in the image.
The actual number of colors in the image may be
less than your request, but never more. Note, this
is a color reduction option. Images with less
unique colors than specified with this option will
remain unchanged. Refer to quantize(9) for more
details.
Note, options -dither, -colorspace, and -treedepth
affect the color reduction algorithm.
-colorspace value
the type of colorspace: GRAY, OHTA, RGB, Transpar-
ent, XYZ, YCbCr, YIQ, YPbPr, or YUV.
Color reduction, by default, takes place in the RGB
color space. Empirical evidence suggests that dis-
tances in color spaces such as YUV or YIQ corre-
spond to perceptual color differences more closely
than do distances in RGB space. These color spaces
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may give better results when color reducing an
image. Refer to quantize(9) for more details.
The Transparent color space behaves uniquely in
that it preserves the matte channel of the image if
it exists.
The -colors or -monochrome option is required for
this option to take effect.
-comment string
annotate an image with a comment.
By default, each image is commented with its file
name. Use this option to assign a specific comment
to the image. Optionally you can include the image
filename, type, width, height, or scene number by
embedding special format characters. Embed %f for
filename, %d for directory, %e for filename exten-
tion, %t for top of filename, %m for magick, %w for
width, %h for height, %s for scene number, %b for
file size, or \n for newline. For example,
-comment "%m:%f %wx%h"
produces an image comment of MIFF:bird.miff 512x480
for an image titled bird.miff and whose width is
512 and height is 480.
If the first character of string is @, the image
comment is read from a file titled by the remaining
characters in the string.
-compose operator
the type of image composition.
By default, each of the composite image pixels are
replaced by the cooresponding image tile pixel. You
can choose an alternate composite operation:
over
in
out
atop
xor
plus
minus
add
subtract
difference
bumpmap
replace
How each operator behaves is described below.
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over The result will be the union of the two image
shapes, with composite image obscuring image in the
region of overlap.
in The result is simply composite image cut by the
shape of image. None of the image data of image
will be in the result.
out The resulting image is composite image with the
shape of image cut out.
atop The result is the same shape as image image, with
composite image obscuring image where the image
shapes overlap. Note this differs from over
because the portion of composite image outside
image's shape does not appear in the result.
xor The result is the image data from both composite
image and image that is outside the overlap region.
The overlap region will be blank.
plus The result is just the sum of the image data. Out-
put values are cropped to 255 (no overflow). This
operation is independent of the matte channels.
minus The result of composite image - image, with under-
flow cropped to zero. The matte channel is ignored
(set to 255, full coverage).
add The result of composite image + image, with over-
flow wrapping around (mod 256).
subtract
The result of composite image - image, with under-
flow wrapping around (mod 256). The add and sub-
tract operators can be used to perform reversible
transformations.
difference
The result of abs(composite image - image). This
is useful for comparing two very similar images.
bumpmap
The result image shaded by composite image.
replace
The resulting image is image replaced with compos-
ite image. Here the matte information is ignored.
The image compositor requires a matte, or alpha
channel in the image for some operations. This
extra channel usually defines a mask which repre-
sents a sort of a cookie-cutter for the image.
This is the case when matte is 255 (full coverage)
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for pixels inside the shape, zero outside, and
between zero and 255 on the boundary. For certain
operations, if image does not have a matte channel,
it is initialized with 0 for any pixel matching in
color to pixel location (0,0), otherwise 255 (to
work properly borderwidth must be 0).
-compress type
the type of image compression: No, RunlengthEn-
coded, or Zip.
Specify +compress to store the binary image in an
uncompressed format. The default is the compres-
sion type of the specified image file.
-density <width>x<height>
vertical and horizontal resolution in pixels of the
image.
This option specifies an image density when decod-
ing a Postscript or Portable Document page. The
default is 72 pixels per inch in the horizontal and
vertical direction.
-displace <horizontal scale>x<vertical scale>
shift image pixels as defined by a displacement
map.
With this option, composite image is used as a dis-
placement map. Black, within the displacement map,
is a maximum positive displacement. White is a
maximum negative displacement and middle gray is
neutral. The displacement is scaled to determine
the pixel shift. By default, the displacement
applies in both the horizontal and vertical direc-
tions. However, if you specify mask, composite
image is the horizontal X displacement and mask the
vertical Y displacement.
-display host:display[.screen]
specifies the X server to contact; see X(1).
-dispose method
GIF disposal method.
Here are the valid methods:
0 No disposal specified.
1 Do not dispose.
2 Restore to background color.
3 Restore to previous.
-dither
apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to the image.
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The basic strategy of dithering is to trade inten-
sity resolution for spatial resolution by averaging
the intensities of several neighboring pixels.
Images which suffer from severe contouring when
reducing colors can be improved with this option.
The -colors option is required for dithering to
take effect.
-font name
This option specifies the font to be used for dis-
playing normal text. The default is fixed.
-geometry <width>{%}x<height>{%}{+-}<x offset>{+-}<y off-
set>{!}{<}{>}
the width and height of the image.
By default, the width and height are maximum val-
ues. That is, the image is expanded or contracted
to fit the width and height value while maintaining
the aspect ratio of the image. Append an exclama-
tion point to the geometry to force the image size
to exactly the size you specify. For example, if
you specify 640x480! the image width is set to 640
pixels and height to 480. If only one factor is
specified, both the width and height assume the
value.
To specify a percentage width or height instead,
append %. The image size is multiplied by the
width and height percentages to obtain the final
image dimensions. To increase the size of an
image, use a value greater than 100 (e.g. 125%).
To decrease an image's size, use a percentage less
than 100.
Use > to change the dimensions of the image only if
its size exceeds the geometry specification. >
resizes the image only if its dimensions is less
than the geometry specification. For example, if
you specify 640x480> and the image size is 512x512,
the image size does not change. However, if the
image is 1024x1024, it is resized to 640x480.
By default the images are combined relative to the
image gravity (see -gravity). Use <x offset> and
<y offset> to specify a particular location to com-
bine the images.
-gravity direction
direction image gravitates to within the composite.
See X(1) for details about the gravity specifica-
tion.
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The image may not fill the composite completely
(see -geometry). The direction you choose speci-
fies where to position the image within the compos-
ite. For example Center gravity forces the image
to be centered within the composite. A gravity of
Forget stretches the composite to the same size as
the image. By default, the image gravity is North-
West.
-interlace type
the type of interlacing scheme: No, Line, Plane, or
Partition. The default is Plane.
This option is used to specify the type of inter-
lacing scheme for raw image formats such as RGB or
YUV. No means do not interlace (RGBRGBRGBRGBRG-
BRGB...), Line uses scanline interlacing
(RRR...GGG...BBB...RRR...GGG...BBB...), and Plane
uses plane interlacing
(RRRRRR...GGGGGG...BBBBBB...). Partition is like
plane except the different planes are saved to
individual files (e.g. image.R, image.G, and
image.B).
Use Line, or Plane to create an interlaced GIF or
progressive JPEG image.
-label name
assign a label to an image.
Use this option to assign a specific label to the
image. Optionally you can include the image file-
name, type, width, height, or scene number in the
label by embedding special format characters.
Embed %f for filename, %d for directory, %e for
filename extention, %t for top of filename, %m for
magick, %w for width, %h for height, %s for scene
number, %b for file size in kilobytes, or \n for
newline. For example,
-label "%m:%f %wx%h"
produces an image label of MIFF:bird.miff 512x480
for an image titled bird.miff and whose width is
512 and height is 480.
If the first character of string is @, the image
label is read from a file titled by the remaining
characters in the string.
When converting to Postscript, use this option to
specify a header string to print above the image.
-matte store matte channel if the image has one.
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transform the image to black and white.
-negate
apply color inversion to image.
The red, green, and blue intensities of an image
are negated. Use +negate to only negate the
grayscale pixels of the image.
-page <width>x<height>{+-}<x offset>{+-}<y offset>
preferred size and location of the Postscript page.
Use this option to specify the dimensions of the
Postscript page in pixels per inch or a TEXT page
in pixels. The default for a Postscript page is to
center the image on a letter page 612 by 792 pix-
els. The margins are 1/2" (i.e. 612x792+42+42).
Other common sizes are:
Letter 612x 792
Tabloid 792x1224
Ledger 1224x 792
Legal 612x1008
Statement 396x 612
Executive 540x 720
A3 842x1190
A4 595x 842
A5 420x 595
B4 729x1032
B5 516x 729
Folio 612x 936
Quarto 610x 780
10x14 720x1008
For convenience you can specify the page size by
media (e.g. A4, Ledger, etc.).
To place a Postscript image with a given size on a
given location on a page, use -page +HOFFSET+VOFF-
SET -geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT (fill in numbers). Note:
this is only for generating Postscript, not Encap-
sulated Postscript.
To position a GIF image, use -page +LEFT+TOP (e.g.
-page +100+200).
The default page dimensions for a TEXT image is
612x792.
-quality value
JPEG quality setting.
Quality is 0 (worst) to 100 (best). The default is
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75.
-scene value
image scene number.
-size <width>{%}x<height>{%}{+offset}{!}
width and height of the image.
Use this option to specify the width and height of
raw images whose dimensions are unknown such as
GRAY, RGB, or CMYK. In addition to width and
height, use -size to skip any header information in
the image or tell the number of colors in a MAP
image file, (e.g. -size 640x512+256).
-stereo
combine two images into a red-green stereo image.
The left side of the stereo pair is saved as the
red channel of the output image. The right sife is
saved as the green channel. Red-blue stereo
glasses are required to properly view the stereo
image.
-tile repeat composite operation across image.
-treedepth value
Normally, this integer value is zero or one. A
zero or one tells combine to choose a optimal tree
depth for the color reduction algorithm.
An optimal depth generally allows the best repre-
sentation of the source image with the fastest com-
putational speed and the least amount of memory.
However, the default depth is inappropriate for
some images. To assure the best representation,
try values between 2 and 8 for this parameter.
Refer to quantize(9) for more details.
The -colors option is required for this option to
take effect.
-verbose
print detailed information about the image.
This information is printed: image scene number;
image name; combined image name; image size; the
image class (DirectClass or PseudoClass); the
total number of unique colors; and the number of
seconds to read and combine the image.
Options are processed in command line order. Any option
you specify on the command line remains in effect until it
is explicitly changed by specifying the option again with
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a different effect.
Change '-' to '+' in any option above to reverse its
effect. For example, specify +matte to store the image
without its matte channel.
By default, the image format 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). See convert(1) for a list of valid image
formats.
When you specify X as your image type, the filename has
special meaning. It specifies an X window by id, name, or
root. If no filename is specified, the window is selected
by clicking the mouse in the desired window.
Specify image as - for standard input, combined as - for
standard output. If image has the extension .Z or .gz,
the file is uncompressed with uncompress or gunzip respec-
tively. If combined has the extension .Z or .gz, the file
size is compressed using with compress or gzip respec-
tively. Finally, precede the image file name with | to
pipe to or from a system command.
Use an optional index enclosed in brackets after a file
name to specify a desired subimage of a multi-resolution
image format like Photo CD (e.g. img0001.pcd[4]) or a
range for MPEG images (e.g. video.mpg[50-75]). A subimage
specification can be disjoint (e.g. image.tiff[2,7,4]).
For raw images, specify a subimage with a geometry (e.g.
-size 640x512 image.rgb[320x256+50+50]).
The optional mask can be used to provide matte information
for composite when it has none or if you want a different
mask. A mask image is typically grayscale and the same
size as composite. If the image is not grayscale, it is
converted to grayscale and the resulting intensities are
used as matte information.
If combined already exists, you will be prompted as to
whether it should be overwritten.
ENVIRONMENT
display
To get the default host, display number, and
screen.
SEE ALSOdisplay(1), animate(1), import(1), montage(1), mogrify(1),
convert(1), xtp(1)ImageMagick 10 January 1993 9
combine(1)combine(1)COPYRIGHT
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