import-im7.q16hdri(1)

import-im7.q16hdri 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally about import — the lil ImageMagick glow-up that screenshots stuff for you ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

import</p> — 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. The window you're capturing gets picked by clicking the desired window, or by using a program option. no cap, it's that simple 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

magick-im7.q16hdri import [options] output-file

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🌸 OVERVIEW 🌸

The import-im7.q16hdri program is a member of the ImageMagick-im7.q16hdri(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 info about the import command, point your browser at file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-7-common/html/www/import.html (on debian system you may install the imagemagick-7 package) or https://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php. go read, iykyk 📚

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

🎀 Image Settings 🎀

• -adjoin — join images into a single multi-image file
• -border — include window border in the output image
• -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 centiseconds — 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
• -filter type — use this filter when resizing an image
• -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 seconds — 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
• -repage geometry — size and location of an image canvas
• -respect-parentheses — settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
• -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
• -synchronize — synchronize image to storage device
• -taint — declare the image as modified
• -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; root selects the whole screen 🌈

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🦋 Image Operators 🦋

• -annotate geometry text — annotate the image with text
• -channel mask — set the image channel mask
• -colors value — preferred number of colors in the image
• -crop geometry — preferred size and location of the cropped image
• -extent geometry — set the image size
• -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
• -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

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🧚 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

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By default, 'file' is written in the Postscript 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 💫

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

ImageMagick-im7.q16hdri(1)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-7-common/html/www/license.html (on debian system you may install the imagemagick-7 package) or https://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php 💖

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