import

import(1)							    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-6.3.6/www/import.html		   or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/import.php.

DESCRIPTION
       Image Settings:
	 -adjoin	      join images into a single multi-image file
	 -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
	 -debug events	      display copious debugging information
	 -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      GIF disposal method
	 -dither	      apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to image
	 -delay value	      display the next image after pausing
	 -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
	 -log format	      format of debugging information
	 -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
	 -border	      include image borders in the output image
	 -colors value	      preferred number of colors in the image
	 -crop geometry	      preferred size  and  location  of	 the  cropped
       image
	 -geometry geometry   perferred size or location of the image
	 -help		      print program options
	 -monochrome	      transform image to black and white
	 -negate	       replace	every  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
	 -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
       ImageMagick(1)


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional  copyrights
       and	licenses      apply	 to	 this	   software,	  see
       file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.3.6/www/license.php		   or
       http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php



ImageMagick		  Date: 2005/03/01 01:00:00		    import(1)