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EDITOR NOTES
This software is a group of UNIX tools that use a Command Line Interface (CLI), does not have a "user-friendly" GUI. This is stated here for the convenience of those not familiar with UNIX and CLI, so they need not waste any bandwidth downloading this. Also, see 'Related Links', below, on this page.
DESCRIPTION

ImageMagick is a robust collection of UNIX tools and libraries offered under a usage license to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats (over 89 major formats) including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. With ImageMagick you can create images dynamically, making it suitable for Web applications. You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image or image sequence and save your completed work in the same or differing image format. Image processing operations are available from the command line, or from the C, C++, Perl, Java, PHP, Python, or Ruby programming languages. A high-quality 2D renderer is included, which provides a subset of SVG capabilities. ImageMagick's focus is on performance, minimizing bugs, and providing stable APIs and ABIs.

Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:

  • Convert an image from one format to another (e.g. TIFF to JPEG)
  • Resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image
  • Create a montage of image thumbnails
  • Create a transparent image suitable for use on the Web
  • Turn a group of images into a GIF animation sequence
  • Create a composite image by combining several separate images
  • Draw shapes or text on an image
  • Decorate an image with a border or frame
  • Describe the format and characteristics of an image

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WHAT'S NEW
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REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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Developer:ImageMagick.org
Downloads:29,784
  - Version d/l:376
Multimedia & Design:Image Editing
License:Free
Date:30 Apr 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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ImageMagick User Reviews (35 posts)Write A Review
Oct 2 2005

ANONYMOUS  I still prefer SIPS from Mac OS X over ImageMagick.  (Version 6.2.5)

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Jun 20 2005

JOHN NOWAK  The simple reason we need ImageMagick is that other platforms rely on it heavily. Having it on OS X as well makes things easier for a lot of people, and helps improve compatability between platforms.  (Version 6.2.3)

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Apr 25 2005

ANONYMOUS  Command line tools are good. But I don't see why we need ImageMagick while Mac OS X Panther has SIPS. I am not a developer but I did write a short shell script with SIPS and it works fine. I still don't see what additional functionality ImageMagick brings to a Panther user.  (Version 6.2.2)

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Apr 25 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Hey Kids,

This software package is meant for developers. You know, "Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!" like the scary ape-man from Microsoft said. People who write software.

I write a web-based app that allows its users to upload images, and thanks to ImageMagick, they can resize, crop, and scale the pictures without having to have a desktop program to do this.

The techniques involved are very similar to something another guy came up with, that actually uses ImageMagick on its backend: http://codebehind.dk/scale_crop/

I write my program on my iMac, the same machine I also use Photoshop on. Isn't life grand?

I, for one, am glad to know a new version of ImageMagick available, even though the only clicking involved is, um, firing up the terminal.

And I say that as a 15+ year Mac user.  (Version 6.2.2)

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