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ANIMATE
NAME
animate - animate a sequence of images
SYNOPSIS
animate [ options ...] file [ [ options ...] file ...]
DESCRIPTION
Animate displays a sequence of images on any workstation display run-
ning an X server. animate first determines the hardware capabilities
of the workstation. If the number of unique colors in an image is less
than or equal to the number the workstation can support, the image is
displayed in an X window. Otherwise the number of colors in the image
is first reduced to match the color resolution of the workstation
before it is displayed.
This means that a continuous-tone 24 bits-per-pixel image can display
on a 8 bit pseudo-color device or monochrome device. In most instances
the reduced color image closely resembles the original. Alternatively,
a monochrome or pseudo-color image sequence can display on a continu-
ous-tone 24 bits-per-pixel device.
To help prevent color flashing on X server visuals that have col-
ormaps, animate creates a single colormap from the image sequence.
This can be rather time consuming. You can speed this operation up by
reducing the colors in the image before you "animate" them. Use
mogrify to color reduce the images to a single colormap. See
mogrify(1) for details. Alternatively, you can use a Standard Col-
ormap; or a static, direct, or true color visual. You can define a
Standard Colormap with xstdcmap. See xstdcmap(1) for details. This
method is recommended for colormapped X server because it eliminates
the need to compute a global colormap.
EXAMPLES
To animate a set of images of a cockatoo, use:
animate cockatoo.*
To animate a cockatoo image sequence while using the Standard Colormap
best, use:
xstdcmap -best
animate -map best cockatoo.*
To animate an image of a cockatoo without a border centered on a back-
drop, use:
animate +borderwidth -backdrop cockatoo.*
OPTIONS
For a more detailed description of each option, see Options, above.
ImageMagick(1).
-authenticate
decrypt image with this password
-backdrop
display the image centered on a backdrop.
-background
the background color
-bordercolor
the border color
-borderwidth
the border width
-cache
(This option has been replaced by the -limit option)
-chop x{+-}{+-}{%}
remove pixels from the interior of an image
-colormap
define the colormap type
-colors
preferred number of colors in the image
-colorspace
the type of colorspace
-crop x{+-}{+-}{%}
preferred size and location of the cropped image
-debug
enable debug printout
-define {=},...
add coder/decoder specific options
-delay <1/100ths of a second>
display the next image after pausing
-delete
delete the image from the image sequence
-density x
horizontal and vertical resolution in pixels of the image
-depth
depth of the image
-display
specifies the X server to contact
-dispose
GIF disposal method
-dither
apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to the image
-font
use this font when annotating the image with text
-foreground
define the foreground color
-gamma
level of gamma correction
-geometry x{+-}{+-}{%}{@} {!}{<}{>}
preferred size and location of the Image window.
-help print usage instructions
-iconGeometry
specify the icon geometry
-iconic
iconic animation
-insert
insert last image into the image sequence
-interlace
the type of interlacing scheme
-limit
Area, Disk, File, Map, or Memory resource limit
-log
Specify format for debug log
-map
display image using this type.
-matte store matte channel if the image has one
-mattecolor
specify the color to be used with the -frame option
-monochrome
transform the image to black and white
-name name an image
-pause
pause between animation loops [animate]
-remote
perform a remote operation
-rotate {<}{>}
apply Paeth image rotation to the image
-sampling-factor x
sampling factors used by JPEG or MPEG-2 encoder and YUV
decoder/encoder.
-scenes
range of image scene numbers to read
-shared-memory
use shared memory
-size x{+offset}
width and height of the image
-strip strip the image of any profiles or comments
-swap
swap two images in the image sequence
-text-font
font for writing fixed-width text
-title
assign title to displayed image [animate, display, montage]
-treedepth
tree depth for the color reduction algorithm
-trim trim an image
-verbose
print detailed information about the image
-version
print ImageMagick version string
-visual
animate images using this X visual type
-window
make image the background of a window
For a more detailed description of each option, see Options,
above. ImageMagick(1).
Any option you specify on the command line remains in effect
for the group of images following it, until the group is termi-
nated by the appearance of any option or -noop. For example,
to animate three images, the first with 32 colors, the second
with an unlimited number of colors, and the third with only 16
colors, use:
animate -colors 32 cockatoo.1 -noop cockatoo.2
-colors 16 cockatoo.3
Animate options can appear on the command line or in your X
resources file. See X(1). Options on the command line supersede
values specified in your X resources file. Image filenames may
appear in any order on the command line if the image format is
MIFF (refer to miff(5) and the scene keyword is specified in
the image. Otherwise the images will display in the order they
appear on the command line.
MOUSE BUTTONS
Press any button to map or unmap the Command widget. See the next sec-
tion for more information about the Command widget.
COMMAND WIDGET
The Command widget lists a number of sub-menus and commands. They are
Animate
Open
Play
Step
Repeat
Auto Reverse
Speed
Faster
Slower
Direction
Forward
Reverse
Image Info
Help
Quit
Menu items with a indented triangle have a sub-menu. They are repre-
sented above as the indented items. To access a sub-menu item, move
the pointer to the appropriate menu and press a button and drag. When
you find the desired sub-menu item, release the button and the command
is executed. Move the pointer away from the sub-menu if you decide
not to execute a particular command.
KEYBOARD ACCELERATORS
Ctl+O
.in 20 Press to load an image from a file.
space
.in 20 Press to display the next image in the sequence.
<
.in 20 Press to speed-up the display of the images.
Refer to -delay for more information.
>
.in 20 Press to slow the display of the images. Refer to
-delay for more information.
?
.in 20 Press to display information about the image.
Press any key or button to erase the information.
This information is printed: image name; image size; and
the total number of unique colors in the image.
F1
.in 20 Press to display helpful information about ani-
mate(1).
Ctl-q
.in 20 Press to discard all images and exit program.
X RESOURCES
Animate options can appear on the command line or in your X resource
file. Options on the command line supersede values specified in your X
resource file. See X(1) for more information on X resources.
All animate options have a corresponding X resource. In addition, the
animate program uses the following X resources:
background (class Background)
.in 20
Specifies the preferred color to use for the Image window
background. The default is #ccc.
borderColor (class BorderColor)
.in 20
Specifies the preferred color to use for the Image window
border. The default is #ccc.
borderWidth (class BorderWidth)
.in 20
Specifies the width in pixels of the Image window border.
The default is 2.
font (class Font or FontList)
.in 20
Specifies the name of the preferred font to use in normal
formatted text. The default is 14 point Helvetica.
foreground (class Foreground)
.in 20
Specifies the preferred color to use for text within the
Image window. The default is black.
geometry (class geometry)
.in 20
Specifies the preferred size and position of the image
window. It is not necessarily obeyed by all window man-
agers. Offsets, if present, are handled in X(1) style.
A negative x offset is measured from the right edge of
the screen to the right edge of the icon, and a negative
y offset is measured from the bottom edge of the screen
to the bottom edge of the icon.
iconGeometry (class IconGeometry)
.in 20
Specifies the preferred size and position of the applica-
tion when iconified. It is not necessarily obeyed by all
window managers. Offsets, if present, are handled in the
same manner as in class Geometry.
iconic (class Iconic)
.in 20
This resource indicates that you would prefer that the
application's windows initially not be visible as if the
windows had be immediately iconified by you. Window man-
agers may choose not to honor the application's request.
matteColor (class MatteColor)
.in 20
Specify the color of windows. It is used for the back-
grounds of windows, menus, and notices. A 3D effect is
achieved by using highlight and shadow colors derived
from this color. Default value: #ddd.
name (class Name)
.in 20
This resource specifies the name under which resources
for the application should be found. This resource is
useful in shell aliases to distinguish between invoca-
tions of an application, without resorting to creating
links to alter the executable file name. The default is
the application name.
sharedMemory (class SharedMemory)
.in 20
This resource specifies whether animate should attempt
use shared memory for pixmaps. ImageMagick must be com-
piled with shared memory support, and the display must
support the MIT-SHM extension. Otherwise, this resource
is ignored. The default is True.
text_font (class textFont)
.in 20
Specifies the name of the preferred font to use in fixed
(typewriter style) formatted text. The default is 14
point Courier.
title (class Title)
.in 20
This resource specifies the title to be used for the
Image window. This information is sometimes used by a
window manager to provide some sort of header identifying
the window. The default is the image file name.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS
Output screen width. Used when formatting text for the screen.
Many Unix systems keep this shell variable up to date, but it
may need to be explicitly exported in order for ImageMagick to
see it.
DISPLAY
X11 display ID (host, display number, and screen in the form
hostname:display.screen).
HOME Location of user's home directory. ImageMagick searches for
configuration files in $HOME/.magick if the directory exists.
See MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH, MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH, and MAG-
ICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH if more flexibility is needed.
MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH
Search path to use when searching for image format coder mod-
ules. This path allows the user to arbitrarily extend the
image formats supported by ImageMagick by adding loadable mod-
ules to an arbitrary location rather than copying them into the
ImageMagick installation directory. The formatting of the
search path is similar to operating system search paths (i.e.
colon delimited for Unix, and semi-colon delimited for
Microsoft Windows). This user specified search path is used
before trying the default search path.
MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH
Search path to use when searching for configuration (.mgk)
files. The formatting of the search path is similar to operat-
ing system search paths (i.e. colon delimited for Unix, and
semi-colon delimited for Microsoft Windows). This user speci-
fied search path is used before trying the default search path.
MAGICK_DEBUG
Debug options (see -debug for details)
MAGICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH
Search path to use when searching for filter process modules
(invoked via -process). This path allows the user to arbitrar-
ily extend ImageMagick's image processing functionality by
adding loadable modules to an arbitrary location rather than
copying them into the ImageMagick installation directory. The
formatting of the search path is similar to operating system
search paths (i.e. colon delimited for Unix, and semi-colon
delimited for Microsoft Windows). This user specified search
path is used before trying the default search path.
MAGICK_FONT_PATH
Directory where ImageMagick should look for TrueType and
Postscript Type1 font files if the font file is not found in
the current directory. It is preferred to define the available
fonts via type.mgk rather than use MAGICK_FONT_PATH.
MAGICK_HOME
Path to top of ImageMagick installation directory. Only
observed by "uninstalled" builds of ImageMagick which do not
have their location hard-coded or set by an installer.
MAGICK_DISK_LIMIT
Maximum amount of disk space allowed for use by the pixel
cache.
MAGICK_FILES_LIMIT
Maximum number of open files.
MAGICK_MAP_LIMIT
Maximum size of a memory map.
MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT
Maximum amount of memory to allocate from the heap.
MAGICK_TMPDIR
Path to directory where ImageMagick should write temporary
files. The default is to use the system default, or the loca-
tion set by TMPDIR.
TMPDIR For POSIX-compatible systems (Unix-compatible), the path to the
directory where all applications should write temporary files.
Overridden by MAGICK_TMPDIR if it is set.
TMP or TEMP
For Microsoft Windows, the path to the directory where applica-
tions should write temporary files. Overridden by MAGICK_TMPDIR
if it is set.
CONFIGURATION FILES
ImageMagick uses a number of XML format configuration files:
colors.mgk
colors configuration file
delegates.mgk
delegates configuration file
log.mgk
logging configuration file
magic.mgk
file header magic test configuration file
modules.mgk
loadable modules configuration file
type.mgk
master type (fonts) configuration file
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The MIT X Consortium for making network transparent
graphics a reality.
Michael Halle, Spatial Imaging Group at MIT, for the ini-
tial implementation of Alan Paeth's image rotation algo-
rithm.
David Pensak, duPont, for providing a computing environ-
ment that made this program possible.
Paul Raveling, USC Information Sciences Institute.
The spatial subdivision color reduction algorithm is
based on his Img software.
SEE ALSO
display(1), composite(1), conjure(1), convert(1), identify(1),
ImageMagick(1), import(1), mogrify(1), montage(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2004 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
and licenses apply to this software, see http://www.imagemag-
ick.org/www/Copyright.html
ImageMagick Date: 2004/01/01 01:00:00 animate(1)
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