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.
import [options] output-file
import(1) General Commands Manual 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] output-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/www/import.html or http://imagemag-
ick.org/script/import.php.
DESCRIPTION
Image Settings:
-adjoin join images into a single multi-image file
-border include window border in the output image
-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
-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
Image Operators:
-annotate geometry text
annotate the image with text
-colors value preferred number of colors in the image
-crop geometry preferred size and location of the cropped image
-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
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
By default, 'file' is written in the Postscript image format. To spec-
ify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image for-
mat 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Availability | image/imagemagick |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+-------------------+
SEE ALSO
ImageMagick(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2021 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights
and licenses apply to this software, see
file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/license.html or
http://imagemagick.org/script/license.php
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://www.imagemagick.org//down-
load/releases/ImageMagick-6.9.12-47.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.imagemagick.org/.
ImageMagick Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00 import(1)