conjure(e) conjure(e) NAME conjure - process a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) script WARNING: Conjure and MSL are in very early development and the syntax is subject to change! SYNOPSIS conjure [ options ] script.msl [ [ options ] script.msl ] DESCRIPTION The Magick scripting language (MSL) will primarily benefit those that want to accomplish custom image processing tasks but do not wish to program, or those that do not have access to a Perl interpreter or a compiler. The interpreter is called conjure and here is an example script: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <image size="400x400" > <read filename="image.gif" /> <get width="base-width" height="base-height" /> <resize geometry="%[dimensions]" /> <get width="width" height="height" /> <print output= "Image sized from %[base-width]x%[base-height] to %[width]x%[height].\n" /> <write filename="image.png" /> </image> invoked with conjure -dimensions 400x400 incantation.msl All operations will closely follow the key/value pairs defined in PerlMagick, unless otherwise noted. Conjure is in the early stages of development as of April 2002. This early announcement is to allow ImageMagick users to contribute ideas early in the process so when the script- ing language is released it will be useful/stable from the get-go! If you want to contribute suggestions about the Magick scripting language (MSL), post them to magick- developers@imagemagick.org. OPTIONS Options are processed in command line order. Any option you specify on the command line remains in effect until it is explicitly changed by specifying the option again with a different effect, or if it is changed by a statement in the scripting language. You can define your own keyword/value pairs on the command line. The script can then use this information when set- ting values by including %[keyword] in the string. For example, if you included "-dimensions 400x400" on the com- mand line, as illustrated above, then any string contain- ing "%[dimensions]" would have 400x400 substituted. The "%[string]" can be used either an entire string, such as geometry="%[dimensions]" or as a part of a string such as filename="%[basename].png". The keyword can be any string except for the following reserved strings (in any upper, lower, or mixed case vari- ant): debug, help, and verbose, whose usage is described below. The value can be any string. If either the keyword or the value contains white space or any symbols that have spe- cial meanings to your shell such as "#", "|", or "%", enclose the string in quotation marks or use "\" to escape the white space and special symbols. Keywords and values are case dependent. "Key", "key", and "KEY" would be three different keywords. For a more detailed description of each option, see ImageMagick(k). -debug enable debug printout -help print usage instructions -verbose print detailed information about the image MAGICK SCRIPTING LANGUAGE The Magick Scripting Language (MSL) presently defines the following elements and their attributes: <image> Define a new image object. </image> destroys it. Because of this, if you wish to reference multiple "subimages" (aka pages or layers), you can embed one image element inside of another. For example: <image> <read filename="input.png" /> <get width="base-width" height="base- height" /> <image height="base-height" width="base- width"> <image /> <write filename="output.mng" /> </image> <image size="400x400" /> <group> Define a new group of image objects. By default, images are only valid for the life of their <image>element. <image> -- creates the image ..... -- do stuff with it </image> -- dispose of the image However, in a group, all images in that group will stay around for the life of the group: <group> -- start a group <image> -- cre- ate an image .... -- do stuff </image> -- NOOP <image> -- cre- ate another image .... -- do more stuff </image> -- NOOP <write filename="image.mng" /> -- output </group> -- dis- pose of both images <read> Read a new image from a disk file. <read filename="image.gif" /> To read two images use <read filename="image.gif" /> <read filename="image.png /> <write> Write the image(e) to disk, either as a sin- gle multiple-image file or multiple ones if necessary. <write filename=image.tiff" /> <get> Get any attribute recognized by PerlMagick's GetAttribute() and stores it as an image attribute for later use. Currently only width and height are supported. <get width="base-width" height="base- height" /> <print output="Image size is %[base- width]x%[base-height].\n" /> <set> background, bordercolor, clip-mask, col- orspace, density, magtick, mattecolor, opac- ity. Set an attribute recognized by PerlMag- ick's GetAttribute(). <border> fill, geometry, height, width <blur> radius, sigma <charcoal> radius, sigma <chop> geometry, height, width, x, y <crop> geometry, height, width, x, y <despeckle> <emboss> radius, sigma <enhance> <equalize> <flip> <flop> <frame> fill, geometry, height, width, x, y, inner, outer <get> height, width <image> background, color, id, size <magnify> <minify> <normalize> <print> output <read> <resize> blur, filter, geometry, height, width <roll> geometry, x, y <rotate> degrees <sample> geometry, height, width <scale> geometry, height, width <sharpen> radius, sigma <shave> geometry, height, width <shear> x, y <solarize> threshold <spread> radius <stegano> image <stereo> image <swirl> degrees <texture> image <threshold> threshold <transparent> color <trim> SEE ALSO animate(e), display(y), composite(e), convert(t), iden- tify(y), import(t), mogrify(y), montage(e) COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002 ImageMagick Studio Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any per- son obtaining a copy of this software and associated docu- mentation files ("ImageMagick"), to deal in ImageMagick without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of ImageMagick, and to per- mit persons to whom the ImageMagick is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of ImageMagick. The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.In no event shall ImageMagick Studio be liable for any claim, damages or other liabil- ity, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with ImageMagick or the use or other dealings in ImageMagick. Except as contained in this notice, the name of the ImageMagick Studio LLC shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in ImageMagick without prior written authorization from the ImageMagick Studio. AUTHORS John Cristy, ImageMagick Studio LLC, Glenn Randers-Pehrson, ImageMagick Studio LLC, Leonard Rosenthol, ImageMagick Studio LLC. ImageMagick Date: 2002/02/15 01:00:00 conjure(e)