ImageMagick - Image Processing and Display Package


ImageMagick is continually being enhanced. Check this section periodically to see what enhancements have been added. See Changelog for past enhancements and bug fixes.

  • The utility, conjure, interprets the Magick Scripting Language a XML-based language to convert, edit, and compose images.
  • ImageMagick now supports Scalable Vector Format (SVG) files.
  • Support for Wireless BitMap, used in WAP - Wireless Access Protocol, was contributed by Milan Votava.
  • ImageMagick 5.0 uses substantually less memory than previous versions. If the the memory requirements exceeds 80 mega-bytes, all subsequent image operations are performed on disk to conserve memory.
  • ImageMagick 5.0 utilizes memory-mapped I/O on machines that support it. This feature can be a substantual speed-up for image operations.
  • As of version 4.2.9, ImageMagick now has native blob support.
  • Thanks to Glenn Randers-Pehrson ImageMagick now supports the MNG image format.
  • Thanks to Bob Friesenhahn ImageMagick now has a C++ wrapper: Magick++.
  • ImageMagick has a delegate subsystem that allows image formats not directly supported by ImageMagick to be seamlessly added via a delegate configuration file.
  • PerlMagick includes 300+ regression tests invoked with make test.
  • ImageMagick now automatically invokes pgpv to decrypt a PGP encrypted image when the filename ends in .pgp.
  • ImageMagick supports the FlashPix image format under NT/Win95.
  • PerlMagick now works on NT and Win95 computers.
  • Support for TrueType fonts is now available as a delegate within ImageMagick
  • Create 3-D web screamers with ScreamerMagick.
  • Convert or manipulate images directly from a Web page with MagickStudio.
  • Text is now aliased when rendering Postscript.
  • Subimages can now be specified in any order. For example, image.miff[3,2], image.miff[11-1], or image.miff[1,2,2,3].
  • PythonMagick is an object-oriented Python interface to the ImageMagick routines.

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