.TH animate 1 "Date: 2005/03/01 01:00:00" "ImageMagick"
.SH NAME
animate \- animates an image or image sequence on any X server.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP
\fBanimate\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIinput-file\fP
.SH OVERVIEW
The \fBanimate\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.  Use it to animate an image or image sequence on any X server.

For more information about the animate command, point your browser to file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/animate.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/animate.php.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Image Settings:
  -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
  -backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop
  -channel type        apply option to select image channels
  -colormap type       Shared or Private
  -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
  -decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels
  -define format:option
                       define one or more image format options
  -delay value         display the next image after pausing
  -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
  -depth value         image depth
  -display server      display image to this X server
  -dispose method      layer disposal method
  -dither              apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to image
  -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
  -gamma value         level of gamma correction
  -geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window
  -identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image
  -immutable           displayed image cannot be modified
  -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
  -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
  -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
  -loop iterations     loop images then exit
  -matte               store matte channel if the image has one
  -map type            display image using this Standard Colormap
  -monitor             monitor progress
  -pause               seconds to pause before reanimating
  -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
  -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
  -quiet               suppress all warning messages
  -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
  -remote command      execute a command in an remote display process
  -sampling-factor geometry
                       horizontal and vertical sampling factor
  -scenes range        image scene range
  -seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
  -set attribute value set an image attribute
  -size geometry       width and height of image
  -support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
  -transparent-color color
                       transparent color
  -treedepth value     color tree depth
  -verbose             print detailed information about the image
  -visual type         display image using this visual type
  -virtual-pixel method
                       virtual pixel access method
  -window id           display image to background of this window

Image Operators:
  -colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
  -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
  -extract geometry    extract area from image
  -monochrome          transform image to black and white
  -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
  -resample geometry   change the resolution of an image
  -resize geometry     resize the image
  -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
  -strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
  -trim                trim image edges

Image Sequence Operators:
  -coalesce            merge a sequence of images
  -flatten             flatten a sequence of images

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

In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line options:  -background, -bordercolor, -borderwidth, -font, -foreground, -iconGeometry, -iconic, -name, -mattecolor, -shared-memory, or -title.  

By default, the image format of `file' is determined by its magic number.  To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format 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.

Buttons: 
  1    press to map or unmap the Command widget
.SH SEE-ALSO
ImageMagick(1)

.SH COPYRIGHT

\fBCopyright (C) 1999-2008 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/license.php or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php\fP