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[Example Usage • Option Summary]

The conjure program gives you the ability to perform custom image processing tasks from a script written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL). MSL is XML-based and consists of action statements with attributes. Actions include reading an image, processing an image, getting attributes from an image, writing an image, and more. An attribute is a key/value pair that modifies the behavior of an action. See Command Line Processing for advice on how to structure your conjure command or see below for example usages of the command.

We list a few examples of the conjure command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, here is simple conjure command:

  conjure -dimensions 400x400 incantation.msl

Where incantation.msl is our MSL 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>

MSL supports most methods and attributes discussed in the Perl API for ImageMagick.

In addition, MSL supports the swap element with a single indexes element.

You can find additional examples of using conjure in Graphics from the Command Line. Further discussion is available in More Graphics from the Command Line and Examples of ImageMagick Usage.

The conjure command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.