.TH montage 1 "Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00" "ImageMagick"
.SH NAME
montage \- create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP
\fBmontage\fP \fIinput-file[s]\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIoutput-file\fP
.SH OVERVIEW
The \fBmontage\fP program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools.  Use it to create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

For more information about the montage command, point your browser to file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/montage.html or http://imagemagick.org/script/montage.php.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Image Settings:
  \-adjoin              join images into a single multi-image file
  \-affine matrix       affine transform matrix
  \-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
                        transparent, extract, background, or shape
  \-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
  \-blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point
  \-bordercolor color   border color
  \-caption string      assign a caption to an image
  \-colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
  \-colorspace type     alternate image colorsapce
  \-comment string      annotate image with comment
  \-compose operator    composite operator
  \-compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image
  \-define format:option
                       define one or more image format options
  \-delay centiseconds  display the next image after pausing
  \-density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
  \-depth value         image depth
  \-display server      query font from this X server
  \-dispose method      layer disposal method
  \-dither method       apply error diffusion to image
  \-encoding type       text encoding type
  \-endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
  \-extract geometry    extract area from image
  \-fill color          color to use when filling a graphic primitive
  \-filter type         use this filter when resizing an image
  \-font name           render text with this font
  \-format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
  \-gamma value         level of gamma correction
  \-geometry geometry   preferred tile and border sizes
  \-gravity direction   which direction to gravitate towards
  \-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
  \-identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image
  \-interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
  \-interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
  \-kerning value       set the space between two letters
  \-label string        assign a label to an image
  \-limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
  \-matte               store matte channel if the image has one
  \-mattecolor color    frame color
  \-mode type           framing style
  \-monitor             monitor progress
  \-page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
  \-pointsize value     font point size
  \-profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile
  \-quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
  \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
  \-quiet               suppress all warning messages
  \-red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point
  \-regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
  \-repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
  \-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
  \-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
  \-shadow              add a shadow beneath a tile to simulate depth
  \-size geometry       width and height of image
  \-stroke color        color to use when stroking a graphic primitive
  \-support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
  \-synchronize         synchronize image to storage device
  \-taint               declare the image as modified
  \-texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background
  \-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
  \-tile geometry       number of tiles per row and column
  \-title string        decorate the montage image with a title
  \-transparent-color color
                       transparent color
  \-treedepth value     color tree depth
  \-trim                trim image edges
  \-units type          the units of image resolution
  \-verbose             print detailed information about the image
  \-virtual-pixel method
                       virtual pixel access method
  \-white-point point   chromaticity white point

Image Operators:
  \-adaptive-sharpen geometry
                       adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges
  \-annotate geometry text
                       annotate the image with text
  \-auto-orient         automagically orient image
  \-blur geometry      reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
  \-border geometry     surround image with a border of color
  \-channel mask        set the image channel mask
  \-crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
  \-distort method args
                        distort images according to given method and args
  \-draw string         annotate the image with a graphic primitive
  \-extent geometry     set the image size
  \-flatten             flatten a sequence of images
  \-flip                flip image in the vertical direction
  \-flop                flop image in the horizontal direction
  \-frame geometry      surround image with an ornamental border
  \-layers method       optimize or compare image layers
  \-monochrome          transform image to black and white
  \-polaroid angle      simulate a Polaroid picture
  \-resize geometry     resize the image
  \-rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
  \-scale geometry      scale the image
  \-strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
  \-transform           affine transform image
  \-transpose           flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees
  \-transparent color   make this color transparent within the image
  \-type type           image type
  \-unsharp geometry    sharpen the image

Image Sequence Operators:
  \-coalesce            merge a sequence of images
  \-composite           composite image

Image Stack Operators:
  \-clone indexes       clone an image
  \-delete indexes      delete the image from the image sequence
  \-duplicate count,indexes
                        duplicate an image one or more times
  \-insert index        insert last image into the image sequence
  \-reverse             reverse image sequence
  \-swap indexes        swap two images in the image sequence

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, \-mattecolor, 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.
.SH SEE ALSO
ImageMagick(1)

.SH COPYRIGHT

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