.TH animate 1 "Date: 2009/01/10 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:
  \-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
                        transparent, extract, background, or shape
  \-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
  \-backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop
  \-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 method       apply error diffusion to image
  \-filter type         use this filter when resizing an image
  \-format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
  \-gamma value         level of gamma correction
  \-geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window
  \-gravity type        horizontal and vertical backdrop placement
  \-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
  \-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
  \-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:
  \-channel mask        set the image channel mask
  \-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
  \-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
  \-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) 1999-2016 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file://@DOCUMENTATION_PATH@/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php\fP