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How can I batch convert images to b/w while preserving the folder structure

I want to batch process images but I have a very specific task that I want to do I do not want to change image type I want to make them black and white I want it to create/preserve images and sub ...
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Tile transparent images with graphicsmagic

i'm glueing together PNG images with graphicsmagick with this command: gm montage -geometry 450x338+0+0 $cesta$i/$j/*.png $cesta$i/$j.png It works but no alpha is present, i tried to change ...
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org.im4java.core.CommandException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: no ImageReader for given format

I am not sure whether this is the right place to ask this question. But I searched on Google a lot and could not find a clue. In Ubuntu 10.04 I have installed Image Magick 6.5.7 with the following ...
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blurry images with mogrify & convert

Does anyone know why this image is so blurry? I did a convert from pdf to png and it turned out like that. Before deleting imagemagick and it's entire toolset from software-center most of my image ...
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Files created with imagemagick show up in terminal but not folder view [closed]

If i convert a file using the convert option of imagemagick (doing this in the terminal) and then list the files in the folder with the ls command, i can see the created files and i can view them ...
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How do I combine single page tif files into a multi-page tif?

I have a series of single-page .tif files and would like to transform them into a multipage .tif. How do I do that? Ubuntu 12.10
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How to crop a multi-page (image/scanned) pdf file (which won't crop with pdfcrop)?

Usually, I'm pretty happy using pdfcrop, even though the cropped output usually consumes significantly more disk space. Note that comparable code does exist, which addresses and resolves this issue. ...
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How can I install the latest upstream version of ImageMagick without compiling?

I had some issues with ImageMagick and I was told Ubuntu's default ImageMagick package is an ancient version and I should upgrade to resolve my issues. How can I do that? I have the latest Ubuntu ...
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Installing php imagick to xampp

I am trying this: sudo apt-get install imagemagick libmagickwand-dev sudo pecl install imagick And I getting an error at the end like: /tmp/pear/temp/imagick/imagick_class.c:9534:2: error: 'struct ...
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how can I resize an animated GIF file using ImageMagick?

I want to resize such an animated GIF file do.gif If I do convert do.gif -resize 24x24\! do-24.gif I get it resized in do-24.gif but not animated How to resize it right way to get the same ...
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ImageMagick convert can't convert to webp

On Ubuntu 12.04 ImageMagick doesn't seem to support webp. convert flyer.png flyer.webp creates an png file with webp extension. On https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/using is stated that ...
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jpegexiforient does not seem to work in 12.04

In Ubuntu 12.04, the jpegexiforient command doesn't seem to work. I've got a .jpg file for which exif clearly shows (correct) EXIF orientation information, but running jpegexiforient on the file ...
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Image Magic Make Fails - PHP extension

So I was doing the following: sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev sudo apt-get install imagemagick libmagickwand-dev sudo pecl install imagick It all works till I get the error: make: *** ...
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How to detect image dimensions and run commands on them?

I have a directory full of images, some of which are portrait-sized instead of landscape-sized, and I want to open the portrait-sized ones with an image editor. I can run the imagemagick command ...
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How to add support for the JPEG image format

After installing Imagemagick, I've tested it with jpg image, like this: identify 1.jpg But, I got this result: identify: no decode delegate for this image format `1.jpg' @ ...
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imagick php5 addon on ubuntu 64bit isn't working

I have a lampp webserver and i need to edit animated gif files. I have tried to install imagick with this tutorial. But at the "make" commad i get the error can't read ...
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Does “diff” exist for images?

You can compare two text files very easy with diff and even better with meld: If you use diff for images, you get an example like this: $ diff zivi-besch.tif zivildienst.tif Binary files ...
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Can't install any new packages with apt-get

From some time I've been getting error messages while installing some packages, for example: requires libmagickwand4 (= 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3) ale 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.2 is about to be installed ...
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Library for rmagick install problem

I can't install Library for RMagick because of the following dependency problem igor@TIV-M:~$ uname -a Linux TIV-M 3.0.0-17-generic-pae #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:53:35 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 ...
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error when installing rmagic gem on Ubuntu 12.04 for Ruby on Rails

I am trying to get my Ruby on Rails application working and installing RMagic gem. But I get an error that says "Can't install RMagick 2.13.1. Can't find the ImageMagick library or one of the ...
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ImageMagick convert to png32, can't change background at all

So I'm stumped. I've been wrestling with this simple command to turn an SVG file into a transparent SVG to no avail. Here's my command convert svg:/home/media/svgTest.svg -quality 100 -background ...
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How to install imagemagick extension for PHP5 on Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

How to properly install imagemagick extension for PHP5 on Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS? convert --version Version: ImageMagick 6.6.9-7 2012-08-17 Q16 sudo pecl install imagick ... checking if ImageMagick ...
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confilct between libjpeg62 and 80

when I install the ImageMagic, I got the following errors, does anybody know how to solve? much appreciated. /usr/bin/ld: warning: libjpeg.so.62, needed by /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libjasper.so, ...
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convert .doc files to .pdf file using imagemagick

I want to convert .DOC files into .PDF format using php image library imagemagick . When I used convert filename.doc filename.pdf command in terminal to convert file to .PDF format I got the error ...
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Is there a GUI to convert/extract images to/from pdf?

I mean something like a graphical interface / front end for Imagemagick or a simpler application that would allow converting/extracting images through the interface (not in the Terminal).
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Why my computer fails when converting many images in Imagemagick with one command?

After updating to Precise had a few times the following mishap: when I try to convert to pdf many (100, 200) jpegs or pngs, my system gets completely stuck and need hard reboot. Or, more fortunately, ...
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How to add Fade-out and Fade-in Effects by convert command?

convert command can make the mpeg video from the several pictures. For example: convert -delay 300 *.png test.mpg Well, is it possible to add Fade-out and Fade-in effects into the mpeg video by ...
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How to uninstall imagemagick?

I'm trying to uninstall imagemagick and install. But i'm not able to uninstall. Can anyone tell me how to uninstall Imagemagick?
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Resize images to specific height value in ImageMagick?

I've looked around for this, and can't find an easily implemented solution. Currently I'm working on an application that deals with panoramas. As they come out of the batch stitch process, the ...
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How can I give a program writing access to a directory?

There's a program called imagemagick that can edit images. It can save files to my home folder with out issues. It won't save images to a folder /var/www/thumb_nails/ edit: it does work if I ...
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tool to scan similar images

What tools might be available in Ubuntu to scan many image files and detect similar ones despite different sizes, formats, etc? Support for batch mode/cli would be especially good. For example, so I ...
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RMagick install problem

I can't install RMagick because of the following dependency problem after trying sudo apt-get install libmagick9-dev (required according to this) on Ubuntu 10.0.4: Note, selecting libmagickwand-dev ...
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imagemagick convert command

i have question regarding the convert and linux command in generate. i need to convert images using imagemagick i do: convert -quiet -regard-warnings image.jpg -colorspace RGB +repage ...
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Is there a better way to redact a PDF?

I had to print a couple of PDFs recently to send to someone, but I wanted to redact (black out) a couple small bits of text. A quick google search didn't turn up any tools for this specific purpose, ...
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Terminal transparency (urxvt) , Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem

I use Ubuntu Natty, urxvt (with 256 colours), and Imagemagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparancy (-tr) option on urxvt, I get the Ubuntu X ...
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How can I make lcms available to imageinfo (via imagemagick)?

When I try to run: imageinfo --iccname test.jpg I get the following error: imageinfo: installed imagemagick does not support lcms Even though ImageMagick (6.6.2-6) is set-up to use lcms: ...
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How can I convert a folder of .pngs to .jpgs while setting the background color?

I have a folder of png files that have transparent backgrounds. I would like to convert them from the command line and maintain the images' transparent backgrounds. I'd appreciate any help. Since ...
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Color-leveling an image via command-line

From a script, I'm trying to apply some color levels to a grayscale .tiff image (the same as I would do in Gimp). I've tried using ImageMagick's convert tool: convert input.tiff -level 102,200,0.85 ...
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Nautilus Image Converter: strip EXIF metadata

I just found out that images can have more than 20KB of EXIF data. Not really an issue with 2MB files, but if you have small thumbnails this really adds up. I use mogrify often to resize, and I can ...
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Resize large images with mogrify (ImageMagick) but leave small images unaffected

Images can be resized using mogrify from the ImageMagick suite: `mogrify -resize 256x256 *.jpg` But this will resize images so that the largest dimension is 256px, including images that are smaller ...
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How can you animate a gif that goes back-and-forth instead of repeating?

I'm animating a gif with Imagemagick, I'm doing animate *.JPG, and that repeats the animation. But I would like it to go do "pic1, pic2, pic3, pic2, pic1" and repeat, so that it goes back and forth. ...