There are so many capabilities you can work with in ImageMagick! We are going to study the most popular of them during the following chapters and then we will see how to use these features as programmers in our practical projects. Some of the topics and features that will be studied in this book are summarized as follows:
Format Conversion: Convert an image from one format to another (about 100 formats supported)
Text & Comments: Inserting descriptive or artistic text in images
Transformations: Resize, rotate, crop, flip, and flop images
Color Correction: Define threshold, reduce color, and color conversion for images
Thumbnail and Frame: Create a framed thumbnail of an image
Transparency: Create a transparent image for use on the World Wide Web
Animation: Create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images
Composite: Combine several images to create a composite image
Special Effects: Add artistic filters like charcoal, monochrome, and so on to an image
Multifunctioning: Execute a group of tasks with a single script on entire directories of images
Image Identification: Describe the format of the image and attributes
File Management: Retrieve, list, or print files from a remote network site