Example Usage • Option Summary
Use the montage
program 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. See Command Line Processing for advice on how to structure your montage
command or see below for example usages of the command.
We list a few examples of the montage
command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, let's montage two images into a single composite:
montage -background '#336699' -geometry +4+4 rose.jpg red-ball.png montage.jpg
Ok, let's add some decorations:
montage -label %f -frame 5 -background '#336699' -geometry +4+4 rose.jpg red-ball.png frame.jpg
You can find additional examples of using montage
at and Graphics from the Command Line. Further discussion is available in More Graphics from the Command Line and .
The montage
command recognizes these options. Click on an option to get more details about how that option works.
Option | Description |
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-adaptive-sharpen geometry | adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges |
-adjoin | join images into a single multi-image file |
-affine matrix | affine transform matrix |
-alpha | on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy", transparent, extract, background, or shape the alpha channel |
-annotate geometry text | annotate the image with text |
-authenticate value | decrypt image with this password |
-auto-orient | automagically orient image |
-background color | background color |
-blue-primary point | chromaticity blue primary point |
-blur geometry | reduce image noise and reduce detail levels |
-border geometry | surround image with a border of color |
-bordercolor color | border color |
-caption string | assign a caption to an image |
-channel type | apply option to select image channels |
-clone index | clone an image |
-coalesce | merge a sequence of images |
-colors value | preferred number of colors in the image |
-colorspace type | set image colorspace |
-comment string | annotate image with comment |
-compose operator | set image composite operator |
-composite | composite image |
-compress type | image compression type |
-crop geometry | preferred size and location of the cropped image |
-debug events | display copious debugging information |
-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 | get image or font from this X server |
-dispose method | layer disposal method |
-dither method | apply error diffusion to image |
-draw string | annotate the image with a graphic primitive |
-duplicate count,indexes | duplicate an image one or more times |
-endian type | endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image |
-extent geometry | set the image size |
-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 |
-flatten | flatten a sequence of images |
-flip | flip image in the vertical direction |
-flop | flop image in the horizontal direction |
-font name | render text with this font |
-frame geometry | surround image with an ornamental border |
-gamma value | level of gamma correction |
-geometry geometry | preferred size or location of the image |
-gravity type | horizontal and vertical text placement |
-green-primary point | chromaticity green primary point |
-help | print program options |
-identify | identify the format and characteristics of the image |
-interlace type | type of image interlacing scheme |
-interpolate method | pixel color interpolation method |
-kerning value | the space between two characters |
-label string | assign a label to an image |
-limit type value | pixel cache resource limit |
-log format | format of debugging information |
-mattecolor color | frame color |
-mode type | framing style |
-monitor | monitor progress |
-monochrome | transform image to black and white |
-origin geometry | image origin |
-page geometry | size and location of an image canvas (setting) |
-pointsize value | font point size |
-polaroid angle | simulate a Polaroid picture |
-profile filename | add, delete, or apply an image profile |
-quality value | JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level |
-quantize colorspace | reduce image 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 |
-resize geometry | resize the image |
-respect-parentheses | settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary. |
-rotate degrees | apply Paeth rotation to the image |
-sampling-factor geometry | horizontal and vertical sampling factor |
-scale geometry | scale the image |
-scenes range | image scene range |
-seed value | seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers |
-shadow geometry | simulate an image shadow |
-size geometry | width and height of image |
-strip | strip image of all profiles and comments |
-stroke color | graphic primitive stroke color |
-synchronize | synchronize image to storage device |
-taint | mark the image as modified |
-texture filename | name of texture to tile onto the image background |
-tile geometry | number of tiles per row and column (e.g. -tile 8x) |
-tile-offset geometry | set the image tile offset |
-title | decorate the montage image with a title |
-transform | affine transform image |
-transparent color | make this color transparent within the image |
-transpose | flip image in the vertical direction and rotate 90 degrees |
-transparent-color color | transparent color |
-treedepth value | color tree depth |
-trim | trim image edges |
-type type | image type |
-units type | the units of image resolution |
-unsharp geometry | sharpen the image |
-verbose | print detailed information about the image |
-version | print version information |
-view | FlashPix viewing transforms |
-virtual-pixel method | access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image |
-white-point point | chromaticity white point |