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>ChannelType

ChannelType is used as an argument when doing color separations. Use ChannelType when extracting a layer from an image. MatteChannel is useful for extracting the opacity values from an image.
 
ChannelType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedChannel Unset value.
RedChannel Select red channel
GreenChannel Select green channel
BlueChannel Select blue channel
MatteChannel Select matte (opacity values) channel

 
>ClassType

ClassType specifies the image storage class.
ClassType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedClass Unset value.
DirectClass Image is composed of pixels which represent literal color values.
PseudoClass Image is composed of pixels which specify an index in a color palette.

 
>ColorspaceType

The ColorspaceType enumeration is used to specify the colorspace that quantization (color reduction and mapping) is done under or to specify the colorspace when encoding an output image. Colorspaces are ways of describing colors to fit the requirements of a particular application (e.g. Television, offset printing, color monitors).  Color reduction, by default, takes place in the RGBColorspace. Empirical evidence suggests that distances in color spaces such as YUVColorspace or YIQColorspace correspond to perceptual color differences more closely han do distances in RGB space. These color spaces may give better results when color reducing an image. Refer to quantize for more details.

When encoding an output image, the colorspaces RGBColorspace, CMYKColorspace, and GRAYColorspace may be specified. The CMYKColorspace option is only applicable when writing TIFF, JPEG, and Adobe Photoshop bitmap (PSD) files.
 
ColorspaceType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedColorspace Unset value.
RGBColorspace Red-Green-Blue colorspace.
GRAYColorspace  Grayscale colorspace
TransparentColorspace The Transparent color space behaves uniquely in that it preserves the matte channel of the image if it exists.
OHTAColorspace  
XYZColorspace  
YCbCrColorspace  
YCCColorspace  
YIQColorspace  
YPbPrColorspace  
YUVColorspace Y-signal, U-signal, and V-signal colorspace. YUV is most widely used to encode color for use in television transmission.
CMYKColorspace Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black colorspace. CYMK is a subtractive color system used by printers and photographers for the rendering of colors with ink or emulsion, normally on a white surface.
sRGBColorspace  

 
>CompositeOperator

CompositeOperator is used to select the image composition algorithm used to compose a composite image with an image. By default, each of the composite image pixels are replaced by the corresponding image tile pixel. Specify CompositeOperator to select a different algorithm.
 
CompositeOperator
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedCompositeOp Unset value.
OverCompositeOp The result is the union of the the two image shapes with the composite image obscuring image in the region of overlap.
InCompositeOp The result is a simply composite image cut by the shape of image. None of the image data of image is included in the result.
OutCompositeOp The resulting image is composite image with the shape of image cut out.
AtopCompositeOp The result is the same shape as image image, with composite image obscuring image there the image shapes overlap. Note that this differs from OverCompositeOp because the portion of composite image outside of image's shape does not appear in the result.
XorCompositeOp The result is the image data from both composite image and image that is outside the overlap region. The overlap region will be blank.
PlusCompositeOp The result is just the sum of the  image data. Output values are cropped to 255 (no overflow). This operation is independent of the matte channels.
MinusCompositeOp The result of composite image - image, with overflow cropped to zero. The matte chanel is ignored (set to 255, full coverage).
AddCompositeOp The result of composite image + image, with overflow wrapping around (mod 256).
SubtractCompositeOp The result of composite image - image, with underflow wrapping around (mod 256). The add and subtract operators can be used to perform reverible transformations.
DifferenceCompositeOp The result of abs(composite image - image). This is useful for comparing two very similar images.
MultiplyCompositeOp  
BumpmapCompositeOp The result image shaded by composite image.
CopyCompositeOp The resulting image is image replaced with composite image. Here the matte information is ignored.
CopyRedCompositeOp The resulting image is the red layer in image replaced with the red layer in composite image. The other layers are copied untouched.
CopyGreenCompositeOp The resulting image is the green layer in image replaced with the green layer in composite image. The other layers are copied untouched.
CopyBlueCompositeOp The resulting image is the blue layer in image replaced with the blue layer in composite image. The other layers are copied untouched.
CopyOpacityCompositeOp The resulting image is the matte layer in image replaced with the matte layer in composite image. The other layers are copied untouched.

The image compositor requires a matte, or alpha channel in the image for some operations. This extra channel usually defines a mask which represents a sort of a cookie-cutter for the image. This is the case when matte is 255 (full coverage) for pixels inside the shape, zero outside, and between zero and 255 on the boundary.  For certain operations, if image does not have a matte channel, it is initialized with 0 for any pixel matching in color to pixel location (0,0), otherwise 255 (to work properly borderWidth must be 0).

ClearCompositeOp  
DissolveCompositeOp  
DisplaceCompositeOp  
ModulateCompositeOp  
ThresholdCompositeOp  

 
>CompressionType

CompressionType is used to express the desired compression type when encoding an image. Be aware that most image types only support a sub-set of the available compression types. If the compression type specified is incompatable with the image, ImageMagick selects a compression type compatable with the image type.
 
CompressionType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedCompression Unset value.
NoCompression No compression
BZipCompression BZip (Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text compression algorithm and Huffman coding)  as used by bzip2 utilities
FaxCompression CCITT Group 3 FAX compression
Group4Compression CCITT Group 4 FAX compression (used only for TIFF)
JPEGCompression JPEG compression
LZWCompression Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) compression (caution, patented by Unisys)
RunlengthEncodedCompression Run-Length encoded (RLE) compression
ZipCompression Lempel-Ziv compression (LZ77) as used in PKZIP and GNU gzip.

 
>DecorationType

The DecorationType enumerations are used to specify line decorations of rendered text.
 
DecorationType
Enumeration
Description
NoDecoration No decoration
UnderlineDecoration Underlined text
OverlineDecoration Overlined text
LineThroughDecoration Strike-through text

 
 
>EndianType

The EndianType enumerations are used to specify the endian option for formats which support it (e.g. TIFF).
 
EndianType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedEndian Not defined (default)
LSBEndian Little endian (like Intel X86 and DEC Alpha)
MSBEndian Big endian (like Motorola 68K, Mac PowerPC, & SPARC)

 
>FillRule

FillRule specifies the algorithm which is to be used to determine what parts of the canvas are included inside the shape. See the documentation on SVG's fill-rule  property for usage details.
 
FillRule
UndefinedRule Fill rule not specified
EvenOddRule See SVG fill-rule evenodd rule.
NonZeroRule See SVG fill-rule nonzero rule.

 
>FilterTypes

FilterTypes is used to adjust the filter algorithm used when resizing images. Different filters experience varying degrees of success with various images and can take sipngicantly different amounts of processing time. ImageMagick uses the LanczosFilter by default since this filter has been shown to provide the best results for most images in a reasonable amount of time. Other filter types (e.g. TriangleFilter) may execute much faster but may show artifacts when the image is re-sized or around diagonal lines. The only way to be sure is to test the filter with sample images.
 
FilterTypes
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedFilter Unset value.
PointFilter Point Filter
BoxFilter Box Filter
TriangleFilter Triangle Filter
HermiteFilter Hermite Filter
HanningFilter Hanning Filter
HammingFilter Hamming Filter
BlackmanFilter Blackman Filter
GaussianFilter Gaussian Filter
QuadraticFilter Quadratic Filter
CubicFilter Cubic Filter
CatromFilter Catrom Filter
MitchellFilter Mitchell Filter
LanczosFilter Lanczos Filter
BesselFilter Bessel Filter
SincFilter Sinc Filter

 
>GravityType

GravityType specifies positioning of an object (e.g. text, image) within a bounding region (e.g. an image). Gravity provides a convenient way to locate objects irrespective of the size of the bounding region, in other words, you don't need to provide absolute coordinates in order to position an object. A common default for gravity is NorthWestGravity.
 
GravityType
Enumeration
Description
ForgetGravity Don't use gravity.
NorthWestGravity Position object at top-left of region.
NorthGravity Postiion object at top-center of region
NorthEastGravity Position object at top-right of region
WestGravity Position object at left-center of region
CenterGravity Position object at center of region
EastGravity Position object at right-center of region
SouthWestGravity Position object at left-bottom of region
SouthGravity Position object at bottom-center of region
SouthEastGravity Position object at bottom-right of region

 
>ImageType

ImageType indicates the type classification of the image.
 
ImageType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedType Unset value.
BilevelType Monochrome image
GrayscaleType Grayscale image
GrayscaleMatteType Grayscale image with opacity
PaletteType Indexed color (palette) image
PaletteMatteType Indexed color (palette) image with opacity
TrueColorType Truecolor image
TrueColorMatteType Truecolor image with opacity
ColorSeparationType Cyan/Yellow/Magenta/Black (CYMK) image

 
>InterlaceType

InterlaceType specifies the ordering of the red, green, and blue pixel information in the image. Interlacing is usually used to make image information available to the user faster by taking advantage of the space vs time tradeoff. For example, interlacing allows images on the Web to be recognizable sooner and satellite images to accumulate/render with image resolution increasing over time.

Use LineInterlace or PlaneInterlace to create an interlaced GIF or progressive JPEG image.
 
InterlaceType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedInterlace Unset value.
NoInterlace Don't interlace image (RGBRGBRGBRGBRGBRGB...)
LineInterlace Use scanline interlacing (RRR...GGG...BBB...RRR...GGG...BBB...)
PlaneInterlace Use plane interlacing (RRRRRR...GGGGGG...BBBBBB...)
PartitionInterlace Similar to plane interlaing except that the different planes are saved to individual files (e.g. image.R, image.G, and image.B)

 
>LayerType

LayerType is used as an argument when doing color separations. Use LayerType when extracting a layer from an image. MatteLayer is useful for extracting the opacity values from an image.
 
LayerType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedLayer Unset value.
RedLayer Select red layer
GreenLayer Select green layer
BlueLayer Select blue layer
MatteLayer Select matte (opacity values) layer

 
 
>LineCap

The LineCap enumerations specify shape to be used at the end of open subpaths when they are stroked. See SVG's 'stroke-linecap' for examples.
 
LineCap
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedCap Unset value.
ButtCap Square ending.
RoundCap Rounded ending (half-circle end with radius of 1/2 stroke width).
SquareCap Square ending, extended by 1/2 the stroke width at end.

 
>LineJoin

The LineJoin enumerations specify the shape to be used at the corners of paths or basic shapes when they are stroked. See SVG's 'stroke-linejoin' for examples.
 
ChannelType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedJoin Unset value.
MiterJoin Sharp-edged join
RoundJoin Rounded-edged join
BevelJoin Beveled-edged join

 
>NoiseType

NoiseType is used as an argument to select the type of noise to be added to the image.
 
NoiseType
Enumeration
Description
UniformNoise Uniform noise
GaussianNoise Gaussian noise
MultiplicativeGaussianNoise Multiplicative Gaussian noise
ImpulseNoise Impulse noise
LaplacianNoise Laplacian noise
PoissonNoise Poisson noise

 
>PaintMethod

PaintMethod specifies how pixel colors are to be replaced in the image. It is used to select the pixel-filling algorithm employed.
 
PaintMethod
Enumeration
Description
PointMethod Replace pixel color at point.
ReplaceMethod Replace color for all image pixels matching color at point.
FloodfillMethod Replace color for pixels surrounding point until encountering pixel that fails to match color at point.
FillToBorderMethod Replace color for pixels surrounding point until encountering pixels matching border color.
ResetMethod Replace colors for all pixels in image with pen color.

 
>QuantumTypes

QuantumTypes is used to indicate the source or destination format of entire pixels, or components of pixels ("Quantums") while they are being read, or written to, a pixel cache. The validity of these format specifications depends on whether the Image pixels are in RGB format, RGBA format, or CMYK format. The pixel Quantum size is determined by the Image depth (eight or sixteen bits).
 
RGB(A) Image Quantums
Enumeration
Description
IndexQuantum PseudoColor colormap indices (valid only for image with colormap)
RedQuantum Red pixel Quantum
GreenQuantum Green pixel Quantum
BlueQuantum Blue pixel Quantum
OpacityQuantum Opacity (Alpha) Quantum

 
 
CMY(K) Image Quantum
Enumeration
Description
CyanQuantum Cyan pixel Quantum
MagentaQuantum Magenta pixel Quantum
YellowQuantum Yellow pixel Quantum
BlackQuantum Black pixel Quantum

 
Grayscale Image Quantums
Enumeration
Description
GrayQuantum Gray pixel
GrayOpacityQuantum Pixel opacity

 
Entire Pixels (Expressed in Byte Order)
Enumeration
Description
RGBQuantum RGB pixel (24 or 48 bits)
RGBAQuantum RGBA pixel (32 or 64 bits)
CMYKQuantum CMYK pixel (32 or 64 bits)

 
>RenderingIntent

Rendering intent is a concept defined by ICC Spec ICC.1:1998-09, "File Format for Color Profiles". ImageMagick uses RenderingIntent in order to support ICC Color Profiles.

From the specification: "Rendering intent specifies the style of reproduction to be used during the evaluation of this profile in a sequence of profiles. It applies specifically to that profile in the sequence and not to the entire sequence. Typically, the user or application will set the rendering intent dynamically at runtime or embedding time."
 
RenderingIntent
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedIntent Unset value.
SaturationIntent A rendering intent that specifies the saturation of the pixels in the image is preserved perhaps at the expense of accuracy in hue and lightness.
PerceptualIntent A rendering intent that specifies the full gamut of the image is compressed or expanded to fill the gamut of the destination device. Gray balance is preserved but colorimetric accuracy might not be preserved.
AbsoluteIntent Absolute colorimetric
RelativeIntent Relative colorimetric

 
>ResolutionType

By default, ImageMagick defines resolutions in pixels per inch. ResolutionType provides a means to adjust this.
 
ResolutionType
Enumeration
Description
UndefinedResolution Unset value.
PixelsPerInchResolution Density specifications are specified in units of pixels per inch (english units).
PixelsPerCentimeterResolution Density specifications are specified in units of pixels per centimeter (metric units).

 
>StorageType

The StorageType enumerations are used to specify the storage format of pixels in the source or destination pixel array.
 
StorageType
Enumeration
Description
CharPixel Character type
ShortPixel Short type
IntegerPixel Integer type
FloatPixel Float type
DoublePixel Double type

 
>StretchType

The StretchType enumerations are used to specify the relative width of a font to the regular width for the font family. If the width is not important, the AnyStretch enumeration may be specified for a wildcard match.
 
StretchType
Enumeration
Description
AnyStretch Wildcard match for font stretch
NormalStretch Normal width font
UltraCondensedStretch Ultra-condensed (narrowest) font
ExtraCondensedStretch Extra-condensed font
CondensedStretch Condensed font
SemiCondensedStretch Semi-Condensed font
SemiExpandedStretch Semi-Expanded font
ExpandedStretch Expanded font
ExtraExpandedStretch Extra-Expanded font
UltraExpandedStretch Ultra-expanded (widest) font

 
>StyleType

The StyleType enumerations are used to specify the style (e.g. Italic) of a font. If the style is not important, the AnyStyle enumeration may be specified for a wildcard match.
 
StyleType
Enumeration
Description
AnyStyle Wildcard match for font style
NormalStyle Normal font style
ItalicStyle Italic font style
ObliqueStyle Oblique font style