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<p>Use the <kbd>import</kbd> program to capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file. See <a href="../www/command-line-processing.html">Command Line Processing</a> for advice on how to structure your <kbd>import</kbd> command or see below for example usages of the command.</p>
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<p>We list a few examples of the <kbd>import</kbd> command here to illustrate its usefulness and ease of use. To get started, lets import an image in the JPEG format:</p>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#adjoin" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-adjoin</a></td>
<td>join images into a single multi-image file</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#annotate" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-annotate <em class="option">geometry text</em></a></td>
<td>annotate the image with text</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#border" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-border</em></a></td>
<td>include image borders in the output image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#channel" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-channel <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>apply option to select image channels</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colors" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-colors <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>preferred number of colors in the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#colorspace" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-colorspace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>alternate image colorspace</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#comment" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-comment <em class="option">string</em></a></td>
<td>annotate image with comment</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#compress" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-compress <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>image compression type</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#contrast" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-contrast</a></td>
<td>enhance or reduce the image contrast</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#crop" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-crop <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>preferred size and location of the cropped image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#debug" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-debug <em class="option">events</em></a></td>
<td>import copious debugging information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#define" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-define <em class="option">format:option</em></a></td>
<td>define one or more image format options</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#delay" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-delay <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>import the next image after pausing</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#density" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-density <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>horizontal and vertical density of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#depth" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-depth <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>image depth</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#despeckle" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-descend</a></td>
<td>obtain image by descending window hierarchy</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#display" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-display <em class="option">server</em></a></td>
<td>get image or font from this X server</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dispose" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-dispose <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
<td>GIF disposal method</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#dither" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-dither</a></td>
<td>apply Floyd/Steinberg error diffusion to image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#encoding" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-encoding <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>text encoding type</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#endian" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-endian <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#frame" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-frame</a></td>
<td>include window manager frame</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#geometry" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-geometry <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>perferred size or location of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#gravity" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-gravity <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>horizontal and vertical text placement</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#help" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-help</a></td>
<td>print program options</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#interlace" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-interlace <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>type of image interlacing scheme</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#label" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-label <em class="option">name</em></a></td>
<td>assign a label to an image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#limit" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-limit <em class="option">type value</em></a></td>
<td>pixel cache resource limit</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#log" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-log <em class="option">format</em></a></td>
<td>format of debugging information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monitor" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-monitor</a></td>
<td>monitor progress</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#monochrome" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-monochrome</a></td>
<td>transform image to black and white</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#negate" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-negate</a></td>
<td>replace every pixel with its complementary color </td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#page" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-page <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>size and location of an image canvas (setting)</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quality" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-quality <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#quiet" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-quiet</a></td>
<td>suppress all error or warning messages</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#repage" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-repage <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>size and location of an image canvas</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#resize" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-resize <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>resize the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#rotate" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-rotate <em class="option">degrees</em></a></td>
<td>apply Paeth rotation to the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sampling-factor" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-sampling-factor <em class="option">geometry</em></a></td>
<td>horizontal and vertical sampling factor</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#scene" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-scene <em class="option">value</em></a></td>
<td>image scene number</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#screen" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-screen</em></a></td>
<td>select image from root window</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#set" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-set <em class="option">attribute value</em></a></td>
<td>set an image attribute</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#sharpen" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-silent</em></a></td>
<td>operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#strip" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-strip</a></td>
<td>strip image of all profiles and comments</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#support" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-support <em class="option">factor</em></a></td>
<td>resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#trim" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-trim</a></td>
<td>trim image edges</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#update" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-type <em class="option">type</em></a></td>
<td>image type</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#verbose" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-verbose</a></td>
<td>print detailed information about the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#version" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-version</a></td>
<td>print version information</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#virtual-pixel" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-virtual-pixel <em class="option">method</em></a></td>
<td>access method for pixels outside the boundaries of the image</td>
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<td><a href="../www/command-line-options.html#write" target="magick-options" target="magick-options">-window <em class="option">id</em></a></td>
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