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<h2><a href="../../api/MagickWand/composite_8c.html" id="CompositeImageCommand">CompositeImageCommand</a></h2>
<p>CompositeImageCommand() reads one or more images and an optional mask and composites them into a new image.</p>
<p>The format of the CompositeImageCommand method is:</p>
<pre class="bg-light text-dark mx-4"><samp>MagickBooleanType CompositeImageCommand(ImageInfo *image_info,int argc,
  char **argv,char **metadata,ExceptionInfo *exception)
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<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
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<dt>image_info</dt>
<dd>the image info. </dd>
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<dt>argc</dt>
<dd>the number of elements in the argument vector. </dd>
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<dt>argv</dt>
<dd>A text array containing the command line arguments. </dd>
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<dt>metadata</dt>
<dd>any metadata is returned here. </dd>
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