tldr/pages/common/magick-import.md
Lena 80cc7a5af3
imagemagick: update pages (#12874)
* compare, convert, identify, import, mogrify, montage:
   move pages to subcommands of `magick`, create alias pages

* convert: add deprecation notice

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Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
2024-06-03 13:40:59 +02:00

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magick import

Capture some or all of an X server screen and save the image to a file. See also: magick. More information: https://imagemagick.org/script/import.php.

  • Capture the entire X server screen into a PostScript file:

magick import -window root {{path/to/output.ps}}

  • Capture contents of a remote X server screen into a PNG image:

magick import -window root -display {{remote_host}}:{{screen}}.{{display}} {{path/to/output.png}}

  • Capture a specific window given its ID as displayed by xwininfo into a JPEG image:

magick import -window {{window_id}} {{path/to/output.jpg}}