---
name: "mogrify-im7.q16"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "imagemagick-7.q16"
version: "8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mogrify-im7.q16"
---

# mogrify-im7.q16(1)

resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more. Mogrify overwrites the original image file, whereas, convert-im7.q16(1) writes to a different image file.

## NAME

mogrify - resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more. Mogrify overwrites the original image file, whereas, [convert-im7.q16(1)](/convert-im7.q16/1.md) writes to a different image file.

## SYNOPSIS

- **magick-im7.q16 mogrify** \[*options*\] *input-file*

  ## OVERVIEW

The **mogrify-im7.q16** program is a member of the ImageMagick-ims7.q16(1) suite of tools.  Use it to resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more. This tool is similar to [convert-im7.q16(1)](/convert-im7.q16/1.md) except the original image file is overwritten with any changes you request.

For more information about the mogrify command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-7-common/html/www/mogrify.html (on debian system you may install the imagemagick-7 package) or https://www.imagemagick.org/script/mogrify.php.

## DESCRIPTION

Image Settings:\
   \-adjoin              join images into a single multi-image file\
   \-affine matrix       affine transform matrix\
   \-antialias           remove pixel-aliasing\
   \-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password\
   \-attenuate value     lessen (or intensify) when adding noise to an image\
   \-background color    background color\
   \-bias value          add bias when convolving an image\
   \-black-point-compensation\
                        use black point compensation\
   \-blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point\
   \-bordercolor color   border color\
   \-caption string      assign a caption to an image\
   \-cdl filename        color correct with a color decision list\
   \-colorspace type     alternate image colorspace\
   \-comment string      annotate image with comment\
   \-compose operator    set image composite operator\
   \-compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image\
   \-decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels\
   \-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\
   \-direction type      render text right-to-left or left-to-right\
   \-display server      get image or font from this X server\
   \-dispose method      layer disposal method\
   \-dither method       apply error diffusion to image\
   \-encipher filename   convert plain pixels to cipher pixels\
   \-encoding type       text encoding type\
   \-endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image\
   \-family name         render text with this font family\
   \-features distance   analyze image features (e.g. contrast, correlation)\
   \-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\
   \-font name           render text with this font\
   \-format type         image format type\
   \-function name       apply a function to the image\
   \-fuzz distance       colors within this distance are considered equal\
   \-gravity type        horizontal and vertical text placement\
   \-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point\
   \-intensity method    method to generate intensity value from pixel\
   \-intent type         type of rendering intent when managing the image color\
   \-interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme\
   \-interline-spacing   value set the space between two text lines\
   \-interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method\
   \-interword-spacing   value set the space between two words\
   \-kerning value       set the space between two letters\
   \-label string        assign a label to an image\
   \-limit type value    pixel cache resource limit\
   \-loop iterations     add Netscape loop extension to your GIF animation\
   \-matte               store matte channel if the image has one\
   \-mattecolor color    frame color\
   \-metric type         measure differences between images with this metric\
   \-monitor             monitor progress\
   \-morphology method kernel\
                        apply a morphology method to the image\
   \-orient type         image orientation\
   \-page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)\
   \-path path           write images to this path on disk\
   \-perceptible epsilon\
                        pixel value less than \|epsilon\| become epsilon or -epsilon\
   \-ping                efficiently determine image attributes\
   \-pointsize value     font point size\
   \-precision value     maximum number of significant digits to print\
   \-preview type        image preview type\
   \-quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level\
   \-quiet               suppress all warning messages\
   \-read-mask filename  associate a read mask with the image\
   \-red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point\
   \-regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages\
   \-remap filename      transform image colors to match this set of colors\
   \-repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas\
   \-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary\
   \-sampling-factor geometry\
                        horizontal and vertical sampling factor\
   \-scene value         image scene number\
   \-seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers\
   \-size geometry       width and height of image\
   \-stretch type        render text with this font stretch\
   \-stroke color        graphic primitive stroke color\
   \-strokewidth value   graphic primitive stroke width\
   \-style type          render text with this font style\
   \-synchronize         synchronize image to storage device\
   \-taint               declare the image as modified\
   \-texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background\
   \-tile-offset geometry\
                        tile offset\
   \-treedepth value     color tree depth\
   \-transparent-color color\
                        transparent color\
   \-undercolor color    annotation bounding box color\
   \-units type          the units of image resolution\
   \-verbose             print detailed information about the image\
   \-virtual-pixel method\
                        virtual pixel access method\
   \-weight type         render text with this font weight\
   \-white-point point   chromaticity white point\
   \-write-mask filename associate a write mask with the image

Image Operators:\
   \-adaptive-blur geometry\
                        adaptively blur pixels; decrease effect near edges\
   \-adaptive-resize geometry\
                        adaptively resize image with data dependent triangulation\
   \-adaptive-sharpen geometry\
                        adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges\
   \-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy\
                        transparent, extract, background, or shape\
   \-annotate geometry text\
                        annotate the image with text\
   \-auto-gamma          automagically adjust gamma level of image\
   \-auto-level          automagically adjust color levels of image\
   \-auto-orient         automatically orient image\
   \-auto-threshold method\
                        automatically perform image thresholding\
   \-bench iterations    measure performance\
   \-bilateral-blur geometry     \
                         non-linear, edge-preserving, and noise-reducing smoothing filter\
   \-black-threshold value\
                        force all pixels below the threshold into black\
   \-blue-shift          simulate a scene at nighttime in the moonlight\
   \-blur geometry       reduce image noise and reduce detail levels\
   \-border geometry     surround image with a border of color\
   \-brightness-contrast geometry\
                        improve brightness / contrast of the image\
   \-canny geometry      detect edges in the image\
   \-channel mask        set the image channel mask\
   \-charcoal radius     simulate a charcoal drawing\
   \-chop geometry       remove pixels from the image interior\
   \-clahe geometry      contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization \
   \-clamp               keep pixel values in range (0-QuantumRange)\
   \-clip                clip along the first path from the 8BIM profile\
   \-clip-mask filename  associate a clip mask with the image\
   \-clip-path id        clip along a named path from the 8BIM profile\
   \-colorize value      colorize the image with the fill color\
   \-color-matrix matrix apply color correction to the image\
   \-colors value        preferred number of colors in the image\
   \-color-threshold start\_color-stop\_color\
                        force all pixels in the color range to white otherwise black\
   \-connected-component connectivity\
                        connected-components uniquely labeled\
   \-contrast            enhance or reduce the image contrast\
   \-contrast-stretch geometry\
                        improve contrast by \`stretching' the intensity range\
   \-convolve coefficients\
                        apply a convolution kernel to the image\
   \-cycle amount        cycle the image colormap\
   \-deskew threshold    straighten an image\
   \-despeckle           reduce the speckles within an image\
   \-distort method args\
                        distort images according to given method and args\
   \-draw string         annotate the image with a graphic primitive\
   \-edge radius         apply a filter to detect edges in the image\
   \-emboss radius       emboss an image\
   \-enhance             apply a digital filter to enhance a noisy image\
   \-equalize            perform histogram equalization to an image\
   \-evaluate operator value\
                        evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression\
   \-extent geometry     set the image size\
   \-extract geometry    extract area from image\
   \-fft                 implements the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)\
   \-flip                flip image vertically\
   \-floodfill geometry color\
                        floodfill the image with color\
   \-flop                flop image horizontally\
   \-frame geometry      surround image with an ornamental border\
   \-gamma value         level of gamma correction\
   \-gaussian-blur geometry\
                        reduce image noise and reduce detail levels\
   \-geometry geometry   preferred size or location of the image\
   \-grayscale method    convert image to grayscale\
   \-help                print program options\
   \-hough-lines geometry\
                        identify lines in the image\
   \-identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image\
   \-ift                 implements the inverse discrete Fourier transform (DFT)\
   \-implode amount      implode image pixels about the center\
   \-integral            calculate the sum of values (pixel values) in the image\
   \-interpolative-resize geometry\
                        resize image using interpolation\
   \-kmeans geometry     K means color reduction\
   \-lat geometry        local adaptive thresholding\
   \-layers method       optimize or compare image layers\
   \-level value         adjust the level of image contrast\
   \-level-colors color,color\
                        level image with the given colors\
   \-linear-stretch geometry\
                        improve contrast by \`stretching with saturation' the intensity range\
   \-liquid-rescale geometry\
                        rescale image with seam-carving\
   \-magnify             double the size of the image with pixel art scaling\
   \-mean-shift geometry delineate arbitrarily shaped clusters in the image\
   \-median geometry     apply a median filter to the image\
   \-mode geometry       make each pixel the 'predominant color' of the neighborhood\
   \-modulate value      vary the brightness, saturation, and hue\
   \-monochrome          transform image to black and white\
   \-motion-blur geometry\
                        simulate motion blur\
   \-negate              replace each pixel with its complementary color \
   \-noise geometry      add or reduce noise in an image\
   \-normalize           transform image to span the full range of colors\
   \-opaque color        change this color to the fill color\
   \-ordered-dither NxN\
                        add a noise pattern to the image with specific amplitudes\
   \-paint radius        simulate an oil painting\
   \-polaroid angle      simulate a Polaroid picture\
   \-posterize levels    reduce the image to a limited number of color levels\
   \-print string        interpret string and print to console\
   \-profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile\
   \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace\
   \-radial-blur angle   radial blur the image\
   \-raise value         lighten/darken image edges to create a 3-D effect\
   \-random-threshold low,high\
                        random threshold the image\
   \-range-threshold values\
                        perform either hard or soft thresholding within some range of values in an image\
   \-region geometry     apply options to a portion of the image\
   \-render              render vector graphics\
   \-resample geometry   change the resolution of an image\
   \-resize geometry     resize the image\
   \-roll geometry       roll an image vertically or horizontally\
   \-rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image\
   \-sample geometry     scale image with pixel sampling\
   \-scale geometry      scale the image\
   \-segment values      segment an image\
   \-selective-blur geometry\
                        selectively blur pixels within a contrast threshold\
   \-sepia-tone threshold\
                        simulate a sepia-toned photo\
   \-set property value  set an image property\
   \-shade degrees       shade the image using a distant light source\
   \-shadow geometry     simulate an image shadow\
   \-sharpen geometry    sharpen the image\
   \-shave geometry      shave pixels from the image edges\
   \-shear geometry      slide one edge of the image along the X or Y axis\
   \-sigmoidal-contrast geometry\
                        lightness rescaling using sigmoidal contrast enhancement\
   \-sketch geometry     simulate a pencil sketch\
   \-solarize threshold  negate all pixels above the threshold level\
   \-sort-pixels         sort each scanline in ascending order of intensity\
   \-sparse-color method args\
                        fill in a image based on a few color points\
   \-splice geometry     splice the background color into the image\
   \-spread amount       displace image pixels by a random amount\
   \-statistic type geometry\
                        replace each pixel with corresponding statistic from the neighborhood\
   \-strip               strip image of all profiles and comments\
   \-swirl degrees       swirl image pixels about the center\
   \-threshold value     threshold the image\
   \-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image\
   \-tile filename       tile image when filling a graphic primitive\
   \-tint value          tint the image with the fill color\
   \-transform           affine transform image\
   \-transparent color   make this color transparent within the image\
   \-transpose           flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees\
   \-transverse          flop image horizontally and rotate 270 degrees\
   \-trim                trim image edges\
   \-type type           image type\
   \-unique-colors       discard all but one of any pixel color\
   \-unsharp geometry    sharpen the image\
   \-vignette geometry   soften the edges of the image in vignette style\
   \-wave geometry       alter an image along a sine wave\
   \-wavelet-denoise threshold\
                         removes noise from the image using a wavelet transform\
   \-white-balance       automagically adjust white balance of image\
   \-white-threshold value\
                        force all pixels above the threshold into white

Image Channel Operators:\
   \-channel-fx expression\
                        exchange, extract, or transfer one or more image channels\
   \-separate            separate an image channel into a grayscale image

Image Sequence Operators:\
   \-affinity filename   transform image colors to match this set of colors\
   \-append              append an image sequence top to botto (use +append for left to right)\
   \-clut                apply a color lookup table to the image\
   \-coalesce            merge a sequence of images\
   \-combine             combine a sequence of images\
   \-compare             mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction\
   \-complex operator    perform complex mathematics on an image sequence\
   \-composite           composite image\
   \-copy geometry offset,\
                        copy pixels from one area of an image to another\
   \-crop geometry       cut out a rectangular region of the image\
   \-deconstruct         break down an image sequence into constituent parts\
   \-evaluate-sequence operator\
                        evaluate an arithmetic, relational, or logical expression\
   \-flatten             flatten a sequence of images\
   \-fx expression       apply mathematical expression to an image channel(s)\
   \-hald-clut           apply a Hald color lookup table to the image\
   \-morph value         morph an image sequence\
   \-mosaic              create a mosaic from an image sequence\
   \-poly terms          build a polynomial from the image sequence and the corresponding terms (coefficients and degree pairs)\
   \-process arguments   process the image with a custom image filter\
   \-separate            separate an image channel into a grayscale image\
   \-smush geometry      smush an image sequence together\
   \-write filename      write images to this file

Image Stack Operators:\
   \-delete indexes      delete the image from the image sequence\
   \-duplicate count,indexes\
                        duplicate an image one or more times\
   \-insert index        insert last image into the image sequence\
   \-reverse             reverse image sequence\
   \-swap indexes        swap two images in the image sequence

Miscellaneous Options:\
   \-debug events        display copious debugging information\
   \-distribute-cache port\
                        distributed pixel cache spanning one or more servers\
   \-help                print program options\
   \-log format          format of debugging information\
   \-list type           print a list of supported option arguments\
   \-version             print version information

By default, the image format of \`file' is determined by its magic number.  To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps).  Specify 'file' as '-' for standard input or output.

## SEE ALSO

[ImageMagick-im7.q16(1)](/ImageMagick-im7.q16/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

**Copyright (C) 1999-2021 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-7-common/html/www/license.html (on debian system you may install the imagemagick-7 package) or https://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php**
