---
name: "montage-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/montage-im7.q16"
---

# montage-im7.q16(1)

create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

## NAME

montage - create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

## SYNOPSIS

- **magick-im7.q16 montage** *input-file\[s\]* \[*options*\] *output-file*

  ## OVERVIEW

The **montage-im7.q16** program is a member of the ImageMagick-ims7.q16(1) suite of tools.  Use it to create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

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

## DESCRIPTION

Image Settings:\
   \-adjoin              join images into a single multi-image file\
   \-affine matrix       affine transform matrix\
   \-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy\
                         transparent, extract, background, or shape\
   \-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password\
   \-blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point\
   \-bordercolor color   border color\
   \-caption string      assign a caption to an image\
   \-colors value        preferred number of colors in the image\
   \-colorspace type     alternate image colorspace\
   \-comment string      annotate image with comment\
   \-compose operator    composite operator\
   \-compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image\
   \-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\
   \-display server      query font from this X server\
   \-dispose method      layer disposal method\
   \-dither method       apply error diffusion to image\
   \-encoding type       text encoding type\
   \-endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image\
   \-extract geometry    extract area from image\
   \-fill color          color to use when filling a graphic primitive\
   \-filter type         use this filter when resizing an image\
   \-font name           render text with this font\
   \-format "string"     output formatted image characteristics\
   \-gamma value         level of gamma correction\
   \-geometry geometry   preferred tile and border sizes\
   \-gravity direction   which direction to gravitate towards\
   \-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point\
   \-identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image\
   \-interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme\
   \-interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method\
   \-kerning value       set the space between two letters\
   \-label string        assign a label to an image\
   \-limit type value    pixel cache resource limit\
   \-matte               store matte channel if the image has one\
   \-mattecolor color    frame color\
   \-mode type           framing style\
   \-monitor             monitor progress\
   \-page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)\
   \-pointsize value     font point size\
   \-profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile\
   \-quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level\
   \-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace\
   \-quiet               suppress all warning messages\
   \-red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point\
   \-regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages\
   \-repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)\
   \-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary\
   \-sampling-factor geometry\
                        horizontal and vertical sampling factor\
   \-scenes range        image scene range\
   \-seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers\
   \-set attribute value set an image attribute\
   \-shadow              add a shadow beneath a tile to simulate depth\
   \-size geometry       width and height of image\
   \-stroke color        color to use when stroking a graphic primitive\
   \-support factor      resize support: \> 1.0 is blurry, \< 1.0 is sharp\
   \-synchronize         synchronize image to storage device\
   \-taint               declare the image as modified\
   \-texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background\
   \-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image\
   \-tile geometry       number of tiles per row and column\
   \-title string        decorate the montage image with a title\
   \-transparent-color color\
                        transparent color\
   \-treedepth value     color tree depth\
   \-trim                trim image edges\
   \-units type          the units of image resolution\
   \-verbose             print detailed information about the image\
   \-virtual-pixel method\
                        virtual pixel access method\
   \-white-point point   chromaticity white point

Image Operators:\
   \-adaptive-sharpen geometry\
                        adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges\
   \-annotate geometry text\
                        annotate the image with text\
   \-auto-orient         automagically orient image\
   \-blur geometry      reduce image noise and reduce detail levels\
   \-border geometry     surround image with a border of color\
   \-channel mask        set the image channel mask\
   \-crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image\
   \-distort method args\
                         distort images according to given method and args\
   \-draw string         annotate the image with a graphic primitive\
   \-extent geometry     set the image size\
   \-flatten             flatten a sequence of images\
   \-flip                flip image in the vertical direction\
   \-flop                flop image in the horizontal direction\
   \-frame geometry      surround image with an ornamental border\
   \-layers method       optimize or compare image layers\
   \-monochrome          transform image to black and white\
   \-polaroid angle      simulate a Polaroid picture\
   \-resize geometry     resize the image\
   \-rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image\
   \-scale geometry      scale the image\
   \-strip               strip image of all profiles and comments\
   \-transform           affine transform image\
   \-transpose           flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees\
   \-transparent color   make this color transparent within the image\
   \-type type           image type\
   \-unsharp geometry    sharpen the image

Image Sequence Operators:\
   \-coalesce            merge a sequence of images\
   \-composite           composite image

Image Stack Operators:\
   \-clone indexes       clone an image\
   \-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\
   \-help                print program options\
   \-log format          format of debugging information\
   \-list type           print a list of supported option arguments\
   \-version             print version information

In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line options:  -background, -bordercolor, -borderwidth, -font, -mattecolor, or -title.

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**