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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "animate",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/animate/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-20T07:49:18Z",
    "synopsis": "animate-im6.q16 [options] input-file",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "animate-im6.q16 [options] input-file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OVERVIEW": {
            "content": "The  animate-im6.q16  program is a member of the ImageMagick-ims6.q16(1) suite of tools.  Use\nit to animate an image or image sequence on any X server.\n\nFor   more   information   about   the   animate   command,    point    your    browser    to\nfile:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common/html/www/animate.html  (on  debian  system you may\ninstall the imagemagick-6 package) or https://imagemagick.org/script/animate.php.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Image Settings:\n-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy\ntransparent, extract, background, or shape\n-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password\n-backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop\n-channel type        apply option to select image channels\n-colormap type       Shared or Private\n-colorspace type     alternate image colorspace\n-decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels\n-define format:option\ndefine one or more image format options\n-delay centiseconds  display the next image after pausing\n-density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image\n-depth value         image depth\n-display server      display image to this X server\n-dispose method      layer disposal method\n-dither method       apply error diffusion to image\n-filter type         use this filter when resizing an image\n-format \"string\"     output formatted image characteristics\n-gamma value         level of gamma correction\n-geometry geometry   preferred size and location of the Image window\n-gravity type        horizontal and vertical backdrop placement\n-identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image\n-immutable           displayed image cannot be modified\n-interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme\n-interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method\n-limit type value    pixel cache resource limit\n-loop iterations     loop images then exit\n-matte               store matte channel if the image has one\n-map type            display image using this Standard Colormap\n-monitor             monitor progress\n-pause               seconds to pause before reanimating\n-page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)\n-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace\n-quiet               suppress all warning messages\n-regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages\n-remote command      execute a command in an remote display process\n-repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)\n-respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary\n-sampling-factor geometry\nhorizontal and vertical sampling factor\n-scenes range        image scene range\n-seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers\n-set attribute value set an image attribute\n-size geometry       width and height of image\n-support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp\n-transparent-color color\ntransparent color\n-treedepth value     color tree depth\n-verbose             print detailed information about the image\n-visual type         display image using this visual type\n-virtual-pixel method\nvirtual pixel access method\n-window id           display image to background of this window\n\nImage Operators:\n-colors value        preferred number of colors in the image\n-crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image\n-extract geometry    extract area from image\n-monochrome          transform image to black and white\n-resample geometry   change the resolution of an image\n-resize geometry     resize the image\n-rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image\n-strip               strip image of all profiles and comments\n-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image\n-trim                trim image edges\n\nImage Sequence Operators:\n-coalesce            merge a sequence of images\n-flatten             flatten a sequence of images\n\nMiscellaneous Options:\n-debug events        display copious debugging information\n-help                print program options\n-log format          format of debugging information\n-list type           print a list of supported option arguments\n-version             print version information\n\nIn addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line\noptions:   -background,  -bordercolor,  -borderwidth,  -font,   -foreground,   -iconGeometry,\n-iconic, -name, -mattecolor, -shared-memory, or -title.\n\nBy  default, the image format of `file' is determined by its magic number.  To specify a par‐\nticular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:im‐\nage) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps).  Specify 'file' as '-'\nfor standard input or output.\n\nButtons:\n1    press to map or unmap the Command widget\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ImageMagick-im6.q16(1)\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Copyright (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply  to  this",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "software,  see  file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common/html/www/license.html  (on  debian",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "system you may  install  the  imagemagick-6  package)  or  https://imagemagick.org/script/li‐",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "cense.php",
                    "content": "ImageMagick                           Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00                   animate-im6.q16(1)"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "summary": "animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ImageMagick-im6.q16",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ImageMagick-im6.q16/1/json"
        }
    ],
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