{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "composite",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/composite/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T03:33:22Z",
    "synopsis": "composite-im6.q16 [ options ... ] change-file base-file [ mask-file ] output-image",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "composite -  overlaps one image over another.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "composite-im6.q16 [ options ... ] change-file base-file [ mask-file ] output-image\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OVERVIEW": {
            "content": "The composite-im6.q16 program is a member of the ImageMagick-ims6.q16(1) suite of tools.  Use\nit to overlap one image over another.\n\nFor   more   information   about   the   composite   command,   point   your    browser    to\nfile:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common/html/www/composite.html  (on debian system you may\ninstall the imagemagick-6 package) or http://imagemagick.org/script/composite.php.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Image Settings:\n-affine matrix       affine transform matrix\n-alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy\ntransparent, extract, background, or shape\n-authenticate value  decrypt image with this password\n-blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point\n-channel type        apply option to select image channels\n-colorspace type     alternate image colorspace\n-comment string      annotate image with comment\n-compose operator    composite operator\n-compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image\n-decipher filename   convert cipher pixels to plain pixels\n-define format:option\ndefine one or more image format options\n-depth value         image depth\n-density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image\n-display server      get image or font from this X server\n-dispose method      layer disposal method\n-dither method       apply error diffusion to image\n-encipher filename   convert plain pixels to cipher pixels\n-encoding type       text encoding type\n-endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image\n-filter type         use this filter when resizing an image\n-font name           render text with this font\n-format \"string\"     output formatted image characteristics\n-gravity type        which direction to gravitate towards\n-green-primary point chromaticity green primary point\n-interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme\n-interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method\n-label string        assign a label to an image\n-limit type value    pixel cache resource limit\n-matte               store matte channel if the image has one\n-monitor             monitor progress\n-page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)\n-pointsize value     font point size\n-quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level\n-quiet               suppress all warning messages\n-red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point\n-regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages\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-scene value         image scene number\n-seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers\n-size geometry       width and height of image\n-support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp\n-synchronize         synchronize image to storage device\n-taint               declare the image as modified\n-transparent-color color\ntransparent color\n-treedepth value     color tree depth\n-tile                repeat composite operation across and down image\n-units type          the units of image resolution\n-verbose             print detailed information about the image\n-virtual-pixel method\nvirtual pixel access method\n-white-point point   chromaticity white point\n\nImage Operators:\n-blend geometry      blend images\n-border geometry     surround image with a border of color\n-bordercolor color   border color\n-colors value        preferred number of colors in the image\n-displace geometry   shift image pixels defined by a displacement map\n-dissolve value      dissolve the two images a given percent\n-distort geometry    shift lookup according to a absolute distortion map\n-extract geometry    extract area from image\n-geometry geometry   location of the composite image\n-identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image\n-monochrome          transform image to black and white\n-negate              replace each pixel with its complementary color\n-profile filename    add ICM or IPTC information profile to image\n-quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace\n-rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image\n-resize geometry     resize the image\n-sharpen geometry    sharpen the image\n-shave geometry      shave pixels from the image edges\n-stegano offset      hide watermark within an image\n-stereo              combine two image to create a stereo anaglyph\n-strip               strip image of all profiles and comments\n-thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image\n-transform           affine transform image\n-type type           image type\n-unsharp geometry    sharpen the image\n-watermark geometry  percent brightness and saturation of a watermark\n-write filename      write images to this file\n\nImage Stack Operators:\n-swap indexes        swap two images in the image sequence\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\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",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ImageMagick-im6.q16(1)\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Copyright  (C)  1999-2020 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to",
                    "content": "this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common/html/www/license.html  (on  de‐‐\nbian  system  you may install the imagemagick-6 package) or http://imagemagick.org/script/li‐‐"
                },
                {
                    "name": "cense.php",
                    "content": "ImageMagick                           Date: 2009/01/10 01:00:00                 composite-im6.q16(1)"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "summary": "composite -  overlaps one image over another.",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ImageMagick-im6.q16",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ImageMagick-im6.q16/1/json"
        }
    ]
}