ImageMagick 7.0.1-10 for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install ImageMagick image editor and converter on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. Using ImageMagick, one can convert an image from one format to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG).
ImageMagick
ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
Install ImageMagick 7.0.1-10 on Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install ImageMagick on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems:
wget http://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz
tar -xvf ImageMagick.tar.gz
cd ImageMagick-7.*
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib
Once installed, open ImageMagick from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal. Run “display” command (without quotes) in Terminal and press enter.
Usage
- Animation Create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images.
- Composite Overlap one image over another.
- Decorate Add a border or frame to an image.
- Format conversion Convert an image from one format to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG).
- Image identification Describe the format and attributes of an image.
- Montage Juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas.
- Special effects Blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image.
- Text & comments Insert descriptive or artistic text in an image.
- Transform Resize, rotate, deskew, crop, flip or trim an image.
- Transparency Render portions of an image invisible.
The ImageMagick command-line tools can be as simple as this:
convert image.jpg image.png
Or it can be complex with a plethora of options, as in the following:
convert label.gif +matte \
\( +clone -shade 110x90 -normalize -negate +clone -compose Plus -composite \) \
\( -clone 0 -shade 110x50 -normalize -channel BG -fx 0 +channel -matte \) \
-delete 0 +swap -compose Multiply -composite button.gif");