ImageMagick
License:Open source
Total downloads:727 (2 last week)
Operating system:Windows XP / XP Professional / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
Latest version:19.0.3.47
Description
ImageMagick is a comprehensive tool for anyone looking to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. The latest version, 19.0.3.47, brings robust features that cater to a wide array of image formats, with support for over 200 types including PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. This flexibility makes it an essential utility for varied image processing needs. Notably, the program files you will encounter include IMDisplay.exe, 360Amigo.exe, 3DIncrivel.exe, 3G HSDPA Modem.exe, and 3GP Player 2007.exe. Developed by ImageMagick Studio LLC, it's a well-maintained tool that has evolved through versions like 16.0, 7.0, and 6.9.
Supported across multiple operating systems such as Windows XP, XP Professional, Vista, 7, 8, 10, and 11, ImageMagick ensures a wide user base can benefit from its powerful capabilities. It also goes by several aliases like ImageMagick Q8, ImageMagick Q16, and ImageMagick Q16 080107, allowing users to recognize it under different names.
Falling under the Photo & Graphics category and particularly in the Viewers & Editors subcategory, ImageMagick stands out for its command-line utility. Although it lacks a graphical user interface, it supports interfaces in numerous programming languages, including but not limited to G2F (Ada), MagickCore (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM), Magick (C++), JMagick (Java), JuliaIO (Julia), L-Magick (Lisp), Lua (LuaJIT), NMagick (Neko/haXe), Magick.NET (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP (PHP), IMagick (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), magick (R), RMagick (Ruby), and TclMagick (Tcl/TK). This wide interface support makes it possible to modify or create images dynamically and automagically if you are adept at coding.
ImageMagick utilizes multiple computational threads to increase performance, capable of handling mega-, giga-, or tera-pixel image sizes. Whether it’s converting, resizing, applying special effects, or transforming images, this tool does it all with high efficiency. Despite its technical prowess, some users might find it challenging due to the lack of a graphical user interface.
For those interested, this powerful tool can be downloaded as it is completely free and open-source, allowing for modifications to suit specific needs.
Pros:
- Supports a vast range of image formats
- High performance with multi-threaded processing
- Open-source and free to use
- Extensive language interface support for dynamic image manipulation
Cons:
- Steep learning curve due to command-line interface
- No graphical user interface, which might limit accessibility for non-programmers
ImageMagick is ideal for those who are comfortable with command-line operations or programming and need a powerful command-line based tool for image manipulation.
It is not possible to confirm if there is a free download for this software available on the developer's website. We recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus.
You may want to check out more software, such as ShellTools or Lime OCR, which might be similar to ImageMagick.
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