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composite - overlaps one image over another.

• composite [ options ... ] change-file base-file [ mask-file ] output-image
      .SH OVERVIEW The composite program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to overlap one image over another. For more information about the composite command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/imagemagick/www/composite.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/composite.php.

Image Settings: -affine matrix affine transform matrix -authenticate value decrypt image with this password -blue-primary point chromaticity blue primary point -channel type apply option to select image channels -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 -decipher filename convert cipher pixels to plain pixels -define format:option define one or more image format options -depth value image depth -density geometry horizontal and vertical density of the image -display server get image or font from this X server -dispose method layer disposal method -dither method apply error diffusion to image -encipher filename convert plain pixels to cipher pixels -encoding type text encoding type -endian type endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image -filter type use this filter when resizing an image -font name render text with this font -format "string" output formatted image characteristics -gravity type which direction to gravitate towards -green-primary point chromaticity green primary point -interlace type type of image interlacing scheme -interpolate method pixel color interpolation method -label string assign a label to an image -limit type value pixel cache resource limit -matte store matte channel if the image has one -monitor monitor progress -page geometry size and location of an image canvas (setting) -pointsize value font point size -quality value JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level -quiet suppress all warning messages -red-primary point chromaticity red primary point -regard-warnings pay attention to warning messages -sampling-factor geometry horizontal and vertical sampling factor -scene value image scene number -seed value seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers -size geometry width and height of image -support factor resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp -transparent-color color transparent color -treedepth value color tree depth -tile repeat composite operation across and down image -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: -blend geometry blend images -colors value preferred number of colors in the image -displace geometry shift image pixels defined by a displacement map -dissolve value dissolve the two images a given percent -extract geometry extract area from image -geometry geometry location of the composite image -identify identify the format and characteristics of the image -monochrome transform image to black and white -negate replace each pixel with its complementary color -profile filename add ICM or IPTC information profile to image -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace -repage geometry size and location of an image canvas (operator) -rotate degrees apply Paeth rotation to the image -resize geometry resize the image -sharpen geometry sharpen the image -stegano offset hide watermark within an image -stereo combine two image to create a stereo anaglyph -strip strip image of all profiles and comments -thumbnail geometry create a thumbnail of the image -transform affine transform image -type type image type -unsharp geometry sharpen the image -watermark geometry percent brightness and saturation of a watermark -write filename write images to this file 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 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.

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