CLI Reference¶

For users migrating old CLI scripts to python.

CLI Operators to Wand Methods¶

This table maps ImageMagick’s CLI operators to Wand’s Image methods.

CLI Operators	Wand Methods
-adaptive-blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.adaptive_blur()`
-adaptive-resize	`wand.image.BaseImage.adaptive_resize()`
-adaptive-sharpen	`wand.image.BaseImage.adaptive_sharpen()`
-annotate	`wand.image.BaseImage.annotate()`
-append	`wand.image.BaseImage.concat()`
-auto-gamma	`wand.image.BaseImage.auto_gamma()`
-auto-level	`wand.image.BaseImage.auto_level()`
-auto-orient	`wand.image.BaseImage.auto_orient()`
-auto-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.auto_threshold()`
-black-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.black_threshold()`
-blue-shift	`wand.image.BaseImage.blue_shift()`
-blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.blur()`
-border	`wand.image.BaseImage.border()`
-brightness-contrast	`wand.image.BaseImage.brightness_contrast()`
-canny	`wand.image.BaseImage.canny()`
-caption	`wand.image.BaseImage.caption()`
-cdl	`wand.image.BaseImage.color_decision_list()`
-charcoal	`wand.image.BaseImage.charcoal()`
-chop	`wand.image.BaseImage.chop()`
-clahe	`wand.image.BaseImage.clahe()`
-clamp	`wand.image.BaseImage.clamp()`
-clut	`wand.image.BaseImage.clut()`
-coalesce	`wand.image.BaseImage.coalesce()`
-colorize	`wand.image.BaseImage.colorize()`
-colormap	`wand.image.BaseImage.color_map()`
-color-matrix	`wand.image.BaseImage.color_matrix()`
-colorspace	`wand.image.BaseImage.transform_colorspace()`
-compare	`wand.image.BaseImage.compare()`
-complex	`wand.image.BaseImage.complex()`
-composite	`wand.image.BaseImage.composite()`
-connected-components	`wand.image.BaseImage.connected_components()`
-contrast	`wand.image.BaseImage.contrast()`
-contrast-stretch	`wand.image.BaseImage.contrast_stretch()`
-crop	`wand.image.BaseImage.crop()`
-cycle	`wand.image.BaseImage.cycle_color_map()`
-deconstruct	`wand.image.BaseImage.deconstruct()`
-deskew	`wand.image.BaseImage.deskew()`
-despeckle	`wand.image.BaseImage.despeckle()`
-distort	`wand.image.BaseImage.distort()`
-edge	`wand.image.BaseImage.edge()`
-emboss	`wand.image.BaseImage.emboss()`
-enhance	`wand.image.BaseImage.enhance()`
-equalize	`wand.image.BaseImage.equalize()`
-evaluate	`wand.image.BaseImage.evaluate()`
-extent	`wand.image.BaseImage.extent()`
-features	`wand.image.BaseImage.features()`
-fft	`wand.image.BaseImage.forward_fourier_transform()`
-flip	`wand.image.BaseImage.flip()`
-flop	`wand.image.BaseImage.flop()`
-frame	`wand.image.BaseImage.frame()`
-function	`wand.image.BaseImage.function()`
-fx	`wand.image.BaseImage.fx()`
-gamma	`wand.image.BaseImage.gamma()`
-gaussian-blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.gaussian_blur()`
-hald-clut	`wand.image.BaseImage.hald_clut()`
-hough-lines	`wand.image.BaseImage.hough_lines()`
-ift	`wand.image.BaseImage.inverse_fourier_transform()`
-implode	`wand.image.BaseImage.implode()`
-kuwahara	`wand.image.BaseImage.kuwahara()`
-lat	`wand.image.BaseImage.adaptive_threshold()`
-level	`wand.image.BaseImage.level()`
+level	`wand.image.BaseImage.levelize()`
-level-colors	`wand.image.BaseImage.level_colors()`
+level-colors	`wand.image.BaseImage.levelize_colors()`
-linear-stretch	`wand.image.BaseImage.linear_stretch()`
-liquid-rescale	`wand.image.BaseImage.liquid_rescale()`
-magnify	`wand.image.BaseImage.magnify()`
-mean-shift	`wand.image.BaseImage.mean_shift()`
-layers	`wand.image.BaseImage.merge_layers()`
-layers	`wand.image.Image.compare_layers()`
-layers	`wand.image.BaseImage.optimize_layers()`
-layers	`wand.image.BaseImage.optimize_transparency()`
-mode	`wand.image.BaseImage.mode()`
-modulate	`wand.image.BaseImage.modulate()`
-morphology	`wand.image.BaseImage.morphology()`
-motion-blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.motion_blur()`
-negate	`wand.image.BaseImage.negate()`
-noise	`wand.image.BaseImage.noise()`
-normalize	`wand.image.BaseImage.normalize()`
-paint	`wand.image.BaseImage.oil_paint()`
-opaque	`wand.image.BaseImage.opaque_paint()`
-ordered-dither	`wand.image.BaseImage.ordered_dither()`
-polaroid	`wand.image.BaseImage.polaroid()`
-polynomial	`wand.image.BaseImage.polynomial()`
-posterize	`wand.image.BaseImage.posterize()`
-quantize	`wand.image.BaseImage.quantize()`
-random-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.random_threshold()`
-range-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.range_threshold()`
-read-mask	`wand.image.BaseImage.read_mask()`
-remap	`wand.image.BaseImage.remap()`
-resample	`wand.image.BaseImage.resample()`
+repage	`wand.image.BaseImage.reset_coords()`
-resize	`wand.image.BaseImage.resize()`
-rotate	`wand.image.BaseImage.rotate()`
-radial_blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.rotational_blur()`
-sample	`wand.image.BaseImage.sample()`
-scale	`wand.image.BaseImage.scale()`
-selective-blur	`wand.image.BaseImage.selective_blur()`
-sepia-tone	`wand.image.BaseImage.sepia_tone()`
-shade	`wand.image.BaseImage.shade()`
-shadow	`wand.image.BaseImage.shadow()`
-sharpen	`wand.image.BaseImage.sharpen()`
-shave	`wand.image.BaseImage.shave()`
-shear	`wand.image.BaseImage.shear()`
-sigmoidal-contrast	`wand.image.BaseImage.sigmoidal_contrast()`
-similarity-threshold	See `wand.image.BaseImage.similarity()`
-subimage-search	See `wand.image.BaseImage.similarity()`
-sketch	`wand.image.BaseImage.sketch()`
-smush	`wand.image.BaseImage.smush()`
-solarize	`wand.image.BaseImage.solarize()`
-sparse-color	`wand.image.BaseImage.sparse_color()`
-splice	`wand.image.BaseImage.splice()`
-spread	`wand.image.BaseImage.spread()`
-stegano	`wand.image.BaseImage.stegano()`
-stereo	`wand.image.Image.stereogram()`
-statistic	`wand.image.BaseImage.statistic()`
-strip	`wand.image.BaseImage.strip()`
-swirl	`wand.image.BaseImage.swirl()`
-texture	`wand.image.BaseImage.texture()`
-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.threshold()`
-thumbnail	`wand.image.BaseImage.thumbnail()`
-tint	`wand.image.BaseImage.tint()`
-transform	`wand.image.BaseImage.transform()`
-transparent-color	`wand.image.BaseImage.transparent_color()`
-transpose	`wand.image.BaseImage.transpose()`
-transverse	`wand.image.BaseImage.transverse()`
-treedepth	See `wand.image.BaseImage.quantize()`
-trim	`wand.image.BaseImage.trim()`
-unique-colors	`wand.image.BaseImage.unique_colors()`
-unsharp-mask	`wand.image.BaseImage.unsharp_mask()`
-vignette	`wand.image.BaseImage.vignette()`
-watermark	`wand.image.BaseImage.watermark()`
-wave	`wand.image.BaseImage.wave()`
-wavelet-denoise	`wand.image.BaseImage.wavelet_denoise()`
-white-threshold	`wand.image.BaseImage.white_threshold()`
-write-mask	`wand.image.BaseImage.write_mask()`

CLI Options to Wand Properties¶

This table list ImageMagick’s options, and maps them to Wand’s Image properties.

CLI Options	Wand Properties
-alpha	`wand.image.BaseImage.alpha_channel`
-antialias	`wand.image.BaseImage.font_antialias`
-antialias	`wand.image.BaseImage.antialias`
-attenuate	See `wand.image.BaseImage.noise()`
-background	`wand.image.BaseImage.background_color`
-blue-primary	`wand.image.BaseImage.blue_primary`
-bordercolor	`wand.image.BaseImage.border_color`
-colorspace	`wand.image.BaseImage.colorspace`
-compose	`wand.image.BaseImage.compose`
-compression	`wand.image.BaseImage.compression`
-delay	`wand.image.BaseImage.ticks_per_second`
-delay	`wand.sequence.SingleImage.delay`
-density	`wand.image.BaseImage.resolution`
-depth	`wand.image.BaseImage.depth`
-dispose	`wand.image.BaseImage.dispose`
-fill	`wand.image.BaseImage.font_color`
-font	`wand.image.BaseImage.font`
-format	`wand.image.BaseImage.format`
-fuzz	`wand.image.BaseImage.fuzz`
-gravity	`wand.image.BaseImage.gravity`
-green-primary	`wand.image.BaseImage.green_primary`
-intent	`wand.image.BaseImage.rendering_intent`
-interlace	`wand.image.BaseImage.interlace_scheme`
-interpolate	`wand.image.BaseImage.interpolate_method`
-loop	`wand.image.BaseImage.loop`
-mattecolor	`wand.image.BaseImage.matte_color`
-orientation	`wand.image.BaseImage.orientation`
-page	`wand.image.BaseImage.page`
-page	`wand.image.BaseImage.page_height`
-page	`wand.image.BaseImage.page_width`
-page	`wand.image.BaseImage.page_x`
-page	`wand.image.BaseImage.page_y`
-pointsize	`wand.image.BaseImage.font_size`
-quality	`wand.image.BaseImage.compression_quality`
-red-primary	`wand.image.BaseImage.red_primary`
-scene	`wand.image.BaseImage.scene`
-seed	`wand.image.BaseImage.seed`
-size	`wand.image.BaseImage.height`
-size	`wand.image.BaseImage.width`
-size	`wand.image.BaseImage.size`
-stroke	`wand.image.BaseImage.stroke_color`
-strokewidth	`wand.image.BaseImage.stroke_width`
-treedepth	See `wand.image.BaseImage.quantize()`
-type	`wand.image.BaseImage.type`
-units	`wand.image.BaseImage.units`
-virtual-pixel	`wand.image.BaseImage.virtual_pixel`
-white-point	`wand.image.BaseImage.white_point`