# GraphicsMagick Installation
GraphicsMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in any of the more popular image formats including GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, and Photo CD. With GraphicsMagick you can create GIFs dynamically making it suitable for Web applications. You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image and save your completed work in the same or differing image format.
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GraphicsMagick Installation

Compilation and installation instructions are available for building GraphicsMagick from source code under Unix (including MacOS-X) and Windows , but first you should read these instructions which apply to all of the platforms..

Windows users may prefer to download the GraphicsMagick installer and install GraphicsMagick according to the Windows installation instructions.

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