# GraphicsMagick Utilities
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 Utilities

GraphicsMagick provides a powerful command line utility which may be used to access all GraphicsMagick functions. Gm uses a consistent set of options (see options documentation). GraphicsMagick provides access to major command modes via a single executable command-line program called 'gm'; for example, to use the "convert" mode, type "gm convert ...". The available command modes and links to their documentation are shown in the following table:

  GM Command Mode | Description
  --- | ---
  gm animate | animate a sequence of images
  gm composite | composite images together
  gm conjure | execute a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) XML script
  gm convert | convert an image or sequence of images
  gm display | display an image on a workstation running X
  gm identify | describe an image or image sequence
  gm import | capture an application or X server screen
  gm mogrify | transform an image or sequence of images
  gm montage | create a composite image (in a grid) from separate images

The gm utility makes it easy to perform complex image processing operations using a single command. It may be invoked from scripts, or from other programs in order to automate the processing of thousands of images.

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