Why not just offer both ImageMagick 6 and Imagemagick 7. The user could then choose which he wants to use.
Fred > On Sep 25, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave - that is my understanding, but I haven’t tested it. I have a ton of > scripts and code snippets which would break with IMv7 and my Macs also run > older OSes so I am not in a rush to move to IMv7. I use sips often in > conjuction with imagemagick, the sips color profile and metadata handling is > excellent > > Sean > > > On Friday, September 25, 2020, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via > macports-users <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Sean, > > "possible to invoke the previous parser" -- Do you mean that some of the IMv6 > commands can be used with IMv7, simply by prefixing with "magick" and a > space? I wonder how many of the many ports depending on IMv6 could be > satisfied with this simple patch. > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean DALY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > I use imagemagick every day and IMv7 introduces a number of changes, in > particular the "magick" command which replaces the previous "identify", > "convert", "montage", "composite" etc. commands. The CLI parser has been > rewritten and following the previous CLI parameters order will not work. It > is however possible to invoke the previous parser using "magick convert" or > "magick composite" for example. > > As an alternative, if you are on a Mac running OSX v10.13 or later, for HEIF > files use the OSX sips (Scriptable Image Processing System) tool, e.g.: > > # inspect file properties > $ sips --getProperty allheic_image.heic > > # convert to JPEG > $ sips --setProperty format jpeg heic_image.heic --setProperty formatOptions > high --out heic_image.jpg > > sips is a good companion to imagemagick's convert for raster formats, it is > fast and offers a number of features. > > As IM have stated they will support IMv6 for another ten years, it's probably > best to not rush to IMv7 considering the number of changes > > Sean > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:59 AM Ruben Di Battista <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Moreover, HEIC format seems to be included here: > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6021 > <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6021> > > Are there any problems? > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:58 PM Ruben Di Battista > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hello Christoph, > > > > here's there's a discussion about version 7: > > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014 > > <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014> and here > > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310 > > <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310>. It probably will be provided > > as a separate port. > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM Christoph Kukulies <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > I was seeking for a means to convert Apples new HEIC/HEIF format to more > > > traditional formats and I always remembered ImageMagick being a good > > > choice for that. > > > Unfortunately the macports version is quite outdated. > > > 6.9.11-29 > > > > > > vs. 7.0.10-30 being the latest. > > > > > > How can I get a newer version via macports? > > > > > > — > > > Christoph
