Short answer, that is being considered, and it will take some work. Details in the ticket showed below by Ruben: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 2:10 PM Fred Weinhaus <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> 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]> wrote: >>> >>>> Moreover, HEIC format seems to be included here: >>>> 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]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hello Christoph, >>>> > >>>> > here's there's a discussion about version 7: >>>> > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014 and here >>>> > 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]> >>>> 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 >>> >>>
