On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:20:00 -0600 "Greg Lindstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, > >I am using 'convert' to add a claim number to a tif image and convert it to >a pdf image. My problem is that the scans we are processing sometimes are >not ideally aligned and have a black border, so we can not read all of the >claim number. Can I define a white background behind the claim number so I >can always read it? How is that done? If you could give a short >explination or point me to the appropriate documentation I would be >grateful. > >Thanks, >--greg See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/ I'm not the best at these commandline usages, I usually use Perl, but here is something to get you started. It makes a test.tif that is black, then make a second tif that is white, and contains the black number, then it overlays it. You can alter the script to take a file=$2 argument, so you can process your tifs in batches. ####################################### #!/bin/sh #usage: ./thisscript number num=$1 # make a test tif in black convert -size 300x300 xc:black comp.tif # manually make the number image and composite it atop convert -size 150x50 xc:white comp1.tif\ -font Generic.ttf -pointsize 36 -fill black -stroke black \ -gravity 'Center' \ -annotate 0 $num \ comp1.tif convert comp.tif comp1.tif -compose ATop -geometry +30+30 -composite comp3.tif ######################################### I'm sure there is a better way, maybe Mr. Thyssen will chime in with improvements. :-) zentara -- I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. http://zentara.net/Remember_How_Lucky_You_Are.html _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
