conjure.im6

ImageMagick MSL script interpreter

TLDR

Execute a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) script

$ conjure.im6 [script.msl]

Execute with verbose output

$ conjure.im6 -verbose [script.msl]

Execute a script with custom defines

$ conjure.im6 -define [key]=[value] [script.msl]

Run in debug mode

$ conjure.im6 -debug all [script.msl]

Execute with specific resource limits

$ conjure.im6 -limit memory [256MB] [script.msl]

SYNOPSIS

conjure.im6 [options] script.msl

conjure.im6 is the ImageMagick version 6 interpreter for Magick Scripting Language (MSL). MSL is an XML-based scripting language for performing complex image processing operations programmatically.MSL scripts define image manipulation workflows using XML tags that correspond to ImageMagick operations. This allows creating reusable, parameterized image processing pipelines without writing shell scripts or using programming language bindings.MSL is particularly useful for batch processing and creating complex image manipulation templates that can be applied consistently across many images. It is primarily aimed at users who want custom image processing without needing a programming language or compiler.

PARAMETERS

-debug EVENTS

Enable debugging output for specified event types.

-define KEY=VALUE

Set a configuration value accessible within the script.

-limit TYPE VALUE

Set resource limits (memory, map, disk, file, thread, time).

-log FORMAT

Log output format specification.

-monitor

Monitor progress of image processing operations.

-quiet

Suppress all warning messages.

-regard-warnings

Treat warnings as errors.

-seed VALUE

Seed a pseudo-random number generator.

-verbose

Enable verbose output during execution.

-version

Display version information.

CAVEATS

MSL is a specialized language with limited adoption compared to using ImageMagick from shell scripts or programming languages. ImageMagick 6 is in maintenance mode; ImageMagick 7 uses different scripting approaches. The .im6 suffix ensures version 6 is used on systems with both versions installed.

HISTORY

conjure was part of ImageMagick's scripting capabilities, allowing XML-based batch image processing. ImageMagick was created by John Cristy in 1990. The versioned conjure.im6 command was introduced when ImageMagick 7 brought breaking changes in 2016, allowing both versions to coexist.