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    Montage

    WillieBy WillieApril 1, 2026Updated:April 1, 2026No Comments11 Mins Read
     

    NAME

    montage – create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.  

    SYNOPSIS

    montage input-file[s] [options] output-file
     

    OVERVIEW

    The montage program is a member of the ImageMagick(1) suite of tools. Use it to create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionally adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more.

    For more information about the montage command, point your browser to file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/montage.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/montage.php.  

    DESCRIPTION

    Image Settings:
      -adjoin              join images into a single multi-image file
      -affine matrix       affine transform matrix
      -alpha option        on, activate, off, deactivate, set, opaque, copy
                           transparent, extract, background, or shape
      -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
      -blue-primary point  chromaticity blue primary point
      -bordercolor color   border color
      -caption string      assign a caption to an image
      -channel type        apply option to select image channels
      -colors value        preferred number of colors in the image
      -colorspace type     alternate image colorsapce
      -comment string      annotate image with comment
      -compose operator    composite operator
      -compress type       type of pixel compression when writing the image
      -define format:option
                           define one or more image format options
      -density geometry    horizontal and vertical density of the image
      -depth value         image depth
      -display server      query font from this X server
      -dispose method      layer disposal method
      -dither method       apply error diffusion to image
      -draw string         annotate the image with a graphic primitive
      -encoding type       text encoding type
      -endian type         endianness (MSB or LSB) of the image
      -extract geometry    extract area from image
      -fill color          color to use when filling a graphic primitive
      -filter type         use this filter when resizing an image
      -font name           render text with this font
      -format "string"     output formatted image characteristics
      -gamma value         level of gamma correction
      -geometry geometry   preferred tile and border sizes
      -gravity direction   which direction to gravitate towards
      -green-primary point chromaticity green primary point
      -identify            identify the format and characteristics of the image
      -interlace type      type of image interlacing scheme
      -interpolate method  pixel color interpolation method
      -kerning value       set the space between two letters
      -label string        assign a label to an image
      -limit type value    pixel cache resource limit
      -matte               store matte channel if the image has one
      -mattecolor color    frame color
      -mode type           framing style
      -monitor             monitor progress
      -origin geometry     image origin
      -page geometry       size and location of an image canvas (setting)
      -pointsize value     font point size
      -profile filename    add, delete, or apply an image profile
      -quality value       JPEG/MIFF/PNG compression level
      -quantize colorspace reduce colors in this colorspace
      -quiet               suppress all warning messages
      -red-primary point   chromaticity red primary point
      -regard-warnings     pay attention to warning messages
      -respect-parentheses settings remain in effect until parenthesis boundary
      -sampling-factor geometry
                           horizontal and vertical sampling factor
      -scenes range        image scene range
      -seed value          seed a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers
      -set attribute value set an image attribute
      -shadow              add a shadow beneath a tile to simulate depth
      -size geometry       width and height of image
      -stroke color        color to use when stroking a graphic primitive
      -support factor      resize support: > 1.0 is blurry, < 1.0 is sharp
      -synchronize         synchronize image to storage device
      -taint               declare the image as modified
      -texture filename    name of texture to tile onto the image background
      -thumbnail geometry  create a thumbnail of the image
      -tile geometry       number of tiles per row and column
      -title string        decorate the montage image with a title
      -transparent-color color
                           transparent color
      -treedepth value     color tree depth
      -trim                trim image edges
      -units type          the units of image resolution
      -verbose             print detailed information about the image
      -virtual-pixel method
                           virtual pixel access method
      -white-point point   chromaticity white point

    Image Operators:
      -adaptive-sharpen geometry
                           adaptively sharpen pixels; increase effect near edges
      -annotate geometry text
                           annotate the image with text
      -auto-orient         automagically orient image
      -blur geometry      reduce image noise and reduce detail levels
      -border geometry     surround image with a border of color
      -crop geometry       preferred size and location of the cropped image
      -extent geometry     set the image size
      -flatten             flatten a sequence of images
      -flip                flip image in the vertical direction
      -flop                flop image in the horizontal direction
      -frame geometry      surround image with an ornamental border
      -monochrome          transform image to black and white
      -polaroid angle      simulate a Polaroid picture
      -repage geometry     size and location of an image canvas (operator)
      -resize geometry     resize the image
      -rotate degrees      apply Paeth rotation to the image
      -strip               strip image of all profiles and comments
      -transform           affine transform image
      -transpose           flip image vertically and rotate 90 degrees
      -transparent color   make this color transparent within the image
      -type type           image type
      -unsharp geometry    sharpen the image

    Image Sequence Operators:
      -coalesce            merge a sequence of images
      -composite           composite image

    Image Stack Operators:
      -clone indexes       clone an image
      -delete indexes      delete the image from the image sequence
      -duplicate count,indexes
                            duplicate an image one or more times
      -insert index        insert last image into the image sequence
      -reverse             reverse image sequence
      -swap indexes        swap two images in the image sequence

    Miscellaneous Options:
      -debug events        display copious debugging information
      -help                print program options
      -log format          format of debugging information
      -list type           print a list of supported option arguments
      -version             print version information

    In addition to those listed above, you can specify these standard X resources as command line options: -background, -bordercolor, -borderwidth, -font, -mattecolor, or -title.

    By default, the image format of `file’ is determined by its magic number. To specify a particular image format, precede the filename with an image format name and a colon (i.e. ps:image) or specify the image type as the filename suffix (i.e. image.ps). Specify ‘file’ as ‘-‘ for standard input or output.

     

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC. Additional copyrights and licenses apply to this software, see file:///usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6/www/license.html or http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

    Willie
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    Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.

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