Fred's ImageMagick Scripts



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EDGES


Applies edge extraction to image.

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last modified: December 15, 2018



USAGE: edges [-w width ] [-b brightness] [-s smoothing] [-g] infile outfile
USAGE: edges [-h or -help]

-w ... width ........ width of edges; integer>0; default=2
-b ... brightness ... brightening of edges; float>=0; default=5
-s ... smoothing .... pre-smoothing of the image to filter small edges;
..................... float>=0; default=1
-g .................. convert image to grayscale before getting edges

PURPOSE: To apply edge extraction to image.

DESCRIPTION: EdGES applies edge extraction to image. The user may control any or all of the width, brightness and/or smoothing arguments. This script is similar to the Photoshop Glowing Edges filter.

ARGUMENTS:

-w width ... WIDTh width of extracted edges. Values are integers>0. The default=2.

-b brightness ... BRIGHTNESS of edges. Values are floats>=0. The default=5.

-s smoothing ... SMOOTHING of the input image to filter out small edges. Values are floast>=0. The default=1.

-g ... converts the input image to GRAYSCALE before extracting edges.

REQUIREMENTS: IM 6.5.9.3 is required due to the use of -morphology edgeout.

CAVEAT: No guarantee that this script will work on all platforms, nor that trapping of inconsistent parameters is complete and foolproof. Use At Your Own Risk.


EXAMPLES


Example 1 -- Variation in Width

Original

Arguments:
-w 1 -b 5 -s 1

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 5 -s 1

Arguments:
-w 3 -b 5 -s 1



Example 2 -- Variation in Brightness

Original

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 3 -s 1

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 5 -s 1

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 7 -s 1



Example 3 -- Variation in Smoothing

Original

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 5 -s 1

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 5 -s 2

Arguments:
-w 2 -b 5 -s 2



Example 4 - Edges From Color Image

Original
(cartoon-sailboat-on-white-background)

Arguments:
(defaults)



Example 5 - Edges From Color Image With Transparency

Original
(clipart-sailboat)

Arguments:
(defaults)



What the script does is as follows:

  • Applies -blur to the image
  • Applies -morphology edge to extract the edges
  • Applies -evaluate multiply to brighten the edges

This is equivalent to the following IM commands

  • filt=`convert xc: -format "%[fx:$smooth/2]" info:`
  • convert $infile -alpha off -blur 0x$filt \
    -morphology edge diamond:$width -evaluate multiply $bri \
    $outfile