Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

Obviously new to all of this.. Think I have a problem with the mean returning a float value which bash can not handle? #!/bin/bash toodark=29000 avgluz=$(identify -format "%[mean]" file.dng) echo $avgluz if ((avgluz < toodark)); then echo "too damn dark!" else echo "reasonab...

I wonder if there are also those that would say something like "I am not a coder, but sometimes I prefer to roll up my sleeves to get better control" . Instead of using the common readymade software. In 3d-production I think its not uncommon that artists/producers are also programmers to s...

Ok, thanks. "Version: ImageMagick 6.8.9-9 Q16 x86_64 2015-08-06 ". Now trying to write a shellscript

I am curious, is IM used by producers, photographers, motion-graphics-people and such? That use it as a tool in production. Or is it exclusively for the more technical users like engineers, programmers, developers etc?

Putting together a video of a construction site. I have a batch of photos all taken from the same exact point during a few years. Now I want to remove those that make the video too flickery. First that would be all taken at night. I guess identify -format "%[fx:mean]\n" filename is useful....