.TH "pfsinimgmagick" 1
.SH NAME
pfsinimgmagick \- Load images or frames using ImageMagick++ library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pfsinimgmagick
(<file> [--linear] [--absolute <max_lum>] [--frames <range>] [--skip-missing])  [<file>...]

.SH DESCRIPTION
This command can load images or frames in the multitude of image
formats supported by the ImageMagick library. This includes but is not
limited to: BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, EPS, TIFF, DPX. See the manual page of
ImageMagick for the full list of available formats.
.PP
\fBpfsinimgmagick\fR reads images or frames from files and writes
\fIpfs\fR stream to the Standard Output. The \fIpfs\fR stream is
usually piped to another program for further processing. To detect the
format automatically based on the extension, use \fIpfsin\fR
command. 
.PP
The output of \fBpfsinimgmagick\fR is scaled to 0-1 range,
unless '--absolute' option is specified. By default, the 'LUMINANCE' tag
is set to 'DISPLAY' contents. Using the '--linear' switch you can force the
inverse sRGB transformation to provide linear data. In this case
the 'LUMINANCE' tag is set to 'RELATIVE' contents. '--absolute' switch can
be used to convert pixels to absolute luminance values.
.PP
This command handles properly 'alpha' channel (transparency) stored in
images.
.PP
Each file can contain a \%%d pattern, which is substituted with frame
numbers. The pattern has the same syntax as C
.I printf
command. For example, you can use \%%04d to make the frame number
four digit with proceedings zeros. You can select the frames using the
following options (the options must be always given after the file
name):

.TP
.B \--frames <range>
Range is given in mathlab / octave format:

.B "startframe:step:endframe"

Frame numbers start with
.B "startframe"
(default 0), are increased by
.B "step"
(default 1) and stop at
.B "endframe"
You can skip one of those values, for example
.I "1:100"
for frames 1,2,...,100 and
.I 0:2:
for frame 0,2,4,... up to the last file that exists.

.TP
.B \--skip-missing
Skip up to ten frames in a row if corresponding files are
missing. Otherwise the program stops reading sequence at the first
file that does not exists. This switch does not apply to the first
frame in a sequence. This switch can be useful if there is a rendered
animation where some of the frame has not been generated.

.TP
.B \--linear, -l
Converts pixel values to linear luminance (XYZ), assuming the sRGB
color space for the input image. The maximum pixel value (255,255,255)
is mapped to Y=1. \fILUMINANCE\fR tag is set to RELATIVE.

.TP
.B \--absolute <max_lum>, -a <max_lum>
\fB--absolute\fR converts pixel values to an absolute linear luminance
(XYZ), that is the color space, in which channel Y contains luminance
given in cd/m^2. The sRGB color space is assumed for the input
image. The maximum pixel value (255,255,255) is mapped to
Y=\fI<max_lum>\fR. \fI<max_lum>\fR is typically set to 80 [cd/m^2] for
a CRT monitor. \fILUMINANCE\fR tag is set to
ABSOLUTE. \fB--absolute\fR process images almost the same as
\fB--relative\fR, but additionally it scales all pixels by
\fI<max_lum>\fR.

.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
pfsinimgmagick frame\%%04d.dpx \--frames 0:10 | pfsview

Read frames from files frame0000.dpx, frame0001.dpx, ...,
frame0010.dpx and show them using pfsview.

.SH BUGS
pfsinimgmagick can not read frames from the Standard Input.
.PP
Please report bugs and comments on implementation to 
the discussion group http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR pfsin (1),
.BR pfsout (1)
.BR ImageMagick (1)