Debian Imaging Project
Summary
Image script
Command line image processing in Debian

Debian contains a lot of tools to process images as batches using the command line. Here you can have an overview.

Description

For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:

If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Imaging to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Imaging mailing list

Links to other tasks

Debian Imaging Image script packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

aaphoto
Auto Adjust Photo, automatic color correction of photos
Maintainer: Denis Briand
Versions of package aaphoto
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
bookworm0.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
trixie0.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid0.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
jessie0.43.1-1amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch0.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster0.45-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye0.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Debtags of package aaphoto:
interfacecommandline
roleprogram
useediting
works-withimage
Popcon: 8 users (8 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free

Auto Adjust Photo is a tiny command-line image manipulation tool for automatic color correction of photos. It tries to make the picture look better. The program does this by analyzing the input image and then sets the most optimal contrast, gamma, color balance and saturation for it.

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0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17065/simage/large-85d5d27ccd85593f0e0ddd6782eddc0f.png
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0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17090/simage/large-cdbf0c011b43f0b304af5028e0d14212.png
0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17091/simage/large-4bf036e96781a8d6b41a3d356a6d241f.png
0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17094/simage/large-3bda2697d914aaa97de5df03e3453bf7.png
0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17095/simage/large-3b7bbd31530501156deb2c9c7aeaea47.png
0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/16874/simage/large-3e21fc23d3a4a8be1261ccaa09797f47.png
0.45-1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/16873/simage/large-a293dfba5f0f2e3ddc4f6242f8ecc758.png
0.45-1+b1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/simage/large-6a9941a34ec74c15bfd9adbea3ca1bd3.png
0.45-1+b1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/simage/large-766da45c4e3b0caed68ab22c04b9c90f.png
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imagemagick
??? missing short description for package imagemagick :-(
Versions of package imagemagick
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
sid7.1.1.39+dfsg1-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
jessie6.8.9.9-5+deb8u12amd64,armel,armhf,i386
jessie-security6.8.9.9-5+deb8u19amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u8amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
stretch-security6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u13i386
stretch-security6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u14amd64,arm64,armel,armhf
buster6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
buster-security6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u7amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye-security6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm-security6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
trixie7.1.1.39+dfsg1-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
upstream7.1.1.41
Debtags of package imagemagick:
interfacecommandline, x11
roleprogram
scopeutility
uitoolkitxlib
useconverting, editing, viewing
works-withimage, image:raster
works-with-formatgif, jpg, pdf, png, postscript, svg, tiff
x11application
Popcon: 2732 users (486 upd.)*
Newer upstream!
License: DFSG free
Git
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VersionURL
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17100/simage/large-846e8bf4b6f2e4e621d00a033b73a874.png
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17105/simage/large-fde1fc133f12e8c800696d548eef90a2.png
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17103/simage/large-ad1b7939603ccb9d836b2a1bf21d1398.png
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17101/simage/large-c1677229fbbd02feddc63c6c5909c91d.png
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17102/simage/large-7accb1f69a04ce81ca66eea624943e3c.png
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/17104/simage/large-53d9e8e5acedc676d80b94c8c731f6e3.png
6.5.7-8-2009-11-17Q16https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/2633/simage/large-9c16b5e0d53f47e267e7e90a61e89a13.png
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imaptool
tool for creating client-side image maps
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Versions of package imaptool
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
trixie0.9-22amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
sid0.9-22amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
jessie0.9-14amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch0.9-17amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster0.9-18amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye0.9-19amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bookworm0.9-20amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
Debtags of package imaptool:
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeutility
uitoolkitathena
useediting
works-withimage, image:raster
x11application
Popcon: 1 users (1 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
Git

A simple (yet useful and free) tool for creating client-side image maps, supporting GIF and JPEG images.

libfreehep-graphicsio-java
FreeHEP GraphicsIO Base Library
Versions of package libfreehep-graphicsio-java
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bullseye2.4+dfsg-3all
trixie2.4+dfsg-3all
sid2.4+dfsg-3all
jessie2.1.1-3all
stretch2.1.1-4all
buster2.1.1-5all
bookworm2.4+dfsg-3all
Debtags of package libfreehep-graphicsio-java:
roleshared-lib
Popcon: 395 users (151 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
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The Vector Graphics package of the FreeHEP Java Library enables any Java program to export to a variety of vector graphics formats as well as bitmap image formats. Among the vector formats are Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), Portable Document Format (PDF), Enhanced Meta Format (EMF), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and Flash (SWF), while the image formats include GIF, PNG, JPG and PPM.

This package contains the FreeHEP GraphicsIO Base Library.

pngquant
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility
Versions of package pngquant
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
sid2.18.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie2.18.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm2.17.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bullseye2.13.1-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster2.12.2-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
stretch2.5.0-2amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
jessie-security2.3.0-1+deb8u1amd64,armel,armhf,i386
jessie2.3.0-1amd64,armel,armhf,i386
Debtags of package pngquant:
interfacecommandline
roleprogram
scopeutility
usecompressing, converting
works-withimage, image:raster
works-with-formatpng
Popcon: 286 users (108 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
Git

pngquant is a command-line conversion utility to quantize and dither truecolor PNG images, especially those with a full alpha channel, down to 8-bit (or smaller) RGBA-palette PNGs. Such images are usually two to four times smaller than the full 32-bit versions, and partial transparency is preserved quite nicely. This makes pngquant especially useful both for Web sites and for PlayStation 2 development, where one of the texture formats is RGBA-palette-based (though not PNG-compressed). This is the same technique used for many of the images on the Miscellaneous Transparent PNGs page (http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngs-img.html), and the results are often indistinguishable from the original, truecolor PNG images.

Optimizers (like pngcrush and optipng) optimize the compression, usually losslessly, while pngquant quantizes colors down to 256 (or fewer) distinct RGBA combinations, which is lossy.

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transfig
??? missing short description for package transfig :-(
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Versions of package transfig
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
jessie-security3.2.5.e-4+deb8u2amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch3.2.6a-2+deb9u3all
stretch-security3.2.6a-2+deb9u4all
jessie3.2.5.e-4+deb8u1amd64,armel,armhf,i386
Debtags of package transfig:
interfacecommandline
roleprogram
scopeutility
useconverting, printing
works-withimage, image:raster, image:vector, text
works-with-formatgif, jpg, pdf, png, postscript, svg, tex
Popcon: 35 users (30 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free
The package is enhanced by the following packages: fig2ps
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance

graphicsmagick
collection of image processing tools
Versions of package graphicsmagick
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
jessie1.3.20-3+deb8u2amd64,armel,armhf,i386
jessie-security1.3.20-3+deb8u11amd64,armel,armhf,i386
stretch1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u4amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster1.4+really1.3.35-1~deb10u2amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
stretch-security1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u5amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386
sid1.4+really1.3.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
trixie1.4+really1.3.45-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm1.4+really1.3.40-4amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
bullseye-security1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bullseye1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
buster-security1.4+really1.3.35-1~deb10u3amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
Debtags of package graphicsmagick:
interfacecommandline, x11
roleprogram
scopeapplication
useconverting
works-withimage, image:raster
x11application
Popcon: 397 users (146 upd.)*
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License: DFSG free

GraphicsMagick provides a set of command-line applications to manipulate image files. It is a fork of the ImageMagick project and therefore offers a similar set of features, but puts a larger emphasis on stability.

The tools support a large variety of image formats from the widely used jpeg, tiff, bmp or xpm to special-purpose formats such as fits or image formats found on some photo CDs. They can convert between formats, concatenate several images into one, annotate and distort them, create thumbnails or manipulate the colormap. While all features are available from the command-line, the package also includes an image viewer that allows interactive manipulation.

Note that unlike ImageMagick, the GraphicsMagick tools are accessed through a single executable called 'gm'. Therefore, GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick can be used in parallel. Install package graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat to obtain a set of several executables that is compatible to ImageMagick's interface.

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1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481https://screenshots.debian.net/shrine/screenshot/21808/simage/large-cd0a77fe7e49214bd8120c6bb7cac4f4.png
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No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

python-mahotas - wnpp
Efficient Image Processing Library for Python
License: GPL
Debian package not available

It includes algorithms implemented in C++ for speed while operating in numpy arrays.

*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 247490