ImageMagick port outdated

[Sean DALY]

Christoph - just substitute png for jpeg in my example and leave out the
formatOptions specific to JPEG

Sean

On Friday, September 25, 2020, Christoph Kukulies <kuku at kukulies.org> wrote:

> Hi Sean, Ruben,
>
> thanks. I’m using macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
>
> I’m wondering though how I would achieve getting the libheic delegate into
> the current IM 6 in macports.
> Also I don’t want to use jpeg since the target is png. heic->png
>
>
> —
> Christoph
>
> Am 25.09.2020 um 20:31 schrieb Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Christoph,
>
> I use imagemagick every day and IMv7 introduces a number of changes, in
> particular the "magick" command which replaces the previous "identify",
> "convert", "montage", "composite" etc. commands. The CLI parser has been
> rewritten and following the previous CLI parameters order will not work. It
> is however possible to invoke the previous parser using "magick convert" or
> "magick composite" for example.
>
> As an alternative, if you are on a Mac running OSX v10.13 or later, for
> HEIF files use the OSX sips (Scriptable Image Processing System) tool, e.g.:
>
> # inspect file properties
> $ sips --getProperty allheic_image.heic
>
> # convert to JPEG
> $ sips --setProperty format jpeg heic_image.heic --setProperty
> formatOptions high --out heic_image.jpg
>
> sips is a good companion to imagemagick's convert for raster formats, it
> is fast and offers a number of features.
>
> As IM have stated they will support IMv6 for another ten years, it's
> probably best to not rush to IMv7 considering the number of changes
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:59 AM Ruben Di Battista <
> rubendibattista at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Moreover, HEIC format seems to be included here:
>> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6021
>>
>> Are there any problems?
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:58 PM Ruben Di Battista
>> <rubendibattista at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Christoph,
>> >
>> > here's there's a discussion about version 7:
>> > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014 and here
>> > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310. It probably will be provided
>> > as a separate port.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM Christoph Kukulies <kuku at kukulies.org>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I was seeking for a means to convert Apples new HEIC/HEIF format to
>> more traditional formats and I always remembered  ImageMagick being a good
>> choice for that.
>> > > Unfortunately the macports version is quite outdated.
>> > > 6.9.11-29
>> > >
>> > > vs. 7.0.10-30 being the latest.
>> > >
>> > > How can I get a newer version via macports?
>> > >
>> > > —
>> > > Christoph
>> > >
>> >
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