ImageMagick port outdated

[Fred Weinhaus]

Why not just offer both ImageMagick 6 and Imagemagick 7. The user could then choose which he wants to use.

Fred


> On Sep 25, 2020, at 1:02 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave - that is my understanding, but I haven’t tested it. I have a ton of scripts and code snippets which would break with IMv7 and my Macs also run older OSes so I am not in a rush to move to IMv7. I use sips often in conjuction with imagemagick, the sips color profile and metadata handling is excellent
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On Friday, September 25, 2020, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org <mailto:macports-users at lists.macports.org>> wrote:
> Sean,
> 
> "possible to invoke the previous parser" -- Do you mean that some of the IMv6 commands can be used with IMv7, simply by prefixing with "magick" and a space?  I wonder how many of the many ports depending on IMv6 could be satisfied with this simple patch.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com <mailto:sdaly.be at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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 <mailto:rubendibattista at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Moreover, HEIC format seems to be included here:
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/6021 <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 <mailto:rubendibattista at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Christoph,
> >
> > here's there's a discussion about version 7:
> > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014 <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/5014> and here
> > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51310 <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 <mailto: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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