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that solved it
thanks for all your help fmw42

looking at my downloads i got the 64bit version
ImageMagick-6.6.9-8-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe
downloading the
ImageMagick-6.7.0-3-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe version now
see if that helps

p.s. convert -version Version: ImageMagick 6.6.9-8 2011-05-04 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2011 ImageMagick Studio LLC Features: OpenMP OS: windows 7 64 bit powershell uses a backtick for continuation maybe it is a 64bit thing is there a special version for 64bit ...

unbelievable convert -size 1000x1000 xc:"rgba(0,0,0,0)" ` -fill green -draw "rectangle 200,200 400,400" ` -fill red -draw "rectangle 300,300 500,500" ` -fill blue -draw "rectangle 400,400 600,600" ` -fill yellow -draw "rectangle 500,500 700,700" ` -fill cyan -draw "rectangle 600,600 800,800" ` -fill ...

p.s.
convert -version
Version: ImageMagick 6.6.9-8 2011-05-04 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2011 ImageMagick Studio LLC
Features: OpenMP

OS: windows 7 64 bit

i tried this convert w1.png -format %c -depth 8 histogram:info:- on my transparent png and got this 988644: ( 0, 0, 0, 0) #00000000 none 1019: ( 0, 0,255,255) #0000FF blue 301: ( 0,128,204,255) #0080CC rgba(0,128,204,1) 1284: ( 0,184, 0,255) #00B800 rgba(0,184,0,1) 325: ( 0,255, 0,255) #00FF00 lime ...

try this, it works for me on IM 6.7.0.2 Q16 Mac OSX Tiger. Note I renamed your images for simplicity. convert -delay 200 1.png 2.png -loop 0 miff:- |\ convert - -draw 'image DstOver 0,0 0,0 "3.gif"' \ -layers Optimize 4.gif well i gave it a try but after 5 minutes of 100% of one of my CPUs i ...

Lets go back to square one. i wanted to reduce the size of the final gif file so i created the png with a transparent background Explain what you mean by reduce the size of the gif. Do you mean file size or image size? Furthermore, why do you think using and (32-bit color) transparent background ...

i create the images using System.Drawing.Bitmap i set the pixels of the little dots to whatever colour then save it as png if i edit that then it shows as transparent i guess the background is black and transparent because it is 0,0,0,0 (ARGB) and the little dots are 255,x,x,x (ARGB) so i created a ...

well i tried a convert backgroundGrid.gif -monochrome backgroundGrid2.gif thinking i would get only black and white not perfect but worth a test however i got a pure black image (i guess the grey was less than 50%) and i tried that as the background convert -dispose previous -delay 200 -loop 0 w ...

the lines aren't but upon closer inspection http://i55.tinypic.com/1zco3lu.png so i did a convert backgroundGrid.gif -colorspace Gray backgroundGrid2.gif then convert -dispose previous -delay 200 -loop 0 w*.png w.anim.gif convert backgroundGrid2.gif w.anim.gif -loop 0 w.anim.gif but still got the ...

i read all of those :-) that is where i got the bit about putting the background in last and making the others transparent my images have 19 colours + transparent + black(for the background) + grey(for the lines) they are created using setpixel on a 1000x1000 canvas with no effects or aliasing that ...

i have successfully created an animated gif from these png images http://i53.tinypic.com/2eeipf8.png http://i52.tinypic.com/6qwqk0.png http://i51.tinypic.com/25ztonc.gif convert -dispose previous -delay 200 -loop 0 w*.png w.anim.gif i wanted to reduce the size of the final gif file so i created the ...