Annotate is repeating on every image.

[sirchuck]

Command Line Image:
I want 3 25x25 colored blocks, each block should contain a number.

convert -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '1' -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '2' -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '3' +append capimg.png

That will produce 3 white blocks 25x25, the first block will have 1 2 and 3 annotated on it, the second block will have 2 and 3 annotated on it, and the third block will have the expected 3 annotated on it.

The blocks are white (FFFFFF) for example, in reality, I'll use different colors, but for simplicity, I'm using FFFFFF here.

I need the first and second block to only print 1 and 2 respectively without having other numbers written on top.

Thanks!

[fmw42]

You need to use parenthesis processing to keep each part separate.

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convert \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '1' \) \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '2' \) \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 '3' \) \
+append capimg.png

In Windows remove the \ from the parenthesis and replace the \ at the end of the lines with ^

See https://imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/#parenthesis

Please always provide your IM version and platform when asking questions. This avoid repeating of commands for Windows and Unix

[GeeMack]

The blocks are white (FFFFFF) for example, in reality, I'll use different colors, but for simplicity, I'm using FFFFFF here.

I need the first and second block to only print 1 and 2 respectively without having other numbers written on top.

When using "-annotate" you can include FX expressions within the text, and let the command increment the numbers for you. Here's an example...

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convert -size 25x25 xc:white xc:yellow xc:pink \
   -gravity center -pointsize 12 -annotate +0 %[fx:t+1] -scene 1 out%d.png

A command like this will create three squares, 25x25, of three different colors. Then it prints a number in the center of each, starting at "1" and incrementing to the total number of squares. In this case you'll have a white square with a "1", a yellow square with "2", and a pink square with "3". The output files will be named "out1.png", "out2.png", and "out3.png".

For Windows, replace the continued line backslash "\" with a caret "^".

If you're using IM version 7, use "magick" instead of "convert".

[sirchuck]

Yup, that was it, thanks.

Interestingly I wasn't able to put it on one line in my php code running on Ubuntu Linux like:

ecec('convert \( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'1\' \) \( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'2\' \) \( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'3\' \) +append capimg.png');

I actually had to put it in several lines:
exec('convert \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'1\' \) \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'2\' \) \
\( -size 25x25 xc:#FFFFFF -gravity center -fill black -annotate +0 \'3\' \) \
+append capimg.png');

Taking out the end line slash didn't seem to make a difference. Though, it's possible I missed a slash.