annotate parameter needs "magick convert" not only "magick" for some order

[willemijns2]

Hello,

always on the windows build 7-8-0-64...

magick -size 2480x3508 xc:white emptypage.png
...works

magick -size 2480x3508 -annotate +120+120 "Hello World" xc:white emptypage.png
...crashes ! i need to add "convert" word

magick convert -size 2480x3508 -annotate +120+120 "Hello World" xc:white emptypage.png
...to works well

OR

placing annotate action -after- the empty page creation like...
magick convert -size 2480x3508 xc:white -annotate +120+120 "Hello World" emptypage.png
...to be ok.

[fmw42]

-size 2480x3508 needs an image to work on. Annotate does not create one. It just adds to an existing one. Move you xc:white right after -size 2480x3508. IM 7 is more picky about syntax order than IM 6. Use Magick only, not magick convert, even if it works. That may invoke IM 6 behavior if you add convert after magick.

see https://imagemagick.org/script/porting.php#cli

[willemijns2]

Use Magick only, not magick convert, even if it works. That may invoke IM 6 behavior

Adding IM6 back compatibility on a IMWhatheverVersion is not so logical....

i wrote that only as a FYI information to indicate the error message

[fmw42]

Please fix your syntax and test again. The following should work fine. If it does not, then let us know.

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magick -size 2480x3508 xc:white -annotate +120+120 "Hello World"  emptypage.png

However, you have not specified a font or pointsize. Thus you may not see the text you wrote very well. But it should not crash.

[willemijns2]

I simplified the syntax here

[fmw42]

I simplified the syntax here

I do not understand what you simplified! Did my command work? If not then post your exact command.

[willemijns2]

I did not indicate font or pointsize on my script here but i had these values on my original script on my harddisk