Very Newbie - gap betw. documentation & what works
Posted: 2010-12-13T13:35:54-07:00
After successful download and install, I went to try it out on my Windows 7 system. At a place in the documentation (which I now cannot find), I encountered the following:
convert -size 320x90 xc:none -stroke snow4 -size 1x90 -tile gradient:white-snow4 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' +tile -fill snow \
-draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse-green \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 180, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse1-chartreuse3 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 140, 5, 180, 85 20,40' +tile -fill none
-draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -strokewidth 2 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' \( +clone -background snow4 -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap \
-background none -layers merge \( +size -font Helvetica -pointsize 90 -strokewidth 1 \
-fill red label:'50 %' -trim +repage \( +clone -background firebrick3 -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap \
-background none -layers merge \) -insert 0 -gravity center -append -background white \
-gravity center -extent 320x200 \
cylinder_shaded.png
Please note -the above is a reconstruction, since I edited it, but cannot now find the original. After pasting it into a command prompt, it was obvious that I needed to delete the '\' and either make one long line which Windows permits, or to use '^' for line continuation. After trying that it gave the message: 'Invalid parameter 320x90' I tried a variety of things such as quotes around the numbers only, quotes around the entire thing, etc., but none worked. I searched for other examples of 'size' within Windows -- no help. How may the above command be entered within Windows 7 and work?
Thank you.
convert -size 320x90 xc:none -stroke snow4 -size 1x90 -tile gradient:white-snow4 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' +tile -fill snow \
-draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse-green \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 180, 85 20,40' -tile gradient:chartreuse1-chartreuse3 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 140, 5, 180, 85 20,40' +tile -fill none
-draw 'roundrectangle 264, 5, 304, 85 20,40' -strokewidth 2 \
-draw 'roundrectangle 16, 5, 304, 85 20,40' \( +clone -background snow4 -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap \
-background none -layers merge \( +size -font Helvetica -pointsize 90 -strokewidth 1 \
-fill red label:'50 %' -trim +repage \( +clone -background firebrick3 -shadow 80x3+3+3 \) +swap \
-background none -layers merge \) -insert 0 -gravity center -append -background white \
-gravity center -extent 320x200 \
cylinder_shaded.png
Please note -the above is a reconstruction, since I edited it, but cannot now find the original. After pasting it into a command prompt, it was obvious that I needed to delete the '\' and either make one long line which Windows permits, or to use '^' for line continuation. After trying that it gave the message: 'Invalid parameter 320x90' I tried a variety of things such as quotes around the numbers only, quotes around the entire thing, etc., but none worked. I searched for other examples of 'size' within Windows -- no help. How may the above command be entered within Windows 7 and work?
Thank you.