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Hi there! I would like to copy an image into a new, blank image, and overwrite the overlay by the way and can´t get it to work...

Step by step what the command should do:
- create a new image width size 200x200, xc:none
- compose a source image "c:\image.png" onto image at position 10x10
- save as "c:\image.png"

The trick should be not to create a new image in the filesystem, but to create a new blank one on the fly, copy the source image at given position, and save as the source file to overwrite it.
I would like to use this method to add padding to existing images.

This code does not work:
Thanks for any help!

"-compose" takes an operator, e.g., "-compose over"

Try something like:

glennrp wrote:"-compose" takes an operator, e.g., "-compose over"

That is also the default "setting", so is generally not needed. The operator that is needed is -composite. and '+x+y' should be +10+10 for the offset to actually work!

however in this case you can also use -flatten that can generate that canvas for you... or even use extent though it seems strange that you need to specify a negative position rather than an image position as such I probably would not rely on it remaining this way, as it seems nonsensical!