Caption positioning on a background problem - advice sought!

[markth]

Hi all

I have been battling for a couple of days with correct syntax, going around the houses. I have a background image that is 1024 x 768 px, and I want to drop a caption (of area 400 x 200) onto it, but at a position 150px from the left and 100px from the top. I can get the caption (with DropShadow!) onto the background image but I'll be a monkey's something if I can then position it correctly onto the background.

Here's where I am:

C:\imagemagick\convert.exe "background.jpg" ( -background none -fill white -kerning -2 -font "fonts\gotham.ttf" -geometry 44x44 -size 400x200 caption:"The Text I Want On The Image" ( +clone -shadow 60x2+1+1 ) +swap ) -layers merge "outputfile.jpg"

Any guidance on how to position the caption layers would be great.

[markth]

PS the caption is positioning itself top left at the moment.

[snibgo]

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convert -size 1024x768 xc:blue background.jpg

convert ^
  "background.jpg" ^
  ( -background none -fill white ^
    -kerning -2 -font "Arial" ^
    -size 400x200 ^
    caption:"The Text I Want On The Image" ^
    ( +clone -shadow 60x2+1+1 ) ^
    +swap ^
    -layers merge ^
    -repage +150+100 ^
  ) ^
  -layers merge ^
  "outputfile.jpg"

I have merged your caption and shadow then set a "-repage".

I've also removed "-geometry 44x44" as it didn't seem to be doing anything (but I could be wrong).

[markth]

That's brilliant - thank you very much for your help - it has put me back on the right course!