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I'm using Imagemagick 7.0.8-14 on ubuntu 16.04

I would like to generate random noise:
but above specific colors, for instance noise over pastel colors, or reddish colors, instead of the usual RGB we get from the above command. Is there a way to do that? Apparently Random creates noise instead of adding it, so I tried with Uniform
but I got a fully red picture with no noise

I often ask two questions:

1. What effect do I want?

2. Where do I want it? Over all pixels, or just pixels of a certain colour, or what?

From your post, I'm unsure what your answers would be.

I don't know if you are trying to add noise to an image, or composite noise over an image. I show examples of each at Noise.

I am not sure what you want to do. Do you want the random noise over certain regions of your image (by color) or do you want to add only noise of a certain color.

If the former, then create a mask from your input image where you want the noise to appear. Then create a same sized noise image. Then use the mask to compose plus (or screen or overlay) the noise image over your original image.


Input:


Mask (created by +write in the code below)



convert barn.jpg \
\( -clone 0 +noise random \) \
\( -clone 0 -fuzz 7% -fill black +opaque "rgb(131,168,238)" -fill white +opaque black +write barn_mask.png \) \
-compose plus -composite barn_result.jpg



convert barn.jpg \
\( -clone 0 +noise random \) \
\( -clone 0 -fuzz 7% -fill black +opaque "rgb(131,168,238)" -fill white +opaque black +write barn_mask.png \) \
-compose screen -composite barn_result2.jpg



convert barn.jpg \
\( -clone 0 +noise random \) \
\( -clone 0 -fuzz 7% -fill black +opaque "rgb(131,168,238)" -fill white +opaque black +write barn_mask.png \) \
-compose overlay -composite barn_result3.jpg

Sorry for not being specific enough.

I'm just trying to generate backgrounds to be used later in other images, just like here: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/backgrounds/

The basis for most of these backgrounds is a random noise image, but because I can't control the colors of this noise I always end up with very brightly colored bacgkrounds such as this:



So what I would like to do is to generate the same kind of image as this last one, but with pastel colors only, or with gradients of blue only, green only, etc..

Why didn't you show the command you used?

You can process the output to make different results, for example:

I showed the command I used to generate noise in my first post. I thought that would be enough, especially if there was a way to modify the color of the noise.

So yes I could process the output, but it multiplies my run time by 2 or 3. If there was a way to modify the colors in a previous step I think I would prefer that.

Your commands do not produce the image you show. A random image would just be colored noise. How did you get it smoothed out. Please show the full command to produce the image you provided.


You can add attenuation to your command
or you can modulate your command to either reduce the saturation or shift the colors or both
but these commands still make only a random noise image and are not smoothed out as shown in your example.

The command you showed ...

BigNoub wrote:magick -size 100x100 xc: +noise Random random.png

... didn't make that image.

Most time in that command will be for writing the png file. Adding processing such as "-fill White -colorize 50" will hardly add any time.

You can try Anthony's code from https://imagemagick.org/Usage/backgrounds/

Each time you run it you will get different results unless you specify a -seed value before +noise.

Or try some of his other methods. But none as written allow you to specify only certain colors.

If you want to specify your own colors, then you need to draw lots of points at random locations with the colors you want to use. Then do your blurring and other processing.