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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.

-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

fmw42 wrote: ↑2019-09-15T14:09:14-07:00 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

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

I simplified the syntax here

willemijns2 wrote: ↑2019-09-15T20:40:03-07:00 I simplified the syntax here

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

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