Performance issue with annotate

[magick]

You can convert directly to PDF with this command:

• convert $FILENAME.tif -font helvetica -pointsize $POINTSIZE -gravity south -annotate 0 "$TIMESTAMP" $FILENAME.pdf

You can remove the memory load from your server but make the process slower by adding

• -limit memory 64 -limit map 64

to your command line. You may get a speed-up by separating your multi-page document into separate image files and annotate one at a time.