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Montage is a command-line tool used for creating composite images or image montages. It is a part of the ImageMagick software suite, which is widely used for manipulating and editing images.

With Montage, users can combine multiple images into a single image, arranging them in a grid or a mosaic-like pattern. It offers a variety of layout options, including rows, columns, or a combination of both.

The tool provides extensive control over the arrangement of images, allowing users to specify the size, spacing, and borders for each individual image. It also supports options for resizing and cropping images to fit within the montage.

Montage supports various image formats, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and more. It can handle high-resolution images and maintain image quality during the montage creation process.

Users can specify the background color or pattern for the montage, as well as adding labels or annotations to individual images. Moreover, Montage supports transparency, allowing users to overlay images with alpha channel transparency.

By using the command line, Montage can be easily automated and integrated into scripts or workflows. It offers a wide range of options and parameters to customize the montage creation process according to specific requirements.

With its versatility and flexibility, Montage is a powerful tool for creating photo collages, creating thumbnails of images, or generating visual summaries of large image collections.

Montage can be used on various operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, making it a widely accessible tool for image manipulation and montage creation.

Overall, Montage is a handy command-line tool that streamlines and simplifies the process of combining multiple images into a single montage, offering extensive control and customization options along the way.

List of commands for montage:

  • montage:tldr:030f6 montage: Limit the number of rows and columns in the grid, causing input images to overflow into multiple output montages.
    $ montage ${image1-png} ${image2-jpg} ${imageN-png} -geometry +0+0 -tile 2x3 montage_%d.jpg
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  • montage:tldr:05389 montage: Tile images into a grid, automatically calculating the grid cell size from the largest image.
    $ montage ${image1-png} ${image2-jpg} ${imageN-png} -geometry +0+0 montage.jpg
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  • montage:tldr:07a5a montage: Resize and crop images to fill their grid cells before tiling.
    $ montage ${image1-png} ${image2-jpg} ${imageN-png} -geometry +0+0 -resize 640x480^ -gravity center -crop 640x480+0+0 montage.jpg
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  • montage:tldr:25a99 montage: Set the grid cell size and resize images to fit it before tiling.
    $ montage ${image1-png} ${image2-jpg} ${imageN-png} -geometry 640x480+0+0 montage.jpg
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  • montage:tldr:7cc9d montage: Tile images into a grid, automatically resizing images larger than the grid cell size.
    $ montage ${image1-png} ${image2-jpg} ${imageN-png} montage.jpg
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