On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:00:38AM +0200, n952162 wrote: > On 2020-08-31 23:52, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 10:02:34PM +0200, n952162 wrote: > > > In all of the imagemagick display installations I have, when I use the > > > image edit draw function, it includes an opaque background, rather than > > > just the lines themselves. I've never had this with display(1) before, > > First you use draw, which is used in convert, and then you speak of display. > > Please see the attached menu capture for "Image Edit ..." > […] > If you left-click on the window, you get a menu that allows the full > range of editing capabilities.
Ah, I forgot about that (never used it), sorry. > > Drawing is done on a canvas. So unless you start with an existing image file > > as a basis, IM needs to pick a default background colour, which in your case > > seems to be black. > > Yes, the problem is, I AM using an existing image. Usually, with IM's > display(1), I could add lines and text to images but now, all of a > sudden, it uses a bounding box around the new strokes, choosing a single > random color from the background. Hm… When I select Edit → Annotate → Background, I can select transparent. Unfortunately, I’m currently not on Gentoo and couldn’t find out on the spot how to get the compile options for my Arch-based ImageMagick. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. “The mating dance is a courtship ritual. You do it to woo and win. I wooed. I won. I’m done.” – Earl Sinclair (Dinosaurs Ep. 2)
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