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+  <h6 id="header">RMagick 0.0.0 User's Guide and Reference</h6>
+  <div class="nav">
+    &laquo;&nbsp;<a href="imageattrs.html">Prev</a> | <a href=
+    "index.html">Contents</a> | <a href=
+    "image2.html">Next</a>&nbsp;&raquo;
+  </div>
+  <h1>class Image <span class="superclass">&lt; Object</span>
+  (class methods and instance methods a-d)<br />
+  <span class="mixin">mixes in Comparable</span></h1>
+  <div id="toc">
+    <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
+    <h3>class methods</h3>
+    <div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="#capture">capture</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#combine">combine</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#constitute">constitute</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="#from_blob">from_blob</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#new">new</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#ping">ping</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="#read">read</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#read_inline">read_inline</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <h3>instance methods</h3>
+    <div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="#aref">[&nbsp;]</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#aset">[&nbsp;]=</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#spaceship">&lt;=&gt;</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#adaptive_blur">adaptive_blur</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#adaptive_blur_channel">adaptive_blur_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#adaptive_resize">adaptive_resize</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#adaptive_sharpen">adaptive_sharpen</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#adaptive_sharpen_channel">adaptive_sharpen_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#adaptive_threshold">adaptive_threshold</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#add_compose_mask">add_compose_mask</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#add_noise">add_noise</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#add_noise_channel">add_noise_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#add_profile">add_profile</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#affine_transform">affine_transform</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#alpha">alpha</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#alpha_q">alpha?</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#annotate">annotate</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#auto_gamma_channel">auto_gamma_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#auto_level_channel">auto_level_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#auto_orient">auto_orient</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#auto_orient_bang">auto_orient!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#bilevel_channel">bilevel_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#black_threshold">black_threshold</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#blend">blend</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#blue_shift">blue_shift</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#blur_channel">blur_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#blur_image">blur_image</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href="#border">border</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#border_bang">border!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#bounding_box">bounding_box</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#change_geometry">change_geometry</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#changed_q">changed?</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#channel">channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#channel_depth">channel_depth</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#channel_extrema">channel_extrema</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#channel_mean">channel_mean</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#charcoal">charcoal</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#check_destroyed">check_destroyed</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#chop">chop</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#clone">clone</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#clut_channel">clut_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#color_fill_to_border">color_fill_to_border</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#color_floodfill">color_floodfill</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#color_histogram">color_histogram</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#colorize">colorize</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#colormap">colormap</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#color_point">color_point</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#color_reset_bang">color_reset!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#compare_channel">compare_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#composite">composite</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#composite_bang">composite!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#composite_affine">composite_affine</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#composite_mathematics">composite_mathematics</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#composite_tiled">composite_tiled</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+      <div class="toccol">
+        <ul>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#composite_tiled_bang">composite_tiled!</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#compress_colormap_bang">compress_colormap!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#contrast">contrast</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#contrast_stretch_channel">contrast_stretch_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#convolve">convolve</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#convolve_channel">convolve_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#copy">copy</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#crop">crop</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#crop_bang">crop!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#crop_resized">crop_resized</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#cycle_colormap">cycle_colormap</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#decipher">decipher</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#delete_compose_mask">delete_compose_mask</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#delete_profile">delete_profile</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#deskew">deskew</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#despeckle">despeckle</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#destroy_bang">destroy!</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#destroyed_q">destroyed?</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#difference">difference</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#dispatch">dispatch</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#displace">displace</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#display">display</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#dissolve">dissolve</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#distort">distort</a></li>
+          <li><a href=
+          "#distortion_channel">distortion_channel</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#dup">dup</a></li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <h2 class="methods">class methods</h2>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="capture">capture</h3>
+    <p>Image.capture(<span class=
+    "arg">silent=</span><code>false</code>, <span class=
+    "arg">frame=</span><code>false</code>, <span class=
+    "arg">descend=</span><code>false</code>, <span class=
+    "arg">screen=</span><code>false</code>, <span class=
+    "arg">borders=</span><code>false</code>) [ <span class=
+    "arg">{&nbsp;optional arguments&nbsp;}</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Reads an image from an X window. Unless you identify a
+    window to capture via the <em>optional arguments</em> block,
+    when <code>capture</code> is invoked the cursor will turn into
+    a cross. Click the cursor on the window to be captured.</p>
+    <p>Within the optional arguments block, specify
+    <code>self.filename = "root"</code> to capture the entire
+    desktop. To programatically specify the window to be captured,
+    use <code>self.filename = window_id</code>, where window_id is
+    the id displayed by xwininfo(1).</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>silent</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, suppress the beeps that signal the
+      start and finish of the capture process. The bell rings once
+      to signal the start of the capture and twice to signal the
+      finish.</dd>
+      <dt>frame</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, include the window frame.</dd>
+      <dt>descend</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, <span class="imquote">obtain image
+      by descending window hierarchy.</span></dd>
+      <dt>screen</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, specifies that <span class=
+      "imquote">the GetImage request used to obtain the image
+      should be done on the root window, rather than directly on
+      the specified window. In this way, you can obtain pieces of
+      other windows that overlap the specified window, and more
+      importantly, you can capture menus or other popups that are
+      independent windows but appear over the specified
+      window.</span></dd>
+      <dt>borders</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, include the border in the
+      image.</dd>
+      <dt>optional arguments</dt>
+      <dd>You can specify any of these Image::Info attributes in
+      the <em>optional arguments</em> block: <a href=
+      "info.html#colorspace">colorspace</a>, <a href=
+      "info.html#depth">depth</a>, <a href=
+      "info.html#dither">dither</a>, <a href=
+      "info.html#interlace">interlace</a>, and <a href=
+      "info.html#type">type</a>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+img = Image.capture {
+ self.filename = "root"
+ }
+</pre>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="combine">combine</h3>
+    <p>Image.combine(<span class="arg">red_ch</span>=nil,
+    <span class="arg">green_ch</span>=nil, <span class=
+    "arg">blue_ch</span>=nil<span class="arg">,
+    opacity_ch</span>=nil) -&gt;<em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Combines the grayscale value of the pixels in each image to
+    form a new image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The red channel of the image specified in the first argument
+    is used as the red channel in the new image. The green channel
+    of the image specified in the second argument is used as the
+    green channel in the new image. The blue channel of the image
+    specified in the third argument is used as the blue channel in
+    the new image. The opacity channel of the image specified in
+    the fourth argument is used as the opacity channel in the new
+    image.</p>
+    <p>Any of the arguments may be nil. Trailing nil arguments may
+    be omitted. You must specify at least one image argument.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p>The same results can be obtained using the <a href=
+    "#composite">composite</a> method and the
+    CopyRed/Green/Blue/OpacityCompositeOp <a href=
+    "constants.html#CompositeOperator">CompositeOperator</a> enum
+    values.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CombineImages</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="constitute">constitute</h3>
+    <p>Image.constitute(<span class="arg">width</span>,
+    <span class="arg">height</span>, <span class="arg">map</span>,
+    <span class="arg">pixels</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Creates an image from an array of pixels. This method is the
+    reverse of <a href="#dispatch"><code>dispatch</code></a>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>width</dt>
+      <dd>The number of columns in the image</dd>
+      <dt>height</dt>
+      <dd>The number of rows in the image</dd>
+      <dt>map</dt>
+      <dd>A string describing <span class="imquote">the expected
+      ordering of the pixel array. It can be any combination or
+      order of R = red, G = green, B = blue, A = alpha, C = cyan, Y
+      = yellow, M = magenta, K = black, or I = intensity (for
+      grayscale).</span></dd>
+      <dt>pixels</dt>
+      <dd>The pixel data. The pixel data in the array must be
+      stored in scanline order, left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
+      The elements in the array must be either all
+      <code>Integers</code> or all <code>Floats</code>. If the
+      elements are <code>Integers</code>, the <code>Integers</code>
+      must be in the range [0..QuantumRange]. If the elements are
+      <code>Floats</code>, they must be in the range [0..1].</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An image constructed from the pixel data.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+image = Image.constitute(width, height, "RGB", pixels)
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "image2.html#import_pixels"><code>import_pixels</code></a>,
+    <a href=
+    "image3.html#store_pixels"><code>store_pixels</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ConstituteImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="from_blob">from_blob</h3>
+    <p>Image.from_blob(<span class="arg">string</span>) [
+    <span class="arg">{ optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Creates an array of images from a BLOB, that is, a
+    <em>B</em>inary <em>L</em>arge <em>OB</em>ject. In RMagick, a
+    BLOB is a string.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>A blob can be a string containing an image file such as a
+    JPEG or GIF. The string can contain a multi-image file such as
+    an animated GIF or a Photoshop image with multiple layers. A
+    blob can also be one of the strings produced by <a href=
+    "image3.html#to_blob">to_blob</a>. Control the format of the
+    created image(s) by setting additional <a href=
+    "info.html">Image::Info</a> attributes in the optional block
+    argument.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array of one or more images constructed from the
+    BLOB.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "image3.html#to_blob"><code>to_blob</code></a>.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BlobToImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="new">new</h3>
+    <p>Image.new(<span class="arg">columns</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">rows</span> [, <span class="arg">fill</span>]) [
+    <span class="arg">{ optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Creates a new instance with the specified
+    number of columns and rows. You can specify other arguments by
+    setting <a href="info.html">Image::Info</a> attributes in the
+    optional block. If the optional <span class="arg">fill</span>
+    argument is not specified, the image is set to the background
+    color.
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>columns</dt>
+      <dd>The number of columns</dd>
+      <dt>rows</dt>
+      <dd>The number of rows</dd>
+      <dt>fill</dt>
+      <dd>A <a href="struct.html#fill"><code>Fill</code></a>
+      object</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+img = Image.new(256, 64) {
+ self.background_color = 'red'
+ }
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "ilist.html#new_image"><code>ImageList.new_image</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AllocateImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="ping">ping</h3>
+    <p>Image.ping(<span class="arg">filename</span>) [ <span class=
+    "arg">{ optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>array</em><br />
+    Image.ping(<span class="arg">file</span>) [ <span class="arg">{
+    optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt; <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Creates one or more images from the image file, omitting the
+    pixel data. Only the attributes are stored in the images. This
+    method is faster than <code><a href="#read">read</a></code> and
+    uses less memory.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>An image file name or open file object. You can specify
+    other arguments by setting <a href="info.html">Image::Info</a>
+    attributes in the optional block.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array containing 0 or more images.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+cheetah = Image.ping("Cheetah.jpg") &raquo;
+ [Cheetah.jpg JPEG 1024x768 DirectClass 8-bit 101684b]
+p cheetah[0].rows &raquo; 768
+p cheetah[0].columns &raquo; 1024
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#read"><code>read</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>PingImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="read">read</h3>
+    <p>Image.read(<span class="arg">filename</span>) [ <span class=
+    "arg">{ optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>array</em><br />
+    Image.read(<span class="arg">file</span>) [ <span class="arg">{
+    optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt; <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Reads all the images from the specified file.</p>
+    <p><span style="font-style:italic">Note:</span> Because an
+    image file can contain multiple images or multiple image
+    layers, <code>read</code> always returns an array containing 0
+    or more elements, one element for each image or image layer in
+    the file.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>An image file name or open file object. You can specify
+    other arguments by setting <a href="info.html">Image::Info</a>
+    attributes in the optional block.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array containing 0 or more Image objects. If the file is
+    a multi-image file such as an animated GIF or a Photoshop PSD
+    file with multiple layers, the array contains an Image object
+    for each image or layer in the file.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+animated = Image.read("animated.gif") &raquo;
+[animated.gif GIF 127x120+0+0 PseudoClass 256c 8-bit 54395b
+animated.gif[1] GIF 127x120+0+0 PseudoClass 256c 8-bit 54395b,
+animated.gif[2] GIF 127x120+0+0 PseudoClass 256c 8-bit 54395b]
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#ping"><code>ping</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>The read method does not accept a StringIO object. If you
+    want to create an image from a string buffer, use <a href=
+    "image1.html#from_blob">from_blob</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ReadImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="read_inline">read_inline</h3>
+    <p>Image.read_inline(<span class="arg">content</span>) [
+    <span class="arg">{ optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt;
+    <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Converts a Base64-encoded image or multi-image sequence to
+    an array of Image objects.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>A Base64-encoded string. Generally no optional arguments are
+    required. If the image format cannot be deduced from the image
+    data, you can use the <a href="info.html#format">format</a>
+    attribute. If you want to extract a subset of an image
+    sequence, see <a href="imusage.html#frames">here</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array containing 0 or more Image objects. If the content
+    is a multi-image sequence such as an animated GIF or a
+    Photoshop PSD file with multiple layers, the array contains an
+    Image object for each image or layer in the file.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+content = "R0lGODlhnAEuAferAAAAAAcIBggJBgw..."
+img = Image.read_inline(content)
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#read"><code>read</code></a></p>
+  </div>
+  <h2 class="methods">instance methods</h2>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="aref">[&nbsp;]</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>[<span class="arg">key</span>]
+    -&gt; <em>string</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns the value of the image property identified by
+    <span class="arg">key</span>. An image may have any number of
+    properties. Each property is identified by a string (or symbol)
+    key. The property value is a string. ImageMagick predefines
+    some properties, including <code>Label</code>,
+    <code>Comment</code>, <code>Signature</code>, and in some cases
+    <code>EXIF</code>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>The key may be a <code>String</code> or a
+    <code>Symbol</code>.
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The value of the property.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+ mom['Label'] = 'My Mother'
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#aset"><code>[ ]=</code></a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#properties"><code>properties</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageAttribute</p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>ImageMagick calls properties "attributes." I use the word
+    "properties" to reduce the confusion with image object
+    attributes such as <code>rows</code> and
+    <code>columns</code>.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="aset">[&nbsp;]=</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>[<span class="arg">key</span>] =
+    <span class="arg">string</span> -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Sets the value of an image property. An image may have any
+    number of properties.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>The <span class="arg">key</span> may be a
+    string or a symbol. The value can be any string.
+    <h4>Returns</h4><code>self</code>
+    <h4>Example</h4>See <a href=
+    "javascript:popup('demo.rb.html')">demo.rb</a> for an example
+    of the use of the Label property.
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#aref">[<code>&nbsp;]</code></a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#properties"><code>properties</code></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>SetImageAttribute</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="spaceship">&lt;=&gt;</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span> &lt;=&gt; <span class=
+    "arg">other_image</span> -&gt; -1, 0, 1</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Compares two images and returns -1, 0, or 1 if <span class=
+    "arg">img</span> is less than, equal to, or greater than
+    <span class="arg">other_image</span> as determined by comparing
+    the signatures of the images. If one of the arguments is not an
+    image, this method raises a TypeError exception (in Ruby 1.6)
+    or returns <code>nil</code> (in Ruby 1.8)</p>
+    <p>In addition to &lt;=&gt;, <code>Image</code> mixes in the
+    <code>Comparable</code> module, which defines the &lt;, &lt;=,
+    == &gt;=, &gt;, and <code>between?</code> methods.</p>
+    <p>The <code>difference</code> method compares images (for
+    equality only) but also returns information about the amount
+    two images differ, which may be more useful.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The value of <span class=
+    "arg">img</span>.<code>signature</code> &lt;=&gt; <span class=
+    "arg">other_image</span>.<code>signature</code>.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#signature">signature</a>, <a href=
+    "#difference">difference</a>, <a href=
+    "#compare_channel">compare_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>SignatureImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_blur">adaptive_blur</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_blur(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p><span class="imquote">Adaptively blurs the image by blurring
+    more intensely near image edges and less intensely far from
+    edges.</span> The adaptive_blur method blurs <span class=
+    "imquote">the image with a Gaussian operator of the
+    given</span> <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class=
+    "imquote">and standard deviation</span> (<span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>). <span class="imquote">For reasonable
+    results,</span> <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class=
+    "imquote">should be larger than</span> <span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>. <span class="imquote">Use a</span>
+    <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class="imquote">of 0 and
+    adaptive_blur selects a suitable</span> <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> <span class="imquote">for you.</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>radius</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The radius of the Gaussian in
+      pixels, not counting the center pixel.</span> The default is
+      0.0.</dd>
+      <dt>sigma</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The standard deviation of the
+      Laplacian, in pixels.</span> The default is 1.0.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "#adaptive_blur_channel">adaptive_blur_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveBlurImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_blur_channel">adaptive_blur_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_blur(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0
+    [,<span class="arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>The same as <code>adaptive_blur</code> except only the
+    specified channels are blurred.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>radius</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The radius of the Gaussian in
+      pixels, not counting the center pixel.</span> The default is
+      0.0.</dd>
+      <dt>sigma</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The standard deviation of the
+      Laplacian, in pixels.</span> The default is 1.0.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, blurs all the channels. Specifying no
+      channel arguments has the same effect as the
+      <code>adaptive_blur</code> method, above.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#adaptive_blur">adaptive_blur</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveBlurImageChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_resize">adaptive_resize</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_resize(<span class=
+    "arg">new_width</span>, <span class="arg">new_height</span>)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_resize(<span class=
+    "arg">scale_factor</span>) -&gt; <span class=
+    "arg">image</span></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Resizes the image with data dependent triangulation.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>You can specify the new size in two ways. Either specify the
+    new width and height explicitly, or specify a <em>scale
+    factor</em>, a number that represents the percentage
+    change.</p>
+    <p>Use the <a href="#change_geometry">change_geometry</a>
+    method to compute new dimensions for an image with constraints
+    such as "maintain the current proportions."</p>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>new_width, new_height</dt>
+      <dd>The desired width and height.</dd>
+      <dt>scale_factor</dt>
+      <dd>You can use this argument instead of specifying the
+      desired width and height. The percentage size change. For
+      example, 1.25 makes the new image 125% of the size of the
+      receiver. The scale factor 0.5 makes the new image 50% of the
+      size of the receiver.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#resize">resize</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveResizeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_sharpen">adaptive_sharpen</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_sharpen(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p><span class="imquote">Adaptively sharpens the image by
+    sharpening more intensely near image edges and less intensely
+    far from edges.</span> The adaptive_sharpen method sharpens
+    <span class="imquote">the image with a Gaussian operator of the
+    given</span> <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class=
+    "imquote">and standard deviation</span> (<span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>). <span class="imquote">For reasonable
+    results,</span> <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class=
+    "imquote">should be larger than</span> <span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>. <span class="imquote">Use a</span>
+    <span class="arg">radius</span> <span class="imquote">of 0 and
+    adaptive_sharpen selects a suitable</span> <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> <span class="imquote">for you.</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>radius</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The radius of the Gaussian in
+      pixels, not counting the center pixel.</span> The default is
+      0.0.</dd>
+      <dt>sigma</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The standard deviation of the
+      Laplacian, in pixels.</span> The default is 1.0.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "#adaptive_sharpen_channel">adaptive_sharpen_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveSharpenImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_sharpen_channel">adaptive_sharpen_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_sharpen(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0
+    [,<span class="arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>The same as <code>adaptive_sharpen</code> except only the
+    specified channels are sharpened.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>radius</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The radius of the Gaussian in
+      pixels, not counting the center pixel.</span> The default is
+      0.0.</dd>
+      <dt>sigma</dt>
+      <dd><span class="imquote">The standard deviation of the
+      Laplacian, in pixels.</span> The default is 1.0.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, sharpens all the channels. Specifying
+      no channel arguments has the same effect as the
+      <code>adaptive_sharpen</code> method, above.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#adaptive_sharpen">adaptive_sharpen</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveSharpenImageChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="adaptive_threshold">adaptive_threshold</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.adaptive_threshold(<span class=
+    "arg">width</span>=3, <span class="arg">height</span>=3,
+    <span class="arg">offset</span>=0) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Selects an individual threshold for each
+    pixel based on the range of intensity values in its local
+    neighborhood. This allows for thresholding of an image whose
+    global intensity histogram doesn't contain distinctive
+    peaks.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>width, height</dt>
+      <dd>define the width and height of the local
+      neighborhood</dd>
+      <dt>offset</dt>
+      <dd>constant to subtract from pixel neighborhood mean</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('adaptive_threshold.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/adaptive_threshold.jpg" onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/adaptive_threshold.jpg'" alt=
+    "adaptive_threshold example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#bilevel_channel">bilevel_channel</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#random_threshold_channel">random_threshold_channel</a>,
+    <a href="image3.html#threshold">threshold</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AdaptiveThresholdImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="add_compose_mask">add_compose_mask</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.add_compose_mask(<span class=
+    "arg">mask</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Associates a mask with an image that will be used as the
+    destination image in a <a href="#composite">composite</a>
+    operation. The areas of the destination image that are masked
+    by white pixels will be modified by the <a href=
+    "#composite">composite</a> method, while areas masked by black
+    pixels are unchanged.</p>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/#mask">Using a
+    Compose Mask to Limit the Composed Area</a> in Anthony
+    Thyssen's <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples
+    of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The mask image must have the same dimensions as the
+    destination image.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <div>
+      <table summary="compose_mask example">
+        <tr>
+          <td><a href=
+          "javascript:add_popup('compose_mask.rb.html')"><img src=
+          "ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg" width="100" height="125" alt=
+          "Source image for add_compose_mask example" title=
+          "Click to see the example script" /></a></td>
+          <td><a href=
+          "javascript:add_popup('compose_mask.rb.html')"><img src=
+          "ex/compose_mask_source.gif" width="100" height="125"
+          alt="Background image for add_compose_mask example"
+          title="Click to see the example script" /></a></td>
+          <td><a href=
+          "javascript:add_popup('compose_mask.rb.html')"><img src=
+          "ex/compose_mask.gif" width="100" height="125" alt=
+          "Mask image for compose_mask example" title=
+          "Click to see the example script" /></a></td>
+          <td><a href=
+          "javascript:add_popup('compose_mask.rb.html')"><img src=
+          "ex/compose_mask_example.jpg" width="93" height="125"
+          alt="Result image for compose_mask example" title=
+          "Click to see the example script" /></a></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td align="center">Background</td>
+          <td align="center">Source</td>
+          <td align="center">Mask</td>
+          <td align="center">Result</td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+    </div>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite">composite</a>, <a href=
+    "#delete_compose_mask">delete_compose_mask</a></p>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>
+    <p>This method uses a <em>copy</em> of the argument as the
+    mask. If you change the mask image you must call this method
+    again to update the mask.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>SetImageMask</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="add_noise">add_noise</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.add_noise(<span class=
+    "arg">noise_type</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Adds random noise to the image. The amount of time
+    <code>add_noise</code> requires depends on the NoiseType
+    argument.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>A <a href="constants.html#NoiseType">NoiseType</a>
+    value.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <div class="noise_example_wrapper">
+      <a href="javascript:popup('add_noise.rb.html')"><img src=
+      "ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg" alt="add_noise example" id=
+      "add_noise_example" title=
+      "Click to see the example script" /></a>
+      <p>Click the NoiseType to see the effect.</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="javascript:show_noise(null)">No noise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('UniformNoise');">UniformNoise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('GaussianNoise');">GaussianNoise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('MultiplicativeGaussianNoise');">MultiplicativeGaussianNoise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('ImpulseNoise');">ImpulseNoise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('LaplacianNoise');">LaplacianNoise</a></li>
+        <li><a href=
+        "javascript:show_noise('PoissonNoise');">PoissonNoise</a></li>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+    <div style="clear: both;"></div>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>
+    <p>The RandomNoise type was added in ImageMagick 6.3.5.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AddNoiseImage</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#add_noise_channel">add_noise_channel</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="add_profile">add_profile</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.add_profile(<span class=
+    "arg">filename</span>) -&gt; <span class="arg">self</span></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Adds an ICC (a.k.a. ICM), IPTC, or generic profile. If the
+    file contains more than one profile all the profiles are
+    added.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The filename of a file containing the profile.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+    img.add_profile('my_cmyk.icm')
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p>The <a href="imageattrs.html#iptc_profile">iptc_profile</a>
+    and <a href="imageattrs.html#color_profile">color_profile</a>
+    attributes provide very similar functionality, except that
+    these attributes accept the profile data in the form of a
+    string. The <a href="image3.html#profile_bang">profile!</a>
+    method can also be used to add a profile. The type of profile
+    must be specified and the profile data must be in the form of a
+    string. Also see <a href="#delete_profile">delete_profile</a>
+    and <a href="image2.html#each_profile">each_profile</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ProfileImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="add_noise_channel">add_noise_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.add_noise_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">noise_type</span> [,<span class="arg">channel</span>...])
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Adds random noise to the specified channel or channels in
+    the image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>noise_type</dt>
+      <dd>A <a href="constants.html#NoiseType">NoiseType</a>
+      value.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, adds noise to all the channels.
+      Specifying no channel arguments has the same effect as the
+      <code>add_noise</code> method, above.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AddNoiseImageChannel</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#add_noise">add_noise</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="affine_transform">affine_transform</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.affine_transform(<span class=
+    "arg">matrix</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Transforms the image as specified by the affine matrix.</p>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/coords.html#EstablishingANewUserSpace">
+    <b>Coordinate system transformations</b></a> in the
+    <cite>Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Specification</cite>
+    for more information about transformation matrices.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>An <a href=
+    "struct.html#AffineMatrix"><code>AffineMatrix</code></a>
+    object.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>The affine matrix in this example skews the receiver by
+    &pi;/6 radians along both axes.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('affine_transform.rb.html')"><img onmouseover="this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'"
+    onmouseout="this.src='ex/affine_transform.jpg'" src=
+    "ex/affine_transform.jpg" alt="affine_transform example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" style="left: 235px;"
+    title="Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#rotate">rotate</a>, <a href=
+    "#shear">shear</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>AffineTransformImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="alpha">alpha</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.alpha(<span class=
+    "arg">type</span>) -&gt; <em>type</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Set a flag to indicate whether or not to use alpha channel
+    data.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>One of the following values of the AlphaChannelType
+    enumeration:</p>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>ActivateAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Enable the images use of transparency. If
+      transparency data did not exist, allocate the data and set to
+      opaque. If the image previously had transparency data, the
+      data is again enable as it was when turned off. The
+      transparency data is not changed or modified in any way.</dd>
+      <dt>BackgroundAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd>Set fully transparent pixels to the background color.
+      (Available in IM 6.5.2-5.)</dd>
+      <dt>CopyAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Turns on the alpha/matte channel, then
+      copies the gray-scale intensity of the image, as an alpha
+      mask, into the alpha channel, converting a gray-scale mask
+      into a transparent shaped image ready to be colored
+      appropriately. The color channels are not modified.</dd>
+      <dt>DeactivateAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Disables the image's transparency
+      channel. Does not delete or change the existing data, just
+      turns of the use of that data. This is the same as assigning
+      false to the old matte= attribute.</dd>
+      <dt>ExtractAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd>Creates a grayscale mask of the image's shape by copying
+      the alpha channel values into all the color channels, and
+      then turning off the image's transparency. The inverse of
+      CopyAlphaChannel</dd>
+      <dt>OpaqueAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Turns on the alpha/matte channel and
+      forces it to be fully opaque.</dd>
+      <dt>ResetAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd>(Deprecated as of IM 6.4.3-7.) Set the alpha channel to
+      fully opaque.</dd>
+      <dt>SetAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Turns on the alpha/matte channel and if
+      it was previously turned off resets the channel to opaque. If
+      the image already had the alpha channel turned on, it will
+      have no effect.</dd>
+      <dt>ShapeAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">As CopyAlphaChannel but also colors the
+      resulting shape mask with the current background color.</dd>
+      <dt>TransparentAlphaChannel</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">Turns on the alpha/matte channel and
+      forces it to be fully transparent. This effectivally creates
+      a transparent image the same size as the original, with all
+      its meta-data still attached.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The argument.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#alpha_q">alpha?</a></p>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>
+    <p>Available in ImageMagick 6.3.5 and later.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>SetImageAlphaChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="alpha_q">alpha?</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.alpha? -&gt; <code>true</code>
+    or <code>false</code></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns <code>true</code> if the alpha channel will be used,
+    <code>false</code> otherwise.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#alpha">alpha</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageAlphaChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="annotate">annotate</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img.</span>annotate(<span class=
+    "arg">draw, width, height, x, y, text</span>) <span class=
+    "arg">[&nbsp;{ additional parameters }&nbsp;]</span> -&gt;
+    <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>This is the same method as the <code>annotate</code> method
+    in the Draw class, except that the first argument is a Draw
+    object. Refer to the documentation for <a href=
+    "draw.html#annotate">Draw#annotate</a> for more information.
+    Some users feel like <code>annotate</code> is better placed in
+    Image than in Draw. Okay, here it is!</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="auto_gamma_channel">auto_gamma_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class=
+    "arg">img</span>.auto_gamma_channel([<span class="arg">channel</span>...])
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>"Automagically" adjust the gamma level of an image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, automagically adjusts the gamma level
+      of all the channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="auto_level_channel">auto_level_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class=
+    "arg">img</span>.auto_level_channel([<span class="arg">channel</span>...])
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>"Automagically" adjust the color levels of an image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, automagically adjusts the color level
+      of all the channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="auto_orient">auto_orient</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.auto_orient -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Rotates or flips the image based on the image's EXIF
+    orientation tag. Note that only some models of modern digital
+    cameras can tag an image with the orientation. If the image
+    does not have an orientation tag, or the image is already
+    properly oriented, then <code>auto_orient</code> returns an
+    exact copy of the image.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#auto_orient_bang">auto_orient!</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>FlipImage, FlopImage, RotateImage, TransposeImage,
+    TransverseImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="auto_orient_bang">auto_orient!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.auto_orient! -&gt;
+    <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Rotates or flips the image based on the image's EXIF
+    orientation tag. Note that only some models of modern digital
+    cameras can tag an image with the orientation. If the image
+    does not have an orientation tag, or the image is already
+    properly oriented, then <code>auto_orient!</code> returns
+    <code>nil</code>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self. or <code>nil</code> if the image is already properly
+    oriented</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#auto_orient">auto_orient</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="bilevel_channel">bilevel_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.bilevel_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">threshold</span> [,<span class="arg">channel...</span>])
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Changes the value of individual pixels based
+    on the intensity of each pixel channel. The result is a
+    high-contrast image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>threshold</dt>
+      <dd>The threshold value, a number between 0 and
+      QuantumRange.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified, all the channels are
+      thresholded.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p><code>bilevel_channel(2*QuantumRange/3,
+    RedChannel)</code></p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('bilevel_channel.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/bilevel_channel.jpg'" src=
+    "ex/bilevel_channel.jpg" alt="bilevel_channel example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#adaptive_threshold">adaptive_threshold</a>,
+    <a href=
+    "image3.html#random_threshold_channel">random_threshold_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BilevelImageChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="black_threshold">black_threshold</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.black_threshold(<span class=
+    "arg">red_channel</span> [, <span class=
+    "arg">green_channel</span> [, <span class=
+    "arg">blue_channel</span> [, <span class=
+    "arg">opacity_channel</span>]]]) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div><!-- this example is larger than normal -->
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Forces all pixels below the threshold into
+    black while leaving all pixels above the threshold
+    unchanged.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>Each channel argument is a number between 0 and
+    QuantumRange. All arguments except the first may be omitted. If
+    the <span class="arg">green_channel</span> or <span class=
+    "arg">blue_channel</span> argument is omitted, the default
+    value is the <span class="arg">red_channel</span> value. If the
+    <span class="arg">opacity_channel</span> argument is omitted,
+    the default value is <a href=
+    "constants.html#Opacity">OpaqueOpacity</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#white_threshold">white_threshold</a>,
+    <a href="#bilevel_channel">bilevel_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BlackThresholdImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="blend">blend</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.blend(<span class=
+    "arg">overlay</span>, <span class="arg">src_percentage</span>,
+    <span class="arg">dst_percentage</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_offset</span>=0, <span class="arg">y_offset</span>=0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.blend(<span class=
+    "arg">overlay</span>, <span class="arg">src_percentage</span>,
+    <span class="arg">dst_percentage</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x_offset</span>=0,
+    <span class="arg">y_offset</span>=0) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Adds the <span class="arg">overlay</span> image to the
+    target image according to <span class="arg">src_percent</span>
+    and <span class="arg">dst_percent</span>.</p>
+    <p>This method corresponds to the -blend option of
+    ImageMagick's <code>composite</code> command.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>overlay</dt>
+      <dd>The source image for the composite operation. Either an
+      imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses the current
+      image.</dd>
+      <dt>src_percentage</dt>
+      <dd>Either a non-negative number a string in the form "NN%".
+      If <span class="arg">src_percentage</span> is a number it is
+      interpreted as a percentage. Both 0.25 and "25%" mean 25%.
+      This argument is required.</dd>
+      <dt>dst_percentage</dt>
+      <dd>Either a non-negative number a string in the form "NN%".
+      If <span class="arg">src_percentage</span> is a number it is
+      interpreted as a percentage. Both 0.25 and "25%" mean 25%.
+      This argument may omitted if no other arguments follow it. In
+      this case the default is 100%-<span class=
+      "arg">src_percentage</span>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <p>The <code>blend</code> method can be called with or without
+    a <span class="arg">gravity</span> argument. The <span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x_offset</span>, and
+    <span class="arg">y_offset</span> arguments are described in
+    the documentation for <a href=
+    "image3.html#watermark">watermark</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/compose/#blend">
+    "Blend Two Images Together"</a> in Anthony Thyssen's
+    <cite><a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/">Examples
+    of ImageMagick Usage</a></cite>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#dissolve">dissolve</a>, <a href=
+    "#composite">composite</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="blue_shift">blue_shift</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.blue_shift(<span class=
+    "arg">factor</span>=1.5) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Simulate a scene at nighttime in the
+    moonlight.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>factor</dt>
+      <dd>Larger values increase the effect. The default is
+      1.5.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>
+    <p>Available in ImageMagick 6.5.4-3 and later.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BlueShiftImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="blur_channel">blur_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.blur_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">radius=0.0</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">sigma=1.0</span><span class="arg">[, channel...]]</span>)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Blurs the specified channel. <span class="imquote">We
+    convolve the image with a Gaussian operator of the given radius
+    and standard deviation (sigma) . The <code>blur_channel</code>
+    method differs from <a href=
+    "image2.html#gaussian_blur_channel">gaussian_blur_channel</a>
+    in that it uses a separable kernel which is faster but
+    mathematically equivalent to the non-separable
+    kernel.</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">For reasonable results, the <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> should be larger than <span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>. Use a radius of 0 and
+    <code>blur_channel</code> selects a suitable radius for
+    you.</p>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>One or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. If none
+      are specified, the red, green, and blue channels are blurred.
+      This is the equivalent of <a href=
+      "#blur_image">blur_image</a>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#blur_image">blur_image</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#gaussian_blur_channel">gaussian_blur_channel</a>,
+    <a href="image2.html#motion_blur">motion_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#radial_blur">radial_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#selective_blur_channel">selective_blur_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BlurImageChannel</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="blur_image">blur_image</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.blur_image(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Blurs the image. <span class="imquote">We convolve the image
+    with a Gaussian operator of the given radius and standard
+    deviation (sigma).</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">For reasonable results, the <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> should be larger than <span class=
+    "arg">sigma</span>. Use a <span class="arg">radius</span> of 0
+    and <code>blur_image</code> selects a suitable <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> for you.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('blur_image.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/blur_image.jpg'" src="ex/blur_image.jpg" alt=
+    "blur_image example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#blur_channel">blur_channel</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#gaussian_blur">gaussian_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#motion_blur">motion_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#radial_blur">radial_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#selective_blur_channel">selective_blur_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BlurImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="border">border</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.border(<span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>,
+    <span class="arg">color</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Add a border around the image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>width</dt>
+      <dd>Border width in pixels</dd>
+      <dt>height</dt>
+      <dd>Border height in pixels</dd>
+      <dt>color</dt>
+      <dd>Border color. Use a <a href=
+      "imusage.html#color_names">named color</a> or a <a href=
+      "struct.html#Pixel">pixel</a> object.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('border.rb.html')"><img style=
+    "padding: 10px; display: none;" id="borderless" onmouseout=
+    "this.style.display='none'; bordered.style.display='';" src=
+    "ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg" alt="border example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /> <img id="bordered"
+    onmouseover=
+    "this.style.display='none'; borderless.style.display='';" src=
+    "ex/border.jpg" alt="border example" /></a><img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" style="left: 224px;"
+    title="Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#border_bang">border!</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#frame">frame</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>BorderImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="border_bang">border!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.border!(<span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>,
+    <span class="arg">color</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>In-place form of <a href="#border">border</a></p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="bounding_box">bounding_box</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.bounding_box -&gt;
+    <em>rectangle</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>The image's <em>bounding box</em>. The bounding box is the
+    rectangle that encloses all the pixels not in the border color.
+    Uses the current <a href="imageattrs.html#fuzz">fuzz</a>
+    value.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>A <a href="struct.html#Rectangle">Rectangle</a>
+    object.
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>In this example, the bounding box is the gray square
+    enclosing the blue circle. (The coordinates and red circles
+    were added after the bounding box was computed.)</p>
+    <p><a href="javascript:popup('bounding_box.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/bounding_box.gif" alt="ex/bounding_box.rb" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="change_geometry">change_geometry</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.change_geometry(<span class=
+    "arg">string</span>) {|cols,rows,image| <span class=
+    "arg">block</span>} -&gt; <em>??? (see Returns)</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img.change_geometry</span>(<span class=
+    "arg">geometry</span>) {|cols,rows,image| <span class=
+    "arg">block</span>} -&gt; <em>??? (see Returns)</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>The <code>change_geometry</code> method supports resizing a
+    method by specifying constraints. For example, you can specify
+    that the image should be resized such that the aspect ratio
+    should be retained but the resulting image should be no larger
+    than 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall.</p>
+    <p>The argument may be either a <a href=
+    "imusage.html#geometry">geometry string</a> or a <a href=
+    "struct.html#Geometry">Geometry</a> object.
+    <code>Change_geometry</code> yields to the block, passing new
+    width and height values based on the argument with respect to
+    <code>self</code>. The return value is the return value of the
+    block.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>An <a href="imusage.html#geometry">geometry
+    string</a> or a <code>Geometry</code> object
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The value returned by the block</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+mona = Image.read('MonaLisa.jpg').first
+mona.change_geometry!('320x240') { |cols, rows, img|
+ img.resize!(cols, rows)
+ }
+</pre>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ParseSizeString</p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p><code>change_geometry!</code> is an alias for
+    <code>change_geometry</code>.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="changed_q">changed?</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.changed? -&gt;
+    <code>true</code> or <code>false</code></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Returns <code>true</code> if any pixel has
+    been altered since the image was constituted.
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>IsTaintImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="channel">channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.channel(<span class=
+    "arg">channel</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Extracts a channel from the image. <span class="imquote">A
+    channel is a particular color component of each pixel in the
+    [image].</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>A <a href="constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a>
+    value.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An image in which the RGB values of all the pixels have been
+    set to a gray corresponding to the specified channel value. For
+    example, given a pixel in the original image with the value
+    R=255, G=128, B=0 and the RedChannel argument, the equivalent
+    pixel in the result image will have the value R=255, G=255, and
+    B=255. For the BlueChannel argument, the pixel would have the
+    value R=0, G=0, B=0.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>The channel image preserves the tone of the selected RGB
+    component.</p>
+    <p><a href="javascript:popup('channel.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/channel.jpg" alt="channel example" /></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ChannelImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="channel_depth">channel_depth</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.channel_depth([<span class=
+    "arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt; <em>number</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns the maximum depth for the specified channel or
+    channels.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Zero or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. If no
+      arguments are specified, the default is all channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The maximum depth</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "image3.html#set_channel_depth">set_channel_depth</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageChannelDepth</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="channel_extrema">channel_extrema</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.channel_extrema([<span class=
+    "arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt; <em>[number, number]</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns the minimum and maximum intensity values for the
+    specified channel or channels.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Zero or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. If no
+      arguments are specified, the default is all channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array. The first element in the array is the minimum
+    value. The second element is the maximum value.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageChannelExtrema</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="channel_mean">channel_mean</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.channel_mean([<span class=
+    "arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt; <em>[number, number]</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns the mean and standard deviation values for the
+    specified channel or channels.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Zero or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. If no
+      arguments are specified, the default is all channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array. The first element in the array is the mean value.
+    The second element is the standard deviation.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageChannelMean</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="charcoal">charcoal</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.charcoal(<span class=
+    "arg">radius</span>=0.0, <span class="arg">sigma</span>=1.0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Adds a "charcoal" effect to the image. You can alter the
+    intensity of the effect by changing the <span class=
+    "arg">radius</span> and <span class="arg">sigma</span>
+    arguments.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>radius</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">The radius of the pixel
+      neighborhood.</dd>
+      <dt>sigma</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">The standard deviation of the Gaussian,
+      in pixels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('charcoal.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/charcoal.jpg'" src="ex/charcoal.jpg" alt=
+    "charcoal example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CharcoalImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="check_destroyed">check_destroyed</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.check_destroyed -&gt;
+    <code>nil</code></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Raises DestroyedImageError if the image has been destroyed.
+    Returns nil otherwise.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#destroy_bang">destroy!</a>, <a href=
+    "#destroyed_q">destroyed?</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="chop">chop</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.chop(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Removes the specified rectangle and collapses the rest of
+    the image to fill the removed portion.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>x</dt>
+      <dd>The x offset of the rectangle from the upper-left corner
+      of the image.</dd>
+      <dt>y</dt>
+      <dd>The y offset of the rectangle from the upper-left corner
+      of the image.</dd>
+      <dt>width</dt>
+      <dd>The width of the rectangle.</dd>
+      <dt>height</dt>
+      <dd>The height of the rectangle.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>The chop rectangle is highlighted in the "before" image. The
+    result may seem counter-intuitive!</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('chop.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/chop_before.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/chop_after.jpg'" src="ex/chop_after.jpg" alt=
+    "chop example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#crop">crop</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ChopImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="clone">clone</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.clone -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Same as <a href="#dup">dup</a> except the frozen state of
+    the original is propagated to the new copy.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#dup">dup</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="clut_channel">clut_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.clut(<span class=
+    "arg">clut_image</span> [, <span class=
+    "arg">channel...</span>]) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Replace the channel values in the target image with a lookup
+    of its replacement value in an LUT gradient image.</p>
+    <p class="imquote">The LUT image should be either a single row
+    or column image of replacement colors. The lookup is controlled
+    by the -interpolate setting, especially for an LUT which is not
+    the full length needed by the IM installed Quality (Q) level.
+    Good settings for this is the default 'bilinear' or 'bicubic'
+    interpolation setting for a smooth color gradient, or 'integer'
+    for a direct unsmoothed lookup of color values.</p>
+    <p class="imquote">This method is especially suited to
+    replacing a grayscale image with specific color gradient from
+    the CLUT image.</p>
+    <p class="imquote">Note that color replacements involving
+    transparency (alpha/matte channel) will lookup the replacement
+    alpha/matte value using the alpha/matte value of the original
+    image. As such correct alpha channel lookup for a pure
+    gray-scale original image will require a copy of that grayscale
+    to be transferred into its alpha channel before applying the
+    -clut operator.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>clut_image</dt>
+      <dd>The LUT gradient image. Specify which interpolation
+      method to use by setting this image's <a href=
+      "imageattrs.html#pixel_interpolation_method">pixel_interpolation_method</a>
+      attribute to a <a href=
+      "constants.html#InterpolatePixelMethod">InterpolatePixelMethod</a>
+      value.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Limit which channels are modified by specifying one or
+      more <a href="constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a>
+      values. Only these channels will be changed. If no channels
+      are specified, all channels will be changed.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p>ImageMagick's -clut option.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="color_fill_to_border">color_fill_to_border</h3>
+    <p><span class=
+    "arg">img</span>.color_fill_to_border(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">fill_color</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Changes any pixel that is a neighbor of the target pixel and
+    is not the border color to the fill color.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>x, y</dt>
+      <dd>The target pixel's location.</dd>
+      <dt>fill_color</dt>
+      <dd>The fill color. The fill color can be either color name
+      or a <a href="struct.html#Pixel">Pixel</a> object.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>In this example, the aquamarine fill starts at the center of
+    the circle and fills to the black border. All non-black pixels
+    are replaced by the fill color. Contrast the result of
+    <code>color_fill_to_border</code> with that of
+    <code>color_floodfill</code> example, below.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('color_fill_to_border.rb.html')"><img onmouseover="this.src='ex/color_fill_to_border_before.gif'"
+    onmouseout="this.src='ex/color_fill_to_border_after.gif'" src=
+    "ex/color_fill_to_border_after.gif" alt=
+    "color_fill_to_border example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a><img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" style=
+    "margin-bottom: 182px; margin-left: 4px;" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#color_floodfill">color_floodfill</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ColorFloodfillImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="color_floodfill">color_floodfill</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.color_floodfill(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">fill_color</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Changes any pixel that is the same color and is a neighbor
+    of the target pixel to the fill color.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>x, y</dt>
+      <dd>The target pixel's location.</dd>
+      <dt>fill_color</dt>
+      <dd>The fill color, either color name or a <a href=
+      "struct.html#Pixel">Pixel</a> object.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>In this example, the aquamarine fill starts at the center of
+    the circle and replaces all neighboring white pixels. Contrast
+    the result of <code>color_floodfill</code> with that of
+    <code>color_fill_to_border</code>, above.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('color_floodfill.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/color_floodfill_before.gif'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/color_floodfill_after.gif'" src=
+    "ex/color_floodfill_after.gif" alt="color_floodfill example"
+    title="Click the image to see the example script" /></a>
+    <img src="ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" style=
+    "margin-bottom: 182px;" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#color_fill_to_border">color_fill_to_border</a>,
+    <a href="image2.html#opaque">opaque</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ColorFloodfillImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="color_histogram">color_histogram</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.color_histogram() -&gt;
+    <em>hash</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Computes the number of times each unique color appears in
+    the image.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A hash. Each key in the hash is a <a href=
+    "struct.html#Pixel">pixel</a> representing a color that appears
+    in the image. The value associated with the key is the number
+    of times that color appears in the image. <em>Caution:</em> if
+    the image contains many colors the hash will be very large. You
+    may want to use the <a href="image3.html#quantize">quantize</a>
+    method to reduce the number of colors before using
+    <code>color_histogram</code>.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>This histogram was produced by sorting the hash returned by
+    <code>color_histogram</code> by increasing frequency.</p>
+    <p><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('color_histogram.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/color_histogram.gif" alt="color_histogram example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageHistogram</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="colorize">colorize</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.colorize(<span class=
+    "arg">red_pct</span>, <span class="arg">green_pct</span>,
+    <span class="arg">blue_pct</span>, [<span class=
+    "arg">matte_pct</span>, ] <span class="arg">fill</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Blend the fill color with the image pixels. The red_pct,
+    green_pct, blue_pct and matte_pct arguments are the percentage
+    to blend with the red, green, blue and matte channels.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>red_pct, green_pct, blue_pct, matte_pct</dt>
+      <dd>The percentage of the fill color red, green, blue and
+      matte (transparency) components to blend with the image
+      pixel. For example, <code>.25</code> is 25%. The matte_pct
+      argument is optional.</dd>
+      <dt>fill</dt>
+      <dd>A color name or a <a href=
+      "struct.html#Pixel">Pixel</a></dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>This example converts a color image to a "sepia-tone-ish"
+    image using the <a href="image3.html#quantize">quantize</a> and
+    <code>colorize</code> methods.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('colorize.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/colorize.jpg'" src="ex/colorize.jpg" alt=
+    "colorize example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#sepiatone">sepiatone</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ColorizeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="colormap">colormap</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.colormap(<span class=
+    "arg">index</span>[, <span class="arg">new_color</span>]) -&gt;
+    <em>string</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns the color in the color map at the specified index.
+    If the <span class="arg">new_color</span> argument is
+    specified, replaces the color at that index with the new
+    color.</p>
+    <p>Raises IndexError if the image does not contain a color map.
+    Only <a href="constants.html#ClassType">PseudoClass</a> images
+    have a color map.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>index</dt>
+      <dd>A number between 0 and the number of colors in the color
+      map. If the value is out of range, <code>colormap</code>
+      raises an IndexError. You can get the number of colors in the
+      color map from the <a href=
+      "imageattrs.html#colors">colors</a> attribute.</dd>
+      <dt>new_color</dt>
+      <dd>Optional. If specified, may be either a <a href=
+      "imusage.html#color_names">color name</a> or a <a href=
+      "struct.html#Pixel">pixel</a>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The name of the color at the specified location in the color
+    map</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="color_point">color_point</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.color_point(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">fill</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Set the color of the pixel at <span class=
+    "arg">x</span>,<span class="arg">y</span> to the fill color.
+    This method creates a new image object. If you want to set a
+    single pixel in the image without creating a new image, use
+    <a href="image3.html#pixel_color">pixel_color</a> or the
+    <a href="draw.html#point">Draw#point</a> method.
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>x, y</dt>
+      <dd>The location of the pixel.</dd>
+      <dt>fill</dt>
+      <dd>The fill color, either color name or a <a href=
+      "struct.html#Pixel">Pixel</a> object.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+f.color_point(50,50, 'red')
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image3.html#pixel_color">pixel_color</a>, <a href=
+    "draw.html#point">Draw#point</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImagePixels, SyncImagePixels</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="color_reset_bang">color_reset!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.color_reset!(<span class=
+    "arg">fill</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Sets all the pixels in the image to the specified fill
+    color.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>The fill color, either color name or a
+    <a href="struct.html#Pixel">Pixel</a> object.
+    <h4>Returns</h4>self
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+f.color_reset!(red)
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image2.html#erase_bang">erase!</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>SetImage
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="compare_channel">compare_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.compare_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">img</span>, <span class="arg">metric</span> [,
+    <span class="arg">channel...</span>]) [ <span class=
+    "arg">{&nbsp;optional arguments&nbsp;}</span> ] -&gt;
+    [<em>image</em>, <em>float</em>]</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Compares <span class="arg">img</span> with the receiver.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>image</dt>
+      <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses
+      the current image.</dd>
+      <dt>metric</dt>
+      <dd>The desired distortion metric. A <a href=
+      "constants.html#MetricType">MetricType</a> value.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Zero or more <a href=
+      "constants.html##ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. All the
+      specified channels contribute to the comparison and the
+      distortion value. If no channels are specified, compares all
+      channels.</dd>
+      <dt>optional arguments</dt>
+      <dd>
+        If present, <code>compare_channel</code> yields to a block
+        in which you can set optional arguments by setting
+        attributes on <em>self</em>. In both cases <span class=
+        "arg">color</span> may be either a <a href=
+        "imusage.html#color_names">color name</a> or a <a href=
+        "struct.html#Pixel">pixel</a>.
+        <dl>
+          <dt>self.highlight_color = color</dt>
+          <dd>Emphasize pixel differences with this color. The
+          default is partially transparent red.</dd>
+          <dt>self.lowlight_color = color</dt>
+          <dd>Demphasize pixel differences with this color. The
+          default is partially transparent white.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array. The first element is a difference image, the
+    second is a the value of the computed distortion represented as
+    a <code>Float</code>.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#difference">difference</a>, <a href=
+    "#spaceship">&lt;=&gt;</a>, <a href=
+    "#distortion_channel">distortion_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ImageCompareChannels</p>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>
+    <p>This method was named <code>channel_compare</code> in
+    earlier releases of RMagick. That name remains an alias for
+    <code>compare_channel</code>.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite">composite</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">dest</span>.composite(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">y</span>, <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">dest</span>.composite(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">gravity</span>,
+    <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">dest</span>.composite(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">gravity</span>,
+    <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>,
+    <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Composites <span class="arg">src</span>
+    onto <span class="arg">dest</span> using the specified
+    composite operator.
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The composite method can be called three different ways:</p>
+    <dl>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">1.&nbsp;Without a gravity
+      argument:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>src</dt>
+          <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist,
+          uses the current image.</dd>
+          <dt>x, y</dt>
+          <dd>The x- and y-offset of the composited image, measured
+          from the upper-left corner of the image.</dd>
+          <dt>composite_op</dt>
+          <dd>A <a href=
+          "constants.html#CompositeOperator">CompositeOperator</a>
+          value.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">2.&nbsp;With a gravity
+      argument, without x and y arguments:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>src</dt>
+          <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist,
+          uses the current image.</dd>
+          <dt>gravity</dt>
+          <dd>
+            A <a href="constants.html#GravityType">GravityType</a>
+            value that specifies the location of <em>img</em> on
+            <em>image</em>:
+            <dl>
+              <dt>NorthWestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image abuts the top and left sides
+              of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>NorthGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image is centered left-to-right
+              and abuts the top of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>NorthEastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image abuts the top and right
+              sides of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>EastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image is centered top-to-bottom
+              and abuts the right side of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthEastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image abuts the bottom and right
+              sides of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image is centered left-to-right
+              and abuts the bottom of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthWestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image abuts the bottom and left
+              sides of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>WestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image is centered top-to-bottom
+              and abuts the left side of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>CenterGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The composited image is centered left-to-right
+              and top-to-bottom.</dd>
+            </dl>
+          </dd>
+          <dt>composite_op</dt>
+          <dd>A <a href=
+          "constants.html#CompositeOperator">CompositeOperator</a>
+          value.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">3.&nbsp;With gravity, x, and
+      y arguments:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>src</dt>
+          <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist,
+          uses the current image.</dd>
+          <dt>gravity</dt>
+          <dd>A <a href=
+          "constants.html#GravityType">GravityType</a> value.</dd>
+          <dt>x, y</dt>
+          <dd>The x- and y-offset of the composited image, measured
+          relative to the <em>gravity</em> argument.</dd>
+          <dt>composite_op</dt>
+          <dd>A <a href=
+          "constants.html#CompositeOperator">CompositeOperator</a>
+          value.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>This example shows the effect of some of the composite
+    operators.</p>
+    <p><a href="javascript:popup('composite.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/composite.gif" alt="composite example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite_bang">composite!</a>, <a href=
+    "#dissolve">dissolve</a>, <a href=
+    "image3.html#watermark">watermark</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CompositeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite_bang">composite!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">dest</span>.composite!(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">y</span>, <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>self</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">dest</span>.composite!(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">gravity</span>,
+    <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>self</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">dest</span>.composite!(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">gravity</span>,
+    <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>,
+    <span class="arg">composite_op</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>In-place form of <a href="#composite">composite</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite_affine">composite_affine</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">dest</span>.composite_affine(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">affine</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Composite <span class="arg">src</span> over
+    <span class="arg">dest</span> as dictated by the <span class=
+    "arg">affine</span> argument.
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>img</dt>
+      <dd>An image or imagelist</dd>
+      <dt>affine</dt>
+      <dd>An <code>AffineMatrix</code></dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite">composite</a>, <a href=
+    "#affine_transform">affine_transform</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>DrawAffineImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite_mathematics">composite_mathematics</h3>
+    <p><span class=
+    "arg">dest</span>.composite_mathematics(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">a</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">b</span>, <span class="arg">c</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">d</span>, <span class="arg">gravity</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class=
+    "arg">dest</span>.composite_mathematics(<span class="arg">src</span>,
+    <span class="arg">a</span>, <span class="arg">b</span>,
+    <span class="arg">c</span>, <span class="arg">d</span>,
+    <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class=
+    "arg">dest</span>.composite_mathematics(<span class="arg">src</span>,
+    <span class="arg">a</span>, <span class="arg">b</span>,
+    <span class="arg">c</span>, <span class="arg">d</span>,
+    <span class="arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x</span>,
+    <span class="arg">y</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Merge the source and destination images according to the
+    formula
+    <em>a*Sc*Dc&nbsp;+&nbsp;b*Sc&nbsp;+&nbsp;c*Dc&nbsp;+&nbsp;d</em>
+    where Sc is the source pixel and Dc is the destination
+    pixel.</p>
+    <p>Equivalent to the <code>-compose Mathematics -set
+    option:compose:args a,b,c,d</code> options to ImagMagick's
+    <code>convert</code> command. See <a href=
+    "http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/#mathematics">Examples
+    of ImageMagick Usage</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>src</dt>
+      <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses
+      the current image.</dd>
+      <dt>a, b, c, d</dt>
+      <dd>See the description.</dd>
+      <dt>gravity</dt>
+      <dd>A <a href="constants.html#GravityType">GravityType</a>
+      value. If omitted, the default gravity is
+      NorthWestGravity.</dd>
+      <dt>x, y</dt>
+      <dd>The x- and y-offset of the composited image, measured
+      relative to the <em>gravity</em> argument. If omitted, the
+      default value is 0.0.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite">composite</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CompositeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite_tiled">composite_tiled</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.composite_tiled(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">composite_op</span> =
+    Magick::OverCompositeOp) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Composites multiple copies of the source image across and
+    down the image, producing the same results as ImageMagick's
+    composite command with the -tile option.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>src</dt>
+      <dd>The source image</dd>
+      <dt>composite_op</dt>
+      <dd>A <a href=
+      "constants.html#CompositeOperator">CompositeOperator</a>
+      value</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite">composite</a>, <a href=
+    "#composite_tiled_bang">composite_tiled!</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CompositeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="composite_tiled_bang">composite_tiled!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.composite_tiled!(<span class=
+    "arg">src</span>, <span class="arg">composite_op</span> =
+    Magick::OverCompositeOp) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>In-place form of <a href=
+    "#composite_tiled">composite_tiled</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('composite_tiled.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/composite_tiled.jpg'" src=
+    "ex/composite_tiled.jpg" alt="composite_tiled example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite_bang">composite!</a>, <a href=
+    "#composite_tiled">composite_tiled</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CompositeImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="compress_colormap">compress_colormap</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.compress_colormap! -&gt;
+    <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Removes duplicate or unused entries in the colormap. Only
+    <a href="constants.html#ClassType">PseudoClass</a> images have
+    a colormap. If the image is <code>DirectClass</code> then
+    <code>compress_colormap!</code> converts it to
+    <code>PseudoClass</code>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>self
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+f = Image.read('cbezier1.gif').first &raquo;
+ cbezier1.gif GIF 500x350+0+0 PseudoClass 128c 8-bit 177503b
+f.colors &raquo; 128
+f.compress_colormap! &raquo;
+ cbezier1.gif GIF 500x350+0+0 PseudoClass 108c 8-bit 177503b
+f.colors &raquo; 108
+</pre>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CompressColormap</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="contrast">contrast</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.contrast(<span class=
+    "arg">sharpen</span>=<code>false</code>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Enhances or reduces the intensity
+    differences between the lighter and darker elements of the
+    image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>If <span class="arg">sharpen</span> is
+    <code>true</code>, the contrast is increased, otherwise it is
+    reduced.
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>In this example the contrast is <em>reduced</em> in each
+    successive image.</p><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('contrast.rb.html')"><img src=
+    "ex/contrast.jpg" alt="contrast example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "#contrast_stretch_channel">contrast_stretch_channel</a>,
+    <a href=
+    "image3.html#sigmoidal_contrast_channel">sigmoidal_contrast_channel</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ContrastImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="contrast_stretch_channel">contrast_stretch_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class=
+    "arg">img</span>.contrast_stretch_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">black_point</span> [, <span class=
+    "arg">white_point</span>] [, <span class=
+    "arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt; <span class=
+    "arg">image</span></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>This method <span class="imquote">is a simple image
+    enhancement technique that attempts to improve the contrast in
+    an image by `stretching' the range of intensity values it
+    contains to span a desired range of values. It differs from the
+    more sophisticated histogram equalization in that it can only
+    apply a linear scaling function to the image pixel values. As a
+    result the `enhancement' is less harsh.</span></p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>black_point</dt>
+      <dd>black out at most this many pixels. Specify an absolute
+      number of pixels as a numeric value, or a percentage as a
+      string in the form 'NN%'.</dd>
+      <dt>white_point</dt>
+      <dd>burn at most this many pixels. Specify an absolute number
+      of pixels as a numeric value, or a percentage as a string in
+      the form 'NN%'. This argument is optional. If not specified
+      the default is <code>all pixels - black_point
+      pixels</code>.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified all channels are included.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#contrast">contrast</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#equalize">equalize</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ContrastStretchImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="convolve">convolve</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.convolve(<span class=
+    "arg">order</span>, <span class="arg">kernel</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Applies a custom convolution kernel to the
+    image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>order</dt>
+      <dd>The number of columns and rows in the kernel.</dd>
+      <dt>kernel</dt>
+      <dd>An <span class="arg">order</span>*<span class=
+      "arg">order</span> matrix of <code>Float</code> values.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#convolve_channel">convolve_channel</a>. The
+    <a href="image2.html#edge">edge</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#emboss">emboss</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#gaussian_blur">gaussian_blur</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#motion_blur">motion_blur</a> and <a href=
+    "image2.html#sharpen">sharpen</a> methods use convolution to do
+    their work.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ConvolveImage</p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/HIPR2/convolve.htm">Convolution</a> in
+    the <a href=
+    "http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/HIPR2/copyrght.htm"><cite>Hypermedia
+    Image Processing Reference</cite></a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="convolve_channel">convolve_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.convolve_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">order</span>, <span class="arg">kernel</span> [,
+    <span class="arg">channel</span>...]) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Applies a custom convolution kernel to the specified channel
+    or channels in the image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>order</dt>
+      <dd>The number of columns and rows in the kernel.</dd>
+      <dt>kernel</dt>
+      <dd>An <span class="arg">order</span>*<span class=
+      "arg">order</span> matrix of <code>Float</code> values.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>0 or more <a href=
+      "constants.html#ChannelType">ChannelType</a> arguments. If no
+      channels are specified the effect is the same as calling
+      <a href="#convolve">convolve</a>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ConvolveImageChannel</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#convolve">convolve</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="copy">copy</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.copy -&gt;
+    <em>other_image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>Returns a copy of the image. The tainted
+    state of the original is propagated to the copy.
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+f2 = f.copy
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#clone">clone</a>, <a href="#dup">dup</a>, <a href=
+    "ilist.html#copy">ImageList#copy</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CloneImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="crop">crop</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.crop(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.crop(<span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">y</span>, <span class="arg">width</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">height</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.crop(<span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">width</span>,
+    <span class="arg">height</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Extracts the specified rectangle from the image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The crop method can be called three different ways:</p>
+    <dl>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">1.&nbsp;Without a
+      <em>gravity</em> argument:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>x, y</dt>
+          <dd>The <em>x-</em> and <em>y-</em>offset of the
+          rectangle relative to the upper-left corner of the
+          image</dd>
+          <dt>width, height</dt>
+          <dd>The width and height of the rectangle.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">2.&nbsp;With a
+      <em>gravity</em> argument, but without <em>x</em> and
+      <em>y</em> arguments:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>gravity</dt>
+          <dd>
+            A <a href="constants.html#GravityType">GravityType</a>
+            value specifying the position of the rectangle.
+            <dl>
+              <dt>NorthWestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle abuts the top and left sides of the
+              image.</dd>
+              <dt>NorthGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle is centered left-to-right and abuts
+              the top of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>NorthEastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle abuts the top and right sides of
+              the image.</dd>
+              <dt>EastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle is centered top-to-bottom and abuts
+              the right side of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthEastGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle abuts the bottom and right sides of
+              the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle is centered left-to-right and abuts
+              the bottom of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>SouthWestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle abuts the bottom and left sides of
+              the image.</dd>
+              <dt>WestGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle is centered top-to-bottom and abuts
+              the left side of the image.</dd>
+              <dt>CenterGravity</dt>
+              <dd>The rectangle is centered left-to-right and
+              top-to-bottom.</dd>
+            </dl>
+          </dd>
+          <dt>width, height</dt>
+          <dd>The width and height of the rectangle.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+      <dt style="font-style: normal;">3.&nbsp;With
+      <em>gravity</em>, <em>x</em>, and <em>y</em> arguments:</dt>
+      <dd>
+        <dl>
+          <dt>gravity</dt>
+          <dd>A <a href=
+          "constants.html#GravityType">GravityType</a> value. If
+          the argument is NorthEastGravity, EastGravity, or
+          SouthEastGravity, the <em>x-</em>offset is measured from
+          the right side of the image. If the argument is
+          SouthEastGravity, SouthGravity, or SouthWestGravity, the
+          <em>y-</em>offset is measured from the bottom of the
+          image. All other values are ignored and the <em>x-</em>
+          and <em>y-</em>offsets are measured from the upper-left
+          corner of the image.</dd>
+          <dt>x, y</dt>
+          <dd>The <em>x-</em> and <em>y-</em>offset of the
+          rectangle from the sides specified by the
+          <em>gravity</em> argument.</dd>
+          <dt>width, height</dt>
+          <dd>The width and height of the rectangle.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Notes</h4>The <code>crop</code> method retains the offset
+    information in the cropped image. This may cause the image to
+    appear to be surrounded by blank or black space when viewed
+    with an external viewer. This only occurs when the image is
+    saved in a format (such as GIF) that saves offset information.
+    To reset the offset data, add <code>true</code> as the last
+    argument to <code>crop</code>. For example,
+    <pre>
+cropped = img.crop(x, y, width, height, true)
+</pre>
+    <p>You can add <code>true</code> as the last argument with any
+    of the three argument list formats described above.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>The crop rectangle is highlighted in the "before" image.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('crop.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/crop_before.png'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/crop_after.png'" src="ex/crop_after.png" alt=
+    "crop example" title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a><img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>Example 2</h4>
+    <p><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('crop_with_gravity.rb.html')">crop_with_gravity.rb</a></p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#crop_bang">crop!</a>, <a href="#chop">chop</a>,
+    <a href="image2.html#excerpt">excerpt</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CropImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="crop_bang">crop!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.crop!(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>) -&gt;
+    <em>self</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.crop!(<span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">y</span>, <span class="arg">width</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">height</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.crop!(<span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">width</span>,
+    <span class="arg">height</span>) -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>The in-place form of <a href=
+    "#crop">crop</a>.
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="crop_resized">crop_resized</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.crop_resized(<span class=
+    "arg">width</span>, <span class="arg">height</span>,
+    gravity=CenterGravity) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>An alias for <a href=
+    "image3.html#resize_to_fill">resize_to_fill</a>.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="cycle_colormap">cycle_colormap</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.cycle_colormap(<span class=
+    "arg">amount</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Displaces the colormap by a given number of
+    positions. If you cycle the colormap a number of times you can
+    produce a psychedelic effect.</p>
+    <p>The returned image is always a <code>PseudoClass</code>
+    image, regardless of the type of the original image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The number of positions to cycle.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>Mouse over the image to see an animation made by cycling the
+    colormap between each copy.</p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('cycle_colormap.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/cycle_colormap.gif'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Hot_Air_Balloons.jpg'" src=
+    "ex/images/Hot_Air_Balloons.jpg" alt="cycle_colormap example"
+    title=
+    "Click the image to see the example script" /></a><img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" style="left: 191px;"
+    title="Mouse over the example to see the animation" /></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>CycleColormapImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="decipher">decipher</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.decipher(<span class=
+    "arg">passphrase</span>) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Decipher an enciphered image.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The passphrase used to encipher the image.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+deciphered_img = img.decipher("magic word")
+</pre>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>DecipherImage</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="image2.html#encipher">encipher</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="delete_compose_mask">delete_compose_mask</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.delete_compose_mask() -&gt;
+    <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Deletes the mask added by <a href=
+    "#add_compose_mask">add_compose_mask</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#add_compose_mask">add_compose_mask</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>SetImageMask</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="delete_profile">delete_profile</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.delete_profile(<span class=
+    "arg">profile_name</span>) -&gt; <span class=
+    "arg">self</span></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Deletes the specified profile. This method is effectively
+    the same as passing a <code>nil</code> 2nd argument to <a href=
+    "image3.html#profile_bang">profile!</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>The profile name, "IPTC" or "ICC" for example. Specify "*"
+    to delete all the profiles in the image.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p>Setting the <a href=
+    "imageattrs.html#iptc_profile">iptc_profile</a> attribute or
+    <a href="imageattrs.html#color_profile">color_profile</a>
+    attribute to nil causes the profile to be deleted. Also see
+    <a href="image3.html#strip_bang">strip!</a> and <a href=
+    "imageattrs.html#add_profile">add_profile</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ProfileImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="deskew">deskew</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.deskew(<span class=
+    "arg">threshold</span>=0.40, <span class=
+    "arg">auto_crop_width</span>=nil) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Straightens an image. A <span class=
+    "arg">threshold</span> of 40% works for most images.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>threshold</dt>
+      <dd>A percentage of QuantumRange. Either a Float between 0
+      and 1.0, inclusive, or a string in the form "NN%" where NN is
+      between 0 and 100.</dd>
+      <dt>auto_crop_width</dt>
+      <dd>Specify a value for this argument to cause the deskewed
+      image to be auto-cropped. The argument is the pixel width of
+      the image background (e.g. 40).</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+img2 = img.deskew
+</pre>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>DeskewImage (available in 6.4.2)
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="despeckle">despeckle</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.despeckle -&gt;
+    <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Reduces the speckle noise while preserving
+    the edges.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>DespeckleImage</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="destroy_bang">destroy!</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.destroy! -&gt;
+    <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns all the memory associated with the image to the
+    system. After an image has been destroyed, all Image methods
+    (except <a href="image1.html#destroyed_q">destroyed?</a> and
+    <a href="image2.html#inspect">inspect</a>) called on the image
+    will raise a DestroyedImageError.</p>
+    <p>It is not possible to recover a destroyed image.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#check_destroyed">check_destroyed</a>, <a href=
+    "#destroyed_q">destroyed?</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="destroyed_q">destroyed?</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.destroyed? -&gt;
+    <code>true</code> or <code>false</code></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Returns true if the image has been destroyed, false
+    otherwise.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#check_destroyed">check_destroyed</a>, <a href=
+    "#destroy_bang">destroy!</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="difference">difference</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.difference(<span class=
+    "arg">other</span>) -&gt; <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">Compares two images and computes statistics
+    about their difference.</p>
+    <p class="imquote">A small normalized mean square
+    error...suggests the images are very similar in spatial layout
+    and color.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>An array of three <code>Float</code> values:</p>
+    <dl class="imquote">
+      <dt>mean error per pixel</dt>
+      <dd>The mean error for any single pixel in the image.</dd>
+      <dt>normalized mean error</dt>
+      <dd>The normalized mean quantization error for any single
+      pixel in the image. This distance measure is normalized to a
+      range between 0 and 1. It is independent of the range of red,
+      green, and blue values in the image.</dd>
+      <dt>normalized maximum error</dt>
+      <dd>The normalized maximum quantization error for any single
+      pixel in the image. This distance measure is normalized to a
+      range between 0 and 1. It is independent of the range of red,
+      green, and blue values in your image.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <p>After <code>difference</code> returns, these values are also
+    available from the <a href=
+    "imageattrs.html#mean_error_per_pixel">mean_error_per_pixel</a>,
+    <a href=
+    "imageattrs.html#normalized_mean_error">normalized_mean_error</a>,
+    and <a href=
+    "imageattrs.html#normalized_maximum_error">normalized_maximum_error</a>
+    attributes.</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#spaceship">&lt;=&gt;</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>IsImagesEqual
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="dispatch">dispatch</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.dispatch(<span class=
+    "arg">x</span>, <span class="arg">y</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">columns</span>, <span class="arg">rows</span>,
+    <span class="arg">map</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">float</span>=<code>false</code>) -&gt; <em>array</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Extracts the pixel data from the specified rectangle and
+    returns it as an array of either <code>Integer</code> or
+    <code>Float</code> values.</p>
+    <p>The array returned by <code>dispatch</code> is suitable for
+    use as an argument to <code>constitute</code>.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>x, y</dt>
+      <dd>The offset of the rectangle from the upper-left corner of
+      the image.</dd>
+      <dt>columns, rows</dt>
+      <dd>The width and height of the rectangle.</dd>
+      <dt>map</dt>
+      <dd>A <code>String</code> reflecting the order of the pixel
+      data. <span class="imquote">It can be any combination or
+      order of R = red, G = green, B = blue, A = alpha, C = cyan, Y
+      = yellow, M = magenta, K = black, or I = intensity (for
+      grayscale).</span></dd>
+      <dt>float</dt>
+      <dd>If <code>true</code>, the returned array elements will be
+      <code>Float</code> values in the range 0..1. If
+      <code>false</code>, the returned array elements will be
+      <code>Integer</code> values in the range
+      0..QuantumRange.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>An array
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+pixels = f.dispatch(0, 0, f.columns, f.rows, "RGB")
+</pre>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#constitute">constitute</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#export_pixels">export_pixels</a>, <a href=
+    "image2.html#get_pixels">get_pixels</a></p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>ExportImagePixels</p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>This method is deprecated in ImageMagick. Use the
+    <code>export_pixels</code> method instead.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="displace">displace</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.displace(<span class=
+    "arg">displacement_map</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_amplitude</span>, <span class="arg">y_amplitude</span>,
+    <span class="arg">x_offset</span>=0, <span class=
+    "arg">y_offset</span>=0) -&gt; <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.displace(<span class=
+    "arg">displacement_map</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_amplitude</span>, <span class="arg">y_amplitude</span>,
+    <span class="arg">gravity</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_offset</span>=0, <span class="arg">y_offset</span>=0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Uses <span class="arg">displacement_map</span> to move color
+    from <span class="arg">img</span> to the output image.</p>
+    <p>This method corresponds to the -displace option of
+    ImageMagick's <code>composite</code> command.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>displacement_map</dt>
+      <dd>The source image for the composite operation. Either an
+      imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses the current
+      image.</dd>
+      <dt>x_amplitude</dt>
+      <dd>The maximum displacement on the x-axis.</dd>
+      <dt>y_amplitude</dt>
+      <dd>The maximum displacement on the y-axis. This argument may
+      omitted if no other arguments follow it. In this case the
+      default is the value of <span class=
+      "arg">x_amplitude</span>.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <p>The <code>displace</code> method can be called with or
+    without a <span class="arg">gravity</span> argument. The
+    <span class="arg">gravity</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_offset</span>, and <span class="arg">y_offset</span>
+    arguments are described in the documentation for <a href=
+    "image3.html#watermark">watermark</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/compose/#displace">
+    "Composite Displacement Maps"</a> in Anthony Thyssen's
+    <cite><a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/">Examples
+    of ImageMagick Usage</a></cite>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#composite">composite</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="display">display</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.display [ <span class="arg">{
+    optional arguments }</span> ] -&gt; <em>self</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Display the image on an X Window screen. By default, the
+    screen is the local monitor. Right-click the window to display
+    a context menu.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <p>You can specify additional arguments by setting Info
+    attributes in a block associated with the method call.
+    Specifically, you can set the name of a non-default X Window
+    screen with the <code><a href=
+    "info.html#Info.server_name_eq">server_name</a></code>
+    attribute.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>self</p>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>The display method is not supported on native MS
+    Windows.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>DisplayImages</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="dissolve">dissolve</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.dissolve(<span class=
+    "arg">overlay</span>, <span class="arg">src_percentage</span>,
+    <span class="arg">dst_percentage</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_offset</span>=0, <span class="arg">y_offset</span>=0)
+    -&gt; <em>image</em><br />
+    <span class="arg">img</span>.dissolve(<span class=
+    "arg">overlay</span>, <span class="arg">src_percentage</span>,
+    <span class="arg">dst_percentage</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">gravity</span>, <span class="arg">x_offset</span>=0,
+    <span class="arg">y_offset</span>=0) -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Composites the <span class="arg">overlay</span> image into
+    the target image. The opacity of <span class="arg">img</span>
+    is multiplied by <span class="arg">dst_percentage</span> and
+    opacity of <span class="arg">overlay</span> is multiplied by
+    <span class="arg">src_percentage</span>.</p>
+    <p>This method corresponds to the -dissolve option of
+    ImageMagick's <code>composite</code> command.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>overlay</dt>
+      <dd>The source image for the composite operation. Either an
+      imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses the current
+      image.</dd>
+      <dt>src_percentage</dt>
+      <dd>Either a non-negative number a string in the form "NN%".
+      If <span class="arg">src_percentage</span> is a number it is
+      interpreted as a percentage. Both 0.25 and "25%" mean 25%.
+      This argument is required.</dd>
+      <dt>dst_percentage</dt>
+      <dd>Either a non-negative number a string in the form "NN%".
+      If <span class="arg">src_percentage</span> is a number it is
+      interpreted as a percentage. Both 0.25 and "25%" mean 25%.
+      This argument may omitted if no other arguments follow it. In
+      this case <span class="arg">img</span>'s opacity is
+      unchanged.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <p>The <code>dissolve</code> method can be called with or
+    without a <span class="arg">gravity</span> argument. The
+    <span class="arg">gravity</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">x_offset</span>, and <span class="arg">y_offset</span>
+    arguments are described in the documentation for <a href=
+    "image3.html#watermark">watermark</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <p>See " <a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/compose/#dissolve">
+    Dissolve One Image Over Another</a>" in Anthony Thyssen's
+    <cite><a href=
+    "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/">Examples
+    of ImageMagick Usage</a></cite>.</p>
+    <p><code>bgnd.dissolve(overlay, 0.50, 1.0)</code></p>
+    <p class="rollover"><a href=
+    "javascript:popup('dissolve.rb.html')"><img onmouseover=
+    "this.src='ex/images/Flower_Hat.jpg'" onmouseout=
+    "this.src='ex/dissolve.jpg'" src="ex/dissolve.jpg" alt=
+    "dissolve example" title=
+    "Click to see the example script" /></a> <img src=
+    "ex/images/spin.gif" alt="" class="spin" title=
+    "Mouse over the example to see the original image" /></p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#blend">blend</a>, <a href=
+    "#composite">composite</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="distort">distort</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.distort(<span class=
+    "arg">type</span>, <span class="arg">points</span>,
+    <span class="arg">bestfit</span>=<code>false</code>) [
+    <span class="arg">{&nbsp;optional arguments&nbsp;}</span> ]
+    -&gt; <em>image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Distort an image using the specified distortion type and its
+    required arguments. This method is equivalent to ImageMagick's
+    -distort option.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>type</dt>
+      <dd>
+        One of the following values:
+        <ul>
+          <li>AffineDistortion</li>
+          <li>AffineProjectionDistortion</li>
+          <li>ArcDistortion</li>
+          <li>BarrelDistortion</li>
+          <li>BarrelInverseDistortion</li>
+          <li>BilinearDistortion</li>
+          <li>PerspectiveDistortion</li>
+          <li>PerspectiveProjectionDistortion</li>
+          <li>PolynomialDistortion</li>
+          <li>ScaleRotateTranslateDistortion</li>
+          <li>ShepardsDistortion</li>
+        </ul>
+      </dd>
+      <dt>points</dt>
+      <dd>An array of numbers. The size of the array depends on the
+      distortion type.</dd>
+      <dt>bestfit</dt>
+      <dd class="imquote">If <span class="arg">bestfit</span> is
+      enabled, and the distortion allows it, the destination image
+      is adjusted to ensure the whole source image will just fit
+      within the final destination image, which will be sized and
+      offset accordingly. Also in many cases the virtual offset of
+      the source image will be taken into account in the
+      mapping.</dd>
+      <dt>optional arguments</dt>
+      <dd>
+        If present, <code>distort</code> yields to a block in which
+        you can set optional arguments by calling methods on
+        <em>self</em>.
+        <dl>
+          <dt>self.define("distort:viewport", "WxH+X+Y")</dt>
+          <dd>Specify the size and offset of the generated viewport
+          image of the distorted image space. W and H are the width
+          and height, and X and Y are the offset.</dd>
+          <dt>self.define("distort:scale", N)</dt>
+          <dd>N is an integer factor. <span class="imquote">Scale
+          the output image (viewport or otherwise) by that factor
+          without changing the viewed contents of the distorted
+          image. This can be used either for 'super-sampling' the
+          image for a higher quality result, or for panning and
+          zooming around the image (with appropriate viewport
+          changes, or post-distort cropping and
+          resizing).</span></dd>
+          <dt>self.verbose(true)</dt>
+          <dd class="imquote">Attempt to output the internal
+          coefficients, and the -fx equivalent to the distortion,
+          for expert study, and debugging purposes. This many not
+          be available for all distorts.</dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>Example</h4>
+    <pre>
+result = img.distort(Magick::ScaleRotateTranslateDistortion, [0]) do
+                     self.define "distort:viewport", "44x44+15+0"
+                     self.define "distort:scale", 2
+                  end
+</pre>
+    <h4>Note</h4>
+    <p>See <a href=
+    "http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/distorts/#distort">Distortion
+    Operator</a> in Anthony Thyssen's excellent <a href=
+    "http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/">Examples of ImageMagick
+    Usage</a> for more information about distortion operations.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="distortion_channel">distortion_channel</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.distortion_channel(<span class=
+    "arg">reconstructed_image</span>, <span class=
+    "arg">metric</span>[, <span class="arg">channel</span>...])
+    -&gt; <em>float</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p class="imquote">(C)ompares one or more image channels of an
+    image to a reconstructed image and returns the specified
+    distortion metric.</p>
+    <h4>Arguments</h4>
+    <dl>
+      <dt>reconstructed_image</dt>
+      <dd>Either an imagelist or an image. If an imagelist, uses
+      the current image.</dd>
+      <dt>metric</dt>
+      <dd>The desired distortion metric. A <a href=
+      "constants.html#MetricType">MetricType</a> value.</dd>
+      <dt>channel...</dt>
+      <dd>Zero or more <a href=
+      "constants.html##ChannelType">ChannelType</a> values. All the
+      specified channels contribute to the comparison and the
+      distortion value. If no channels are specified, compares all
+      channels.</dd>
+    </dl>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>The distortion metric, represented as a floating-point
+    number.</p>
+    <h4>Magick API</h4>
+    <p>GetImageChannelDistortion</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#compare_channel">compare_channel</a>, <a href=
+    "#difference">difference</a></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sig">
+    <h3 id="dup">dup</h3>
+    <p><span class="arg">img</span>.dup -&gt;
+    <em>other_image</em></p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="desc">
+    <h4>Description</h4>
+    <p>Same as <a href="#copy">copy</a>.</p>
+    <h4>Returns</h4>
+    <p>A new image</p>
+    <h4>See also</h4>
+    <p><a href="#clone">clone</a></p>
+  </div>
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