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<p>The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite programming language. Choose from these interfaces: <a href="../www/api.html#ada">G2F</a> (Ada), <a href="../www/api.html#c">MagickCore</a> (C), <a href="../www/api.html#c">MagickWand</a> (C), <a href="../www/api.html#ch">ChMagick</a> (Ch), <a href="../www/api.html#com+">ImageMagickObject</a> (COM+), <a href="../www/api.html#c++">Magick++</a> (C++), <a href="../www/api.html#java">JMagick</a> (Java), <a href="../www/api.html#lisp">L-Magick</a> (Lisp), <a href="../www/api.html#neko">NMagick</a> (Neko/haXe), <a href="../www/api.html#dot-net">MagickNet</a> (.NET), <a href="../www/api.html#pascal">PascalMagick</a> (Pascal), <a href="../www/api.html#perl">PerlMagick</a> (Perl), <a href="../www/api.html#php">MagickWand for PHP</a> (PHP), <a href="../www/api.html#php">IMagick</a> (PHP), <a href="../www/api.html#python">PythonMagick</a> (Python), <a href="../www/api.html#ruby">RMagick</a> (Ruby), or <a href="../www/api.html#tcl">TclMagick</a> (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images dynamically and <em>automagically</em>.</p>
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<li>Special effects: blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image.</li>
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<li>Virtual pixel support: convenient access to pixels outside the image region.</li>
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<li><a href="../www/architecture.html#threads">Threads of execution support</a>: ImageMagick is thread safe and most internal algorithms are OpenMP-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by the dual and quad-core processor technologies.</li>
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<li><a href="../www/architecture.html#distributed">Heterogeneous distributed processing</a>: certain algorithms are OpenCL-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by executing in concert across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.</li>