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Hi.
I want to draw vertical text like the image below. How can I do that? Thanks!
https://i.imgur.com/LI1gB0I.png

Version: ImageMagick 7.0.7-33 Q16 x86_64 2018-05-17 https://www.imagemagick.org
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I have two image: a GIF image and a PNG image.
the PNG image:
https://i.imgur.com/T5b7xCi.png
the GIF image:
https://i.imgur.com/RzHb7oT.gif

I use the command below to merge two images:
convert banana-bg.png null: \
\( banana.gif -coalesce \) -compose DstOver -layers Composite null: \
-set ...

Thank you, it works. I will upgrade ImageMagick.

I have an image:
https://i.imgur.com/yYUce9e.gif
I want to rotate the image through 60 degrees then crop it.
Here is my command:
convert bird.gif -coalesce -rotate 60 -crop 575x575+0+0! bird-crop.gif

With IM 6.7.2-7, it works just like what I want.
Version: ImageMagick 6.7.2-7 2017-03-22 Q16 ...

Thank snibgo, it works

I have a gif image like this:
https://media.giphy.com/media/Cmr1OMJ2FN0B2/giphy.gif

I want to crop it into a circle.
Here is the command which I use to crop images, it works fine with static images (png, jpeg, ...), but it doesn't work with animations (gif images).

convert bird.png -alpha on ...

I tried "-background None" before, but my image viewer software display white color instead of transparent, so I thought my command is wrong.
When I used another software, it works. Thank for your help, snibgo.

I have a command like this:
convert -font Tahoma -pointsize 20 label:' Around the World ' \
-virtual-pixel Background -background SkyBlue \
-distort Arc 60 arc_circle_1.png
The command will create an image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/tD1S6.jpg
The background color of the text is white, I want it ...