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Well after considerable fiddling I came up with an acceptable result. I really wanted to limit the text area so if I run into a very long filename it wouldn't stretch the canvas, which would make the thumbs smaller. All attempts to use the -size option affected the entire image instead of just the ...

Hi,
I have no idea if this will help or not but you could try the repage option.

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#crop_repage

Always use "+repage" after any 'crop' like operation.
Unless you actually need to preserve that info.

Maybe worth a try?

Hi, Been fiddling for a couple days now trying to get this just right but feel like I'm starting to spin my wheels. In short I'm trying to label my storyboard thumbs. xubuntu 12.04 Precise Version: ImageMagick 6.6.9-7 2012-04-30 Q16 In detail: I would like to have a defined image size when I'm done ...