`convert -composite` working on some, not on others

[mattalexx]

The problem

I'm running a convert command on a bunch of different images. Mostly, it's working just fine, but I noticed that a couple of images weren't being watermarked, as if the `-composite` command wasn't even there.

The command

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convert src.jpg -colorspace RGB -resize 1500x1500\> -strip watermark.png -composite out.jpg

The `-colorspace`, `-resize`, and `-strip` commands are not really necessary in this test. But I get the same results if I remove them:

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convert src.jpg watermark.png -composite out.jpg

The image files

http://files.mattalexander.me/imtest.zip

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*** ~: unzip -l imtest.zip
Archive:  imtest.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
        0  2010-11-13 18:54   imtest/
    22676  2010-11-18 11:12   imtest/out.jpg
       48  2010-11-13 18:54   imtest/run
    23293  2010-11-13 18:47   imtest/src.jpg
    76232  2010-11-13 18:47   imtest/watermark.png
---------                     -------
   122249                     5 files

Software versions

Server #1

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*** ~: cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l
*** ~: uname -a
Linux *** 2.6.31-22-server #67-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:03:54 UTC 2010 x86_64     GNU/Linux
*** ~: convert --version
Version: ImageMagick 6.5.1-0 2009-08-27 Q16 OpenMP http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2009 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Server #2

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*** ~: cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m
*** ~: uname -a
Linux *** 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.5 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 19:10:36     MSD 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
*** ~: convert --version
Version: ImageMagick 6.2.8 10/20/10 Q16 file:/usr/share/ImageMagick-6.2.8/doc/index.html
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2006 ImageMagick Studio LLC

As a side note, I have this same question posted at Stack Overflow, with a +50 bounty, if you want to take advantage of that.

[fmw42]

try adding and appropriate -compose ... before your -composite (possibly blend)

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compose/#watermark
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/compose.php