Combine overlap of two images

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TSchein
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Combine overlap of two images

Post by TSchein »

I'm trying to figure out how to combine two images, such that one of the images only appears where there is non-transparency in the other image. OK, that wasn't very clear. I'll explain with pictures. Consider these two images. In the second image, the gray area represents transparency.

Image Image

I want to combine them so that the circle is filled with content from the first image. So the result should look like this:

Image

Is there a way to do that?
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Re: Combine overlap of two images

Post by 246246 »

If the gray area is your 2nd image is transparent,

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magick 1st.png 2nd.png -compose copy_opacity -composite result.png
will do the job.
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Re: Combine overlap of two images

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That's it! Thanks!
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