The MagickWand API is the recommended interface between the C programming language and the ImageMagick image processing libraries. Unlike the MagickCore C API, MagickWand uses only a few opaque types. Accessors are available to set or get important wand properties. A description of the MagickWand public methods are found here:

- Magick Wand Methods
- Set or Get Magick Wand Properties
- Magick Wand Image Methods
- Pixel Iterator Methods
- Pixel Wand Methods
- Image Vector Drawing

After you write your MagickWand program, compile it like this:

      cc `Wand-config --cflags --cppflags` wand.c `Wand-config --ldflags --libs`

Here is a example program that utilizes the MagickWand API to get you started, wand.c. It reads a GIF image, creates a thumbnail, and writes it to disk in the PNG image format.

      #include <stdio.h>
      #include <stdlib.h>
      #include <wand/MagickWand.h>

      int main(int argc,char **argv)
      {
      #define ThrowWandException(wand) \
      { \
        char \
          *description; \
       \
        ExceptionType \
          severity; \
       \
        description=MagickGetException(wand,&severity); \
        (void) fprintf(stderr,"%s %s %ld %s\n",GetMagickModule(),description); \
        description=(char *) MagickRelinquishMemory(description); \
        exit(-1); \
      }

        MagickBooleanType
          status;

        MagickWand
          *magick_wand;

        /*
          Read an image.
        */
        MagickWandGenesis();
        magick_wand=NewMagickWand();
        status=MagickReadImage(magick_wand,"image.gif");
        if (status == MagickFalse)
          ThrowWandException(magick_wand);
        /*
          Turn the images into a thumbnail sequence.
        */
        MagickResetIterator(magick_wand);
        while (MagickNextImage(magick_wand) != MagickFalse)
          MagickResizeImage(magick_wand,106,80,LanczosFilter,1.0);
        /*
          Write the image as MIFF and destroy it.
        */
        status=MagickWriteImages(magick_wand,"image.png",MagickTrue);
        if (status == MagickFalse)
          ThrowWandException(magick_wand);
        magick_wand=DestroyMagickWand(magick_wand);
        MagickWandTerminus();
        return(0);
      }

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