Image Magic Routines.

Here I show some simple image processing methods. A good place to start with this is THIS NICE PAGE ABOUT COMMAND LINE OPTIONS FOR CONVERT.

NOT FOR PHOTOMETRY! Use for cartoons only!
 
Just get some basic info: 
% identify ifu_fiber_pattern.png
ifu_fiber_pattern.png PNG 647x669 647x669+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 189KB 0.000u 0:00.000

% convert a.fits -rotate 45 b.fits 
   Rotates image about the origianl center CLOCKWISE (CW = Positive Angle) 
   by an angle of 45 degrees. 

% convert a.fits -rotate -70 b.fits 
   Rotate COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (CCW = Negative Angle) by angle of -70 degrees.

% convert ngc2266.png -colorspace gray ngc2266.fits 
   Put geyscale channel into a fits file. 



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