NAME

hsetroot - yet another wallpaper application

SYNOPSIS

hsetroot [ command1 [ args... ] ] [ command2 [ args... ] ]

DESCRIPTION

hsetroot is a tool which allows you to compose wallpapers ("root pixmaps") for X. It has a lot of options like rendering gradients, solids, images but it also allows you to perform manipulations on those things, or chain them together.

OPTIONS

Gradients:

-add <color>: Add color to range using distance 1
-addd <color> <distance>: Add color to range using custom distance
-gradient <angle>: Render gradient using specified angle
-clear: Clear the color range

Solid:

-solid <color>: Render a solid using the specified color

Image files:

-center <image>: Render an image centered on screen
-cover <image>: Render an image centered on screen scaled so that all of screen is covered.
-tile <image>: Render an image tiled
-full <image>: Render an image maximum aspect
-extend <image>: Render an image maximum aspect, and copy 1px border taken from the image over the remaining area so that no black borders are shown.
-fill <image>: Render an image strechted

Manipulations:

-tint <color>: Tint the current image
-blur <radius>: Blur the current image
-sharpen <radius>: Sharpen the current image
-contrast <amount>: Adjust contrast of current image
-brightness <amount>: Adjust brightness of current image
-gamma <amount>: Adjust gamma level of current image
-flipv: Flip the current image vertically
-fliph: Flip the current image horizontally
-flipd: Flip the current image diagonally

Misc:

-alpha <amount>: Adjust alpha level for colors and images
-write <filename>: Write current image to file

AUTHORS

Hyriand <hyriand@thegraveyard.org

July 29, 2012