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Alright, I got it to the following state:

convert pictureB.png \pictureA.png -resize 25%\ -gravity center -composite output.png

and it tells me

convert: unable to open image `center': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2675.
convert: no decode delegate for this image format ...

What I've tried is this:

convert pictureB.png \( pictureA.png -resize 100 \) -gravity center -composite output.png


But it gives me the follwoing error:

convert: unable to open image `(pictureA.png': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2675.
convert: unable to open file `(pictureA ...

Hey!

I am wondering where did I made mistake in the following:

convert pictureB.png ( pictureA.png -resize 100 ) -gravity center -composite output.png

I get the following error:

syntax error near unexpected token `('


Sorry if thats a newbie quesiton - I am beginner with ImageMagick