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i edited my script to be a oneliner here it is

convert "$(ls -t /srv/ftp/webcam/*.jpg | head -1)" -crop 2560x1440+128+0 +repage "/home/logos/template-small.png" -composite -geometry +0+0 -gravity NorthEast -fill white -font DejaVu-Sans -pointsize 35 -annotate +25+16 "$(date +"%d.%m.%y - %H:%M Uhr ...

this is my new script
#!/bin/bash
cd /srv/ftp/webcam

convert "$(ls -t *.jpg | head -1)" -crop 2560x1440+128+0 +repage /home/timelapse/webcam.png

composite -geometry +0+0 /home/logos/template-small.png /home/timelapse/webcam.png /home/timelapse/webcam1.png

convert /home/timelapse/webcam1.png ...

thanks for your answers.

the pi usually took about 8 seconds to complete the script.

i made a transparent canvas with the 3 images + url
and only crop the image, add the canvas and add the date.

now it takes the pi about 3 seconds, much better, thanks for the advice.

i use png for the temporary ...

I have a webcam and a pi3

im running this script every 30 seconds via crontab

#!/bin/bash
cd /srv/ftp/webcam

convert "$(ls -t *.jpg | head -1)" -crop 2560x1440+128+0 +repage /home/timelapse/webcam.png

convert /home/timelapse/webcam.png -chop 0x70 -background "#000000" -flatten -splice 0x70 ...