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Added remark about the OpenMP package.
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@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ Magick.NET is linked with ImageMagick 7. Most examples on the Internet use Image
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The biggest difference between 6 and 7 is that the latter uses Alpha instead of Opacity. You can find some more information about ImageMagick 7
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here: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/porting.php.
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## OpenMP
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Magick.NET no longer uses OpenMP because the C++ Redistributable is statically linked. OpenMP is used to perform multithreaded operation on
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an image to increase the perforance. The best use case for this would be a standalone applicatiom. Starting with Magick.NET 7.0.700 there
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are extra packages for the x64 build of Magick.NET that has OpenMP support. This version requires you to install the
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[Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746572) on the machine that runs the
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application.
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## Ghostscript
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You only need to install Ghostscript if you want to convert EPS/PDF/PS files. Make sure you only install the version of GhostScript with the same

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