I agree with you as a generalization, but imagemagick is pretty much known to be a deadbeat project. Give graphicsmagick a go. The maintainer is well known for

I agree with you as a generalization, but imagemagick is pretty much known to be a deadbeat project. Give graphicsmagick a go. The maintainer is well known for working with people who have questions, bugs, and such (if you can forgive the continued use of SourceForge).