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ImageMagick-6.8.3-Q16

How would I either :

Add a horizontal black stripe, centered vertically, to an existing image?

or

Add the stripe to an image at the time of creation (I'm using convert to create)

Either is fine. I figure I can create all the images and then use *.gif to add the stripe afterwards, or if possible, add the stripe to the image when I create it.

So it looks like adding afterwards might be the easiest. Composite looks very simple.
Now I'm off to find out how ho make the stripe. Looks like I only need to create that image once.

I'll post my findings here, if nobody replies in the meantime.

What initially appeared to be simple, turned out not to be. I have worked out the solution and will post it here so others may benefit.

I realized that rather than adding a horizontal line over the top of an image, the line needed to be underneath. This is for a simple textual web mouseover button.

So I needed a white background, then a stripe, then on top of the stripe, I needed the text. The solution was staring me in the face.

Start with a blank white image which just contains my yellow stripe, and annotate it.

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