diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13772b33..da70784d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - add vips_image_get_fields() to help bindings
 - add tiff multi-page read/write
 - add VIPS_META_PAGE_HEIGHT metadata
-- IM6 magickload supports page/n, all_frames deprecated
+- IM6/IM7 magickload supports page/n/page-height, all_frames deprecated
 
 11/11/16 started 8.4.4
 - fix crash in vips.exe arg parsing on Windows, thanks Yury
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 071a054a..2f4c6dd3 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -2,27 +2,13 @@
 
   magick, pdf, gif and tiff need to use the same page/n interface
 
-  magick: has page and all_frames
-
-  	deprecate all_frames, add @n, make all_frames set n == -1 
-
-	do we allow page + all_frames?
-
-	need to check magick2vips.c and magick7load.c 
-
-	add page-height
-
   magick6
 
-	deprecated all_frames, added n, added tests
+	deprecated all_frames, added n, added tests, added page-height
 
   magick7
 
-	$ vips magickload nipguide.pdf x.v --all-frames
-	$ vipsheader x.v
-	x.v: 595x48836 ushort, 4 bands, rgb16, magickload
-
-	phew
+	same
 
   gifload has page, but no n
 
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c b/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
index f6469f5c..c9416819 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ read_new( const char *filename, VipsImage *im,
 
 		/* Some IMs must have the string version set as well.
 		 */
-		vips_snprintf( page, 256, "%d-%d", read->page, read->page + n );
+		vips_snprintf( page, 256, "%d-%d", 
+			read->page, read->page + read->n );
 		read->image_info->scenes = strdup( page );
 #else /*!HAVE_NUMBER_SCENES*/
 		/* This works with GM 1.2.31 and probably others.
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c b/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
index c654f16c..1d483483 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  *
  * 8/7/16
  * 	- from magickload
+ * 25/11/16
+ * 	- add @n, deprecate @all_frames (just sets n = -1)
  */
 
 /*
@@ -55,9 +57,13 @@
 typedef struct _VipsForeignLoadMagick7 {
 	VipsForeignLoad parent_object;
 
-	gboolean all_frames;		/* Load all frames */
+	/* Deprecated. Just sets n = -1.
+	 */
+	gboolean all_frames;
+
 	char *density;			/* Load at this resolution */
 	int page;			/* Load this page (frame) */
+	int n;				/* Load this many pages */
 
 	Image *image;
 	ImageInfo *image_info;
@@ -308,6 +314,9 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_build( VipsObject *object )
 	if( !magick7->image_info ) 
 		return( -1 );
 
+	if( magick7->all_frames )
+		magick7->n = -1;
+
 	/* Canvas resolution for rendering vector formats like SVG.
 	 */
 	VIPS_SETSTR( magick7->image_info->density, magick7->density );
@@ -321,15 +330,16 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_build( VipsObject *object )
 	 */
   	SetImageOption( magick7->image_info, "dcm:display-range", "reset" );
 
-	if( !magick7->all_frames ) {
+	if( magick7->page > 0 ) { 
 		 /* I can't find docs for these fields, but this seems to work.
 		  */
 		char page[256];
 
 		magick7->image_info->scene = magick7->page;
-		magick7->image_info->number_scenes = 1;
+		magick7->image_info->number_scenes = magick7->n;
 
-		vips_snprintf( page, 256, "%d", magick7->page );
+		vips_snprintf( page, 256, "%d-%d", 
+			magick7->page, magick7->page + magick7->n );
 		magick7->image_info->scenes = strdup( page );
 	}
 
@@ -368,7 +378,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_class_init( VipsForeignLoadMagick7Class *class )
 	VIPS_ARG_BOOL( class, "all_frames", 3, 
 		_( "all_frames" ), 
 		_( "Read all frames from an image" ),
-		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
+		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT | VIPS_ARGUMENT_DEPRECATED,
 		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsForeignLoadMagick7, all_frames ),
 		FALSE );
 
@@ -385,11 +395,20 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_class_init( VipsForeignLoadMagick7Class *class )
 		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
 		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsForeignLoadMagick7, page ),
 		0, 100000, 0 );
+
+	VIPS_ARG_INT( class, "n", 6,
+		_( "n" ),
+		_( "Load this many pages" ),
+		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
+		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsForeignLoadMagick7, n ),
+		-1, 100000, 1 );
+
 }
 
 static void
 vips_foreign_load_magick7_init( VipsForeignLoadMagick7 *magick7 )
 {
+	magick7->n = 1;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -545,14 +564,15 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_parse( VipsForeignLoadMagick7 *magick7,
 	printf( "image has %d frames\n", magick7->n_frames );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
-	/* If all_frames is off, just get the first one.
-	 */
-	if( !magick7->all_frames )
-		magick7->n_frames = 1;
+	if( magick7->n != -1 )
+		magick7->n_frames = VIPS_MIN( magick7->n_frames, magick7->n );
 
 	/* So we can finally set the height.
 	 */
-	out->Ysize *= magick7->n_frames;
+	if( magick7->n_frames > 1 ) {
+		vips_image_set_int( out, VIPS_META_PAGE_HEIGHT, out->Ysize );
+		out->Ysize *= magick7->n_frames;
+	}
 
 	return( 0 );
 }