On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 03:37:31PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: [...] > I am pushing for this to be a Linux server. > > I am looking for recommendations for the following types of software to: > > [1] Convert an image between various formats (e.g., jpg -> png, &c.) > This software must: > [a] Convert between many graphics formats with minimum resolution > loss; > [b] Convert images between various sizes and resolutions; > [c] Be automatable, preferably via CLI. > > [2] Animate a set of images. This software must: > [a] Deal effectively with high resolution images; > [b] Allow automatic replay (i.e., tape loop); > [c] Output to file formats readily available on wintel and mac > platforms; > [d] Be automatable, preferably via CLI.
You can do all of this using the Gimp and script-fu. Though most folks use
the Gimp interactively, there is a batch mode which can be used
non-interactively. The real power is that you can do anything that the Gimp
can do (a lot) and have a real programming language (script-fu, a lisp
dialect). There is no need for local display hardware. One of the authors of
the Gimp runs an online photo service using a cluster of headless gimp
servers hooked up to a web form interface.
See:
http://manual.gimp.org
http://lugod.org/presentations/gimp2/
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Henry House
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