> > Basically, I've got a bunch of pictures from a party/event that I want to
> > do
> several things to:
> >
> > 1) Resize to 4x6 @ 300 PPI
> > 2) Add a sllightly transucent ~ 1" white bar on top of the image (accross
> > the
> bottom).
> > 3) Over the white bar, on the left, place a small 1"x1" logo.
> > 4) Over the white bar, centered on the remainder, put the names of the
> > people
> in the photo. (Reducing text size if needed to fit on one line.)
> > 5) Over the white bar, centered on the remainder, put the name of the
> > event
> on the next line.
> > 6) Add a black border to entire image.
> > 7) Export as JPEG.
> >
> > There is a CSV file that contains the "names of the people in each photo"
> > to
> file name mapping. (One line per image file.)
> >
> > Can this be automated with the GIMP?
>
> Yes, if you're familiar with one of the programming languages supported
> for GIMP Plugins (C, Python, Script-Fu by default - there may be
> others). You'll need to become familiar with the plugin API. In 2.6,
> look under the Help menu for "Procedure Browser". The way you use these
> is dependent on the language you choose.
>
Thank you for the help.
These photos need to be printed as a hard-copy... hence the need to downsize to
4"x6"@300ppi
I'm kinda familiar with Python as a web scripting language, but I've never used
it for a GUI or as a plug-in language.
How involved is writing a GIMP plug-in?
For the overlay, Is is possible to simply make a "template" GIMP file, replace
the text field values as needed, and merge with a resized version of the base
file?
>
> However, if you really do need to update the image itself and you want
> to program it yourself, you might find it easier to automate this with
> ImageMagick. The advantage to this option is that it's more scripted
> from the shell and doesn't require running a UI interface. GIMP can (I
> believe - I never use it this way) be run without the UI but I'm not
> sure it's particularly easier to script in this way.
>
I'll check out ImageMagick.. thanks for the lead. Ideally, I'd still like to
create the template overlay file in GIMP, though. (If imagemagick supports such
a thing... )
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