Problem below, solution above. >To: GraphicConverter Liste <gcmac at yahoogroups.com> >From: Hagen Henke <hagen.henke at gmx.de> >Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:13:54 +0100 >Subject: Re: [gcmac] Conversion of Names in Sequence >Reply-To: gcmac at yahoogroups.com > >Hello, > >I fear this is a bit too complicated for a less advanced user. >Nevertheless you should try: > >Copy the files to a folder, duplicate it in the Finder for safety >reasons by Option dragging and open it in a Browser window in GC by >dragging the folder onto GraphicConverter. > >Open the context menu with a control click on one of the images. >Choose Create Sort folder. Drag the images into the sort folder in >the desired order. They will be renames with a leading index. You >could by my Workshops book on GraphicConverter to learn more about >this. > >Click the sort folder in the left hand coloumn to display it's >content. Select all images in the sortfolder and choose rename >selected files from the context menu. > >Now comes the tricky part: > >Check the names are unchanged in the Results area on the right hand side. >Check the Specials tab and uncheck all checkboxes. > >Click the Removal tab. Check Remove char range at beginning Enter 1 >to 100 or higher if you file's names are longer. > >Click the Name tab. Enter africa_ in the line Add before name. > >Click the Index tab. Check Add Index and click After Name. > >This should lead to the desired result. > >--- > >Click the Batch popup menu in the browser and choose Define Batch... > >Double click Max Size in the left list and enter a Width that may >fit, maybe 400 pixels. > >Add Sharpen Edges is a must to get good looking results. Enter a >value between 20 and 80 depending on the size: the smaller the less. > >For internet usage adding Resolution is another good idea. Enter 72 dpi. > >Click the Save.. button and save this Batch so you can use it in the Browser. > >Make sure you Batch is selected in the popup and select JPEG as >format in the popup under the Batch popup. > >Click the options button besides and set the quality to 76-85 as you >like it. Enable Progressive and deselect EXIF and IPTC. > >Close the dialog with OK. > >Open a single image and choose File / Save as... > >In the file selector enable Save web ready, Make filename ready for >the web and Merge color profile into image. Last is most important. > >Click Cancel. Your settings will be saved nevertheless. > >Select all images and click Go besides the Batch popup > >Good luck and all the best - you may also profit from my 3rd party manual. > >Regards, Hagen Henke > > > >>Am 02.02.2006 21:15 Uhr schrieb "jpkoeppel" unter >><johnkoeppelmd at netscape.net>: >> >> Greetings! >> >> I went on safari to east Africa last October and took digital >>photos with two cameras. When I got back, I had a camera store >>burn several CD's of photos for me because I didn't know exactly >>how to load the photos directly from camera to iPhoto. >> >> Here's the problem: I have the photos all arranged in iPhoto in >>the exact order I want them to appear when I post them to Mac.com. >>The problem is that one can put photos in iPhoto in any sequence, >>regardless of name and index. If you put them into any other >>folder, they are ordered alphabetically. The photos in iPhoto all >>have differnt names and index names like >>"Holiday_October_2005.jpg" or "ADN0067.jpg" or HGHES3882.jpg. What >>I want to do is rename and reindex all the photos to africa_00.jpg >>(there are sixty photos for uploading) and trim the size of the >>files to no larger than 70KB. >> >> But how to I change the name and index of all these files while >>keeping them in the order in which they now appear in iPhoto, that >>is, regardless of their name and index? >> >> And once renamed, how do I trim the size. GC is a very >>sophisticated peice of software, and I will learn it in time. But >>I need to find the answers to these problems quickly. >> >> Thsnks much in sdvance. >> >> -John P. Koeppel
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