"Novice Programmer" on wrote... | Hello guys, | | I got it finally working... with the technique you people suggested i.e read | the image first.. | | now i am facing another problem... it does not honor width and height | specified by me.. i.e it always tries to maintain aspect ration.. Is there | some way by which i can tell IM not to think about AR? | Add a '!' to the resize argument. For some interactive shells you may need to backslash escape it.
EG: -thumbnail 320x240\! | On 11/28/07, Anthony Thyssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > "Novice Programmer" on wrote... | > | hello All, | > | | > | I am new to image magick. i am performing a very primitive taks using | > Magick | > | but still failing to do it.. | > | i am trying ot convert image to its 320x240 thumbnail... | > | | > | Here is the command that i enter: | > | | > | convert -thumbnail 320x240 test.jpg thumbnail.jpg | > | | > | and i get the error which says as: | > | convert : unable to open image test.jpg : No such file or directory | > | convert : missing an image filename 'thumbnail.jpg' | > | | > | if i change the command to | > | | > | convert -thumbnail 320 * 240 test.jpg thumbnail.jpg then every thing | > works | > | fine except that i have an image having width of 320 and arbitrary | > height... | > | | > | i want to control the height as well... Please help.. what is wrong with | > the | > | command which gives me erros.. | > | | > | i am using magick on windows xp. | > | | > What version of IM are you using? What OS and system? | > | > The error seem to indicate that it was not able to open test.jpg | > and yet you say the next given command works fine when that should | > produce all sorts of errors. Note that '*' would have expanded to the | > list of files in the current directory. | > | > Make sure the filenames are correct. | > | > I have a feeling you are getting caught by non-ascii UTF characters. | > | > Like maybe it has a UTF-8 '.' or some other weirdness in it. The second | > command would have work then because '*' expanded to match the filename | > in the current directory correctly. | > | > Also it is a good idea to read the image BEFORE trying to resize it. | > that is give the command line options in the order you want them | > applied. For example | > | > convert test.jpg -thumbnail 320x240 thumbnail.jpg | > | > this avoids problems with the backward compatible legacy system. | > | > | > Finally read IM Examples, Basics. | > http://imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/ | > | > Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | > When an elf uses human courtesies, you know you are in trouble. | > -- Rick Cook, "The Wizardry Compiled" | > | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | > Anthony's Home is his Castle http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/ | > _______________________________________________ | > Magick-users mailing list | > [email protected] | > http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users | > | | | | -- | Thanks & Regards, | Novice (http://ishuonweb.wordpress.com/). | _______________________________________________ | Magick-users mailing list | [email protected] | http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never ask them for an explaination. You only end up worse confused. -- Rick Cook, "Wizardry Cursed" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony's Home is his Castle http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/ _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
