[Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread Jon Lapham
Hello list, Is it possible to rescale multiple images (ie: hundreds) without having to open each one individually in the Gimp? I guess this would be a sort of batch processing. Background: I have a perl script which I run to shrink images before uploading to the web. This typically

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread nuno alexandre
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:03 -0300, Jon Lapham wrote: Hello list, Is it possible to rescale multiple images (ie: hundreds) without having to open each one individually in the Gimp? I guess this would be a sort of batch processing. Hi, you can use convert from ImageMagick. cd

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread Jon Lapham
nuno alexandre wrote: you can use convert from ImageMagick. [snip shell script] As I mentioned, I have a perl script (incidently using the ImageMagick module) which does exactly what your shell script does. I was just curious if/how the Gimp could do it, as I use the Gimp for all my image

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread nuno alexandre
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:28 -0300, Jon Lapham wrote: nuno alexandre wrote: you can use convert from ImageMagick. [snip shell script] As I mentioned, I have a perl script (incidently using the ImageMagick module) which does exactly what your shell script does. I was just curious if/how

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread David Hodson
Jon Lapham wrote: Is it possible to rescale multiple images (ie: hundreds) without having to open each one individually in the Gimp? I guess this would be a sort of batch processing. David's Batch Processor (DBP) is a Gimp plugin to do exactly this. Look at

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread David Hodson
nuno alexandre wrote: I quote: [...] src: http://adrian.gimp.org/batch/batch-7.html I quote http://adrian.gimp.org/batch/batch.html, the contents page for that document: NOTE: This doc is ancient. It it wrong. You really want to look at Basic_Batch instead. That's

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread Mike Gimp
I can say that you are better suited with ImageMagick and, like you said, your custom perl scripts. I quote: Batch mode is slow. Its not really a practical replacement for tools like ImageMagick or NetPBM when it comes to large scale image conversions or similar. At least not without

Re: [Gimp-user] Multiple file scaling

2005-06-24 Thread Jon Lapham
David Hodson wrote: Jon Lapham wrote: Is it possible to rescale multiple images (ie: hundreds) without having to open each one individually in the Gimp? I guess this would be a sort of batch processing. David's Batch Processor (DBP) is a Gimp plugin to do exactly this. Look at