Jeff Many thanks for that :-)
Cheers Mike > >Hi > >I'm trying to open jpeg files and close them again with lower quality >with the intention of reducing the file size, making the files load >quicker in browsers. The code I'm trying to use is .. > ><snip> >Cheers > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Console problem >From: Jeff Trefftzs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:36:48 -0800 > >Hi Mike - > >At the risk of sounding like a broken record, you really don't >want to use >the GIMP for this task. It's ever so much easier with >ImageMagick. Try something like this: > >for image in *.jpg >do >convert -quality 50 $image loqual_$image >done > >Read man convert for all the details. > >There may be cases where it makes sense to use the GIMP in batch >mode, but they are few and far between, and I don't think you >have one of them here. > >HTH, > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user