[Eug-lug] batch convert

[Jacob Meuser]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:12:25PM -0700, Ken Barber wrote:
> On Sunday 22 August 2004 12:07 pm, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> 
> > There's a lot of overlapping functionality in the IM programs.  You
> > can use either mogrify or convert to scale images.  However, the
> > convert manpage says, "Convert converts an input file using one
> > image format to an output file with a differing image format."
> > and the mogrify manpage says "Mogrify transforms an image or a
> > sequence of images.  These transforms include image scaling, ...".
> >
> > So, according to the documentation, one would think that mogrify
> > was the "correct" program for scaling images.
> 
> Oh.  Now I see.
> 
> As far as I can tell, convert and mogrify do exactly the same things -- I 
> believe that all of the option switches available in one are also available 
> in the other.  But I can't say that for certain because I can't remember ever 
> having used mogrify.
> 
> The impression I got from the documentation is that they both do the same job, 
> but mogrify overwrites the original file while convert preserves it, forcing 
> the user to choose another filename for the output image.
> 
> I have used, and continue to use, convert extensively and I have written 
> several scripts to automate my tasks.  My only real frustration is that 
> apparently convert doesn't support putting sRGB and gAMA chunks into PNG 
> images.  'Tis a pity, because I would like to use tagged images that look the 
> same whether they're being viewed on a (non-color-managed) PC or a (modern, 
> color-managed) Mac.  Maybe I'll write a little program in C that will insert 
> the chunks.

chek this out:

http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/

lots of cools tricks

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