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AW: Macro for ImageResize

Posted by Frank Walter on Nov 19, 2010; 6:28pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Macro-for-ImageResize-tp3686379p3686383.html

Thank you very much, Jim.

Mogrify is maybe exactly the solution I was looking for.
So this and the solution of Carné are the things I will use.

Thank you so much for this fast and efficient help here, everybody!

Regards, kindsomes,

frank




> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] Im Auftrag von
> James Passmore
> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 15:10
> An: [hidden email]
> Betreff: Re: Macro for ImageResize
>
> Frank,
>
> Replace 'convert' with the ImageMagick 'mogrify' command.  I think it
would
> then be
> mogrify -resize 800x600^ *.jpg
>
> Caution:  BACKUP your data first!!!!  The mogrify command overwrites the
> original file with the changed file!
>
> Also, as is frequently pointed out on this list, think twice about the
jpeg
> format.  Every time you save a jpeg, you degrade the quality, so if you're
> going to to any later processing, measurement, etc., you may be hurting
the
> results.  (If this is the last operation on these images and you need the
> smaller file size, then jpeg is probably acceptable.)
>
> Therefore, another (better?) command producing a second file name might
use
> the mogrify -format option.  I think this is the only time mogrify
produces

> a new file instead of overwriting the first.
> mogrify -resize 800x600^ -format tif *.jpg
>
> If you're already adept with ImageJ, Johannes' suggestion might be easier.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Jim Passmore*
> Research Associate
> Sealed Air Corporation
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>
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Frank Walter <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Michael,
> >
> > thank you very much. This works very easy, e.g.:
> >
> > convert * -resize '800x600' output.jpg
> >
> > or
> >
> > convert * -resize '800x600^' output.jpg
> >
> > if I want to keep the bigger size as minimum. Only question (off topic
> > because imagemagick):
> >
> > how can I keep the original names?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards, franc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Von: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] Im Auftrag von
> > > Michael Doube
> > > Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 11:49
> > > An: [hidden email]
> > > Betreff: Re: Macro for ImageResize
> > >
> > >
> > > Franc,
> > >
> > > > I need a tool on my Ubuntu-server (without GUI) to adjust the size
of
> > > > all images in one folder to maximum 800x600 pixels (only if they are
> > > > bigger), not loosing proportions.
> > >
> > > Imagemagick does this, and you may already have it on your Ubuntu box.
> > > http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php
> > >
> > > Michael
> >