Comments on: New utility: image http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image The personal weblog of Peter Hosey. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian Ganninger http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-3083 Brian Ganninger Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:30:49 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-3083 I ran into the same conundrum a few months ago but I cheated and took an even simpler solution - I threw together an Automator workflow to take a folder of images, ask me the resize percent or new values, and then go to town. I ran into the same conundrum a few months ago but I cheated and took an even simpler solution - I threw together an Automator workflow to take a folder of images, ask me the resize percent or new values, and then go to town.

]]> By: Peter Hosey http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-883 Peter Hosey Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:52:02 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-883 Hub: I'd forgotten about Seashore. I'd rejected it before because it's not Photoshop, but for simple scaling and conversion, it's not bad. It would be nice if it had a crop tool like Preview's, though. Or even simply a fixed-size rectangular marquee like Photoshop offers. Simone: Not in the current version, but it's an interesting idea. I fear what it would do to the already-ugly code. In the meantime, you can use <kbd>find topdir -foo blah -bar blah -exec image '{}' 50% jpg ';'</kbd>. Change up the arguments to find and image as required. rtmfd: ImageMagick is horribly bloated and underdocumented. My main problem with it was always figuring out which algorithm to use; it offers about a dozen, IIRC, and they are all presented by name with no indication of which ones are better for speed than quality vs better for quality than speed. I'd rather have a range of “fast”, “mediocre”, and “best”, or in this case, just “best”. Even so, maybe I can find something else to do with it. Hub: I'd forgotten about Seashore. I'd rejected it before because it's not Photoshop, but for simple scaling and conversion, it's not bad.

It would be nice if it had a crop tool like Preview's, though. Or even simply a fixed-size rectangular marquee like Photoshop offers.

Simone: Not in the current version, but it's an interesting idea. I fear what it would do to the already-ugly code.

In the meantime, you can use find topdir -foo blah -bar blah -exec image '{}' 50% jpg ';'. Change up the arguments to find and image as required.

rtmfd: ImageMagick is horribly bloated and underdocumented. My main problem with it was always figuring out which algorithm to use; it offers about a dozen, IIRC, and they are all presented by name with no indication of which ones are better for speed than quality vs better for quality than speed. I'd rather have a range of “fast”, “mediocre”, and “best”, or in this case, just “best”.

Even so, maybe I can find something else to do with it.

]]> By: rtmfd http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-875 rtmfd Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:23:40 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-875 Have you tried ImageMagick? I believe it has a DarwinPort and a fink installer. If that's not to your liking, I've got a Universal Binary build of ImageMagick I could pass along to you. I'll be on IRC if you're interested. Have you tried ImageMagick? I believe it has a DarwinPort and a fink installer. If that's not to your liking, I've got a Universal Binary build of ImageMagick I could pass along to you. I'll be on IRC if you're interested.

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-874 Simone Manganelli Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:09:13 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-874 Meh on Seashore. It's a nice application, but for scaling images, it's just tedious. Actually, I often use it for doing precise cropping according to pixel values and then scaling images, and I have to -- grr -- click that annoying "Also apply to full size layers" checkbox every single time when I adjust the boundaries. It seems to try to emulate the interface of Adobe Photoshop, which is horrible for occasional use. I imagine this command-line utility will be useful next time I do need to do image scaling. Can you supply a folder as an argument for quick batch processing? That would be sweet. Meh on Seashore. It's a nice application, but for scaling images, it's just tedious. Actually, I often use it for doing precise cropping according to pixel values and then scaling images, and I have to -- grr -- click that annoying "Also apply to full size layers" checkbox every single time when I adjust the boundaries. It seems to try to emulate the interface of Adobe Photoshop, which is horrible for occasional use.

I imagine this command-line utility will be useful next time I do need to do image scaling. Can you supply a folder as an argument for quick batch processing? That would be sweet.

]]> By: Hub http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-873 Hub Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:33:57 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-17/new-utility-image#comment-873 Have you tried seashore? <a href="http://seashore.sf.net/">http://seashore.sf.net/</a> Have you tried seashore?

http://seashore.sf.net/

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