Urgent!! Image batch converting, how?

hottdogg · 09-26-2005, 07:08 AM

People, I need immediate help and advice regarding multiple image converting.
I'll be given a task to convert 800 (that's right, 800) jpeg images to tiff format or vice versa, haven't got the detail yet. And must be finished within 48 hrs or less after the task is given. I think this should be done wih "batch converting". I know there's Imagemagick. But will it do the job done?
O yeah... B'cause the linux workstation I'm using isn't specifically for large image processing like this, I may do the task "batch converting" for every 10 images (80 times) so that my linux won't hang or do something stupid. I hope the required paramater for every image is the same (plz God let them be...). So, can you give me advice using ImageMagick (hint: what sould I type) or maybe refer to other tool? or anything?! or use windows-based tool? I don't mind as long as it's free to download. Please, Please, Please help.

THanks a lot.
Now, I want google "batch image convering" or someting like that.

xowl · 09-26-2005, 07:22 AM

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Urgent!! Image batch converting, how? ( post #1)

People, I need immediate help and advice regarding multiple image converting.
I'll be given a task to convert 800 (that's right, 800) jpeg images to tiff format or vice versa, haven't got the detail yet. And must be finished within 48 hrs or less after the task is given. I think this should be done wih "batch converting". I know there's Imagemagick. But will it do the job done?
O yeah... B'cause the linux workstation I'm using isn't specifically for large image processing like this, I may do the task "batch converting" for every 10 images (80 times) so that my linux won't hang or do something stupid. I hope the required paramater for every image is the same (plz God let them be...). So, can you give me advice using ImageMagick (hint: what sould I type) or maybe refer to other tool? or anything?! or use windows-based tool? I don't mind as long as it's free to download. Please, Please, Please help.

THanks a lot.
Now, I want google "batch image convering" or someting like that.

Well.... Actually this is pretty simple.

lets suppose U have a directory where all Ur jpegs are. U go into de directory and type:

Code:

for i in *jpg; do convert $i $(basename $i jpg).tif ; done

and thats all.