Automatic image scaling down

xzc · 04-01-2006, 03:07 AM

Hello,
I'm searching for a program to automatically scaling down of ALL the images on a directory to a certain extension - if bigger... command line or graphic is the same..

I know I could use GIMP on each one, but I am a little bit lazy and, as I suppose I am not the only lazy guy of the planet, someone must already have done something like this ;-)

cheers...
xzc

acid_kewpie · 04-01-2006, 03:20 AM

use the "convert" tool which comes as part of ImageMagick

xzc · 04-01-2006, 10:15 AM

I saw it... but it is quite too complex.. e.g. if I say convert -size 800 it will convert to 800x... also images that are e.g. 200x100, while I want to resize also images that are gibber.
Furthermore if I have some images rotated it will not "understand" that, ending with different resolutions in the output.
I could use a percentage, but again it means I know the original resolution of the photoes in input, thing that I don't always know... :-((

acid_kewpie · 04-01-2006, 10:52 AM

well that's where bash scripting comes into it. use other imiagemagick tools to inspect images and process them accoridnlgy. it sounds like you want some psychic tool to magically know what you want to do.