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On Sunday 26 August 2007 12:57, Paul Sutton wrote: > On a related note, anyone got suggestions for how to bulk reduce a set > of photos, to a smaller size, (as in actual file size) or what image > format is good, my camera saves to jpeg, avg size is 2.9 mb, I have > uploaded some but they are quite large, in size. > > on a related note any way of auto adding a watermark that says what > license they are under, or perhaps use stenography to embed a message or > perhaps even add something to the exif data, tags. Even if this is my > name, and what license they are under, > > i am looking at gm (graphics magic), at the moment, command line would > be prefered as its quicker, and can be simply applied at the console > without messing around with a gui, which will take longer to simply > open the right folder and highlight the files I want to manipulate, > thats before I even start playing with the images. > > One alternative is to change the camera settings, however I like to take > photos on the best quality, however if I remember I can probably do > this before games, which means the command line too will be a back up > plan in case I don't remember to change the settings. > > thanks again > > Paul > I use a tool called Birt for batch resizing (Batch Image Resizing Thing). http://acherondevelopment.com/project.php?name=birt but may be available from your repository. It is quick and no frills - ideal for my stuff. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html