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Re: [LUG] bulk resize of photos - related to previouis post of licenses

 

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
>
>   
GIMP ? (Davids Batch Processor (dbp))  can do this... I get the people 
in the office to use it to great effect..

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