Re: [Gimp-user] creating thumbnails from a script

[Wandered Inn <esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>]

joel wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 28 August 2001 06:05 pm, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
> > I've been given over 200 jpg images that need to be thumbnailed.  Is there
> > a way from gimp to do this from a script or from the command line?
> 
> The easiest way is by using the magnificent convert command:
> 
> convert -geometry <width>x<height>
> 
> So, to quickly create 60x60 thumbnails of an entire directory of jpeg files
> (and to name each of the thumbs t_<file>), you'd type:
> 
> for i in *; do convert -geometry 60x60 $i jpeg:t_$i; done

OR, if you want to maintain the aspect ratio, you can use percentages as
in:

convert -geometry 30%x30% $i t-${i}

Which would reduce the image to 30% of it's original size in both width
and height.

> 
> --Joel
> 
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Glen
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