On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:04:57 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 Sep 2002 1:29 am, you wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:01:47 +0100 > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I recently installed Gqview, which allows browsing of my photo > > > directories. This week I decided to try my elderly Camedia C1000L > > > with Gphoto - it uses a serial connection, you can guess how old it > > > is. No problem - program starts, camera is on list, program works! > > > Great. All I lack, then, is a program to allow printing several > > > photos to a page; I had two or three such in windows. Wait a mo, > > > though - do I really need this? KWord is frame based and should do > > > the job. And of course it does, no problems at all. > > > > > > It just shows, I've been using Mandrake for 6 months now, and pretty > > > well full time for about four, but still I find myself thinking of > > > the windows way of doing things, instead of simply analysing and > > > attacking the problem. I'm pleased to say that most things are > > > solved as easily as this, once the blinkers are off. It's sad, > > > though, that there are still a few - very few - things that I can > > > only do in windows. The day will come, though... > > > > > > Anne > > > > Anne, > > > > John Richard Smith and I were working on a script that uses > > ImageMagick's montage to automatically generate a composite image > > suitable for printing on a4 paper. The limitations right now are > > > > 1. images must all be the same size > > 2. images must all have the same orientation (unless you plan on > > separating them) > > > > It works on an entire directory. > > > > http://clevername.homeip.net/moco > > > > Todd > > I'll take a look at that. I'm puzzled about ImageMagick, though. My > menu offers me ImageMagick Display, so I thought IM was installed, but > selecting that does absolutely nothing. Is this just a module that's > loaded to use with one of the other apps? Do I need to look for the > full app on the disks? > > I'll explore this afternoon if I can get time, but I'm running out of > that right now, as I am away for a good week from Friday. > > Anne ImageMagick is more like a collection of programs that do different things--display (show an image), mogrify (resize), convert (change format and resize), montage (combine many to one). I set my stystem up so that clicking an image file opens it using display. Once an image is open, you can right-click it and get some options. I prefer using it for batch processing images. Man ImageMagick will give you the lowdown, or visit imagemagick.org. Todd -- Todd Slater Not currently listening to tunes I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive. (John W. Gardner)
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