Len Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:03:10 -0500 >Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:17:52 -0800 >> Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:48 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: >> > > Happy Sunday >> > > >> > > Anyone know an easy (?) way to convert a batch of .bmp's to >> > > .jpg's? >> > > >> > > I have to do the same 20 pages of schematics every weekend for >> > > the next forever. >> > > >> > > Resolution isn't much of an issue but the bmps are 300 dpi. >> > Gimp >> > > >> > > Lee >> > >> > >> > >> mogrify command looks like it should work, but doesn't with my >> .bmp's. Give the following error: >> >> mogrify: Length and filesize do not match >> (9_3L4_UL_DM_PX_TriStarHydraulicControl.bmp). >> >> >> When I open one in gimp it gives me the .tif save option, but not >> the .jpg. I can save as a .tif then mogrify the tif to a .jpg fine, >> but that's more of a pain than leaving them as .bmp's. >> >> I appreciate the help. No doubt the problem is the brain dead >> program that made the .bmps in the first place. There aren't any >> options on "Export to .bmp" or they probably would have had an >> export to .jpg or .ps in the first place. >> >> Customers will just have to chew on the big files. >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Lee >How about that - non standard BMP files. I tried mogrify on one of the small >BMPs which comes with OpenOffice.org; no problem. > >-- >Len Lawrence > I use the small script attached to do a similar task. Put it in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin then using a terminal change to the directory containing the bmp files and type convert1. The script uses convert from ImageMagick, so you should have ImageMagick installed. You could also modify the script to adapt other features of the jpg format. I hope it helps.
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#!/bin/sh # Convert a direcotry of bmp 2 jpg for image in *.bmp do convert $image "$(echo $image | sed 's/bmp//g')jpg" done
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