Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots
On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 03:03:14 -0700
"Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a few hundred screen shots I want to put on a web page, but
> they are all full-screen and I want to crop to the real contents.
> This is an identical region in all cases. So I want to script it.
>
> So, 2 questions:
> A) What's the best tool for the job? Gimp, irfanview, or something
> else? B) Is there a script already in existence where I can just
> change the crop rectangle? I really don't want to learn a new
> language for a one-time job.
I haven't done it, but I'm pretty sure the convert program from
ImageMagicK does exactly what you want. See:
man convert | grep -A5 crop
As far as a script, all I can recommend is a loop that backs up
the original to a new name, converts and renames the converted, so you
can start it again if you get only half way through for some reason.
Or, you can just redirect ls into a file, use Vim to convert and rename
each file individually.
HTH,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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