Posted by Rik Shaw on 09/07/2019 14:17:22:
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1. What would be the easiest (free) prog/app to batch shrink the pics for upload?
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I use ImageMagick for this sort of conversion job. It's a powerful command-line image tool-set available for Windows, Linux and Mac.
After installing, from the unix shell or a Windows run or command.exe console:
- Navigate to the folder containing the pictures with 'cd'
- magick '*.jpg' -resize 640×280 small%03d.jpg
magick is the convert program (on my Ubuntu computer it's called 'convert' rather than 'magick'
'*.jpg' means 'all files in the current folder suffixed .jpg'
-resize 640×280 means convert the image to a maximum 640 width by 240 pixel height
small%03d.jpg means output a copy of each picture with a serial number, eg. small001.jpg
Then copy all the small*.jpg files to your preferred photo hosting platform. I only use this forum to store photos and it's not good for bulk images because it's a faff to upload and link to. Can't recommend any others because I've not used them or read their Terms & Conditions.
Dave
Edit: Pesky Smileys
Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 09/07/2019 15:21:38