On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 18:43 +0930, Tim wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to all who pointed out ways to do this, this is what I'm > trialling at the moment, as a combination of a few of the hints: > > for file in * > do > number=$(echo $file | cut -b6-8) > echo doing photo $number > convert -fill red -font Bookman-DemiItalic -pointsize 330 -draw "text 300,1000 photo-$number" $file ../proofs/$file > done > > That makes modified versions in a different directory, and works rather > nicely. Now I just wish I had faster PC, they're big files to play > with. ;-) > > I'll probably have to go back and modify the text placement for a few of > them, if it's appeared smack across someone's face, but it takes care of > the bulk of the photos without lots of work. > I just checked out the help and you could also add "grep"able text to the image using : -comment string annotate image with comment > -- > (Currently running FC4, in case that's important to the thread) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists.