On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 22:55 -0500, Thom Paine wrote: > I have several hundred pictures I'd like to resize to 800x600 and I'd > also like to randomize their names to have them shuffle on a computer > screen for a screensaver. > > I've been reading a bit and have some of a command figured out. > > #convert -interlace NONE -geometry 800x600 > /home/workgroup/pics/image1.jpg > /home/workgroup/pics/image1.resized.jpg > > I'm not sure how to get this to work on a whole directory full of pictures. > Should I run this in some sort of a while do loop? I'm a rookie with > bash, but have been reading a bit trying to understand it. > > Since I want them all to be random, is it better to rename them all > first with a random number between 1000 and 1999 with pic in front or > should I resize them first, delete the bigger original (because it > will be a copy) and then rename them? And what happens if I happen to > already have a picture named that? > > Can anyone give me some help with scripting this up to work automatically? > > Preferably I'd like these features. > > 1. Take all images in a source directory and convert them to 800x600 resolution. > 2. Rename all images in said source directory to a random number > between 1000 and 1999 and then have the image name come out something > like pic1717.jpg > 3. Delete the images in the source directory making room for another > batch to convert and display. > > Thanks. > > -- > -=/>Thom > Convert is part of ImageMagick and thus it's manual is useful. There is a way to have the files converted and renamed. Look at mogrify instead. http://www.linbox.com/ucome.rvt?file=/any/doc_distrib/ImageMagick-5.1.1/www/tools.html Examples http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/
