TIFF-to-Jpeg batch converter?

[Tom Klingler]

At 5:01 AM -0700 4/25/98, Thomas Dowling wrote:
>>From: David P Atkins <notdpa at unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
>>Subject: TIFF-to-Jpeg batch converter?

 Are there any batch converters that will take a directory
>>full of tiff images  and convert them into jpeg or gif images?
>>
>In the Windows world, HiJaak Pro will do batch conversions from various
>formats (including TIFF) to various formats (including JPEG and GIF).  In
>Windows95, just highlight the files you want to convert, right-click, and
>select HiJaak Convert.
>
>In the Unix world, you should explore the PPM utilities.  They're a bunch
>of individual commands that convert between graphics formats by way of the
>PPM format (Portable PixMap - sort of a Unix Esperanto for graphics) and
>can also handle things like resizing if you want to make a set of
>thumbnails.  In true Unix style, you're expected to string a set of these
>commands together and roll your own shell script to process the entire
>directory.
>
>tdowling at ohiolink.edu
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...and in the Macintosh world, try GraphicConverter.


Tom Klingler
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