[olug] Graphics

[Ryan O'Rourke]

Dave Hull wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Nathan Brown wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm amazed at 'The Gimp'.  What does 'The Gimp' not do that Photoshop does 
>>do?  I'm having a bit of a problem though cause I dont' know what I'm doing 
>>with graphics.  I have been resizing pictures (rescaling) putting them at 
>>640X480.  Most tally up to 25 or 30 KB.  But this one I have is already at 
>>640X480 and is over 400 KB.   What do I do to get the size down?
> 
> 
> It's been a couple of years since I've Gimp, but I recall being able to save 
> images as JPEGs and being able to specify parameters relating to compression. 
> You might try that.

Although the Gimp is a fantastic tool, I find ImageMagick to be much 
easier, faster, and consistent for image size manipulation. You can do 
it all from the command line - don't even have to view any images to 
make it work.

http://www.imagemagick.org/

HTH

-- Ryan