[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-kde3] crop and resize image without Gimp
Anton Aylward composed on 2015-09-06 18:05 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
Is there a simple KDE or QT image editor in the repos? Is that what darktable, graphicsmagick, imagemagick-extra, or kde3-kim are for? Their descriptions don't make them sound very simple.
I use ImageMagick in CLI mode for things like this.
I routinely install ImageMagick, but have always experienced something like cognitive dissonance or an apparent paradox relating its CLI capabilities to inherently graphical objects. I do remember sometime in the distant past using convert, but have no more memory of it than that it happened at all.
In particular resizing images for web pages so that the users browser doesn't have to do the resizing and hence display faster.
This sounds like a file resize, not a pixel dimension resize, which is what I did quickly and easily with PMView in OS/2, and would like to do as easily in KDE.
Darktable is a very advanced photoeditor. Resizing in it is like resizing in GIMP: about 1% of its capability.
Sounds like this is what my sister needs exposure to in order to have a chance to divorce herself from Windows (7, running via Boot Camp on Retina laptop) and Photoshop.
ImageMagick-6.8.6.9-2.28.1.x86_64
"convert" can do just about anything.
Information for package ImageMagick: ------------------------------------ Repository: openSUSE-13.1-Update Name: ImageMagick Version: 6.8.6.9-2.28.1 Arch: x86_64 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 378.9 KiB Summary: Viewer and Converter for Images Description: ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats, including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. With ImageMagick, you can create images dynamically, making it suitable for Web applications. You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color-reduce, or add special effects to an image and save your completed work in many different image formats. Image processing operations are available from the command line as well as through C, C++, and PERL-based programming interfaces.
Maybe the reason I never pursued it is absence of obvious links to any GUI frontend to it in places like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick or KDE's starter menu. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> [09-06-15 18:49]: [...]
I routinely install ImageMagick, but have always experienced something like cognitive dissonance or an apparent paradox relating its CLI capabilities to inherently graphical objects. I do remember sometime in the distant past using convert, but have no more memory of it than that it happened at all.
In particular resizing images for web pages so that the users browser doesn't have to do the resizing and hence display faster.
This sounds like a file resize, not a pixel dimension resize, which is what I did quickly and easily with PMView in OS/2, and would like to do as easily in KDE.
from the cl: convert --help will provide a very comprehensive refresher. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 07.09.2015 um 01:03 schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
* Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> [09-06-15 18:49]: [...]
I routinely install ImageMagick, but have always experienced something like cognitive dissonance or an apparent paradox relating its CLI capabilities to inherently graphical objects. I do remember sometime in the distant past using convert, but have no more memory of it than that it happened at all.
In particular resizing images for web pages so that the users browser doesn't have to do the resizing and hence display faster.
This sounds like a file resize, not a pixel dimension resize, which is what I did quickly and easily with PMView in OS/2, and would like to do as easily in KDE.
from the cl: convert --help
will provide a very comprehensive refresher.
ImageMagick has a website with all command options: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-tools.php and a good overview with links to details: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php there is another page which explains lots of uses in details with examples: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ those pages helped me a lot... For everyday use I highly recommend digiKam, easy to use, can do a lot of things on the whole image (=no selection path like in Gimp etc.), in fact can do more than I need. I use it for my many thousands of images since many years, it's (much!) better than anything similar I found on win or mac. The cropping tool for example is just great, you can even use a batch process by click-click to resize, adjust compression to web-use, what ever... hth Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Anton Aylward composed on 2015-09-06 18:05 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
Is there a simple KDE or QT image editor in the repos? Is that what darktable, graphicsmagick, imagemagick-extra, or kde3-kim are for? Their descriptions don't make them sound very simple.
I use ImageMagick in CLI mode for things like this.
I routinely install ImageMagick, but have always experienced something like cognitive dissonance or an apparent paradox relating its CLI capabilities to inherently graphical objects. I do remember sometime in the distant past using convert, but have no more memory of it than that it happened at all.
I see that the thread started in "opensuse-kde3" mail list, but now you are posting to "opensuse". Perhaps this was not intentional :-? - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlXtauEACgkQja8UbcUWM1y2ZwD/SVKxyF5TjgSlxKcnhIaeWzyr G4fp/SEaG7JuGVhgmm4A/1xxYq5+uAvvsqlM2i0wKKfhRf7nfqrrcOCgR3P1jR/C =XpCw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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