On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:26:08 +0100, Tixy wrote in message <1339781168.3116.8.ca...@computer2.home>:
> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 04:34 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:37:18 -0500, Christofer wrote in message > > <caoevnyujsmftaqze+suzcvhjnvk48hnvjlngofzg5bxu-xv...@mail.gmail.com>: > > > > > > It's much simpler to do: > > > > > > > > mogrify -resize '800x600<' testimage.jpg > > > > > > > > or to limit it to 800 in any dimension > > > > > > > > mogrify -resize '800x800<' testimage.jpg > > > > > > > > (These commands preserve aspect ratio and only resize if image > > > > is greater than the given dimensions.) > > > > > > Well, color me impressed! I didn't know about that notation. > > > That certainly would have saved me a lot of pain with some shell > > > scripts I wrote awhile back for image management! I'll keep that > > > in my bag of tricks and thank you for the tip! > > > > ..I lost you guys here; is the new trick in the bag the use > > of mogrify, or is it putting the "<" in '800x600<', inside > > the single quotes, typo style like????? > > > > It's the < but as that is treated specially by shells, you need to > include the argument in '' or take other precautions. ..ah, thanks. > imagemagic has a wealth of options, it's well worth reading them > whenever you have an image manipulation task. [1] ..aye, I went the graphicsmagick route but I don't recall why. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120616122213.0670c...@celsius.lan
