Also, not sure if it’s helpful but we wrote a simple imagemagick command for something similar to what you’re asking for: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/annotation-with-imagemagick-watermark-ish/1813?u=patdavid Might have some luck with other ideas there for what you’re trying to do (or the gimp-user list). hth On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 8:31 PM Ken Moffat via gimp-developer-list < gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 11:21:18PM +0200, Ofnuts wrote: > > On 01/05/2020 22:40, P. Cáliz wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > I am trying to launch a social (non-profit) mini-project based on > the > > > hashtag #EstasEnMisPensamientos / #YouAreOnMyMind. > > > I am going to publicly share a selection of my photos (a few > hundred, I > > > suppose there will be some good ones ;-) ) labeled with that hastag and > > > with the URL of the collection, so that anyone can freely send them to > > > family, friends, ... Also I will try to involve professional > photographers, > > > and entities that have their own collections (botanical gardens, > museums, > > > conservation societies of monuments such as La Alhambra de Granada or > the > > > Topkapi palace, etc), to contribute with material from their > collections. > > > I do not know what success I can have, but being optimistic I must > > > expect a volume of contributions that I will not be able to handle by > > > myself, by hand. And it is for this that I request your help, perhaps > > > someone can make a Script-fu that automates the treatment of the > photos. I > > > have only used Gimp sporadically to correct the color or contrast of my > > > photos, but I have an absolute ignorance beyond this. > > > > > > Ideally the script should run in a loop with the following actions: > > > > > > - Take a photo from the originals directory A > > > - Adjust the photo to a maximum size (~ 2048 pix vertical or > horizontal) > > > preserving the aspect ratio > > > - Add a frame around the image with the bottom side wider than the > > > others (similar to Polaroid photos), and write the hastag (english > and > > > spanish), and the collection URL in this bottom border. This is > just an > > > idea, I'm open to your artistic suggestions > > > - Export as .jpeg in the modified photos directory B > > > - If possible, move the original photo from A directory to the C > > > directory so that it is not treated again > > > > > > Maybe it is necessary to define some additional detail, please > feel free > > > to ask me anything. > > > > > > I will exclusively dedicate a Raspberry Pi 3 for Gimp to fly. > > > Every day I will try to download in the original directory "A" all > the > > > photos received at youareonmyming@xxxxxxxxxx (by the way, if someone > knows > > > how to automate this, I would be soooo grateful). And also every day I > will > > > upload all the taged photos in directory "B" to the public album (I'm > still > > > not sure of the URL, I will probably host it in google photos). > > > > > > Any volunteer? Hope yes. > > > > Typically done with ImageMagick: https://imagemagick.org/index.php > > > > Some features: > > > > https://imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/ > > > > https://imagemagick.org/Usage/text/ > > > Probably getting a bit OT for gimp-dev, but I'll reply here anyway > this time. > > For the rest, typically done with shell script(s) from bash since > all you are doing is invoking programs with some options, e.g. 'cp' > to move files from 'A' to 'C' IFF (if and only if) the modifications > to create the file in B did not end in failure. > > Obviously, set aside some work space to play around with a *copy* > of a file and then when the modifications seem to work on that file, > try a copy of a different file. > > I've done the resizing in the past but I've never tried adding text > on top, or borders. > > But the fun part will be downloading everything from the original > directory, and then wiping out everything that is there, without > losing anything that comes in after you have started the download. > > Perhaps list everything currently at the directory, wget each item > in turn checking for no errors (e.g. full disk, non-responsive > external server) make a backup (did I mention the aggravation caused > by losing something someone sent you?) and only then rm the file > from the original. > > Or do the rm at the end, but perhaps keeping a separate file of those > jpegs you have successfully downloaded and adding the details to that > file after tou have successfully downloaded a file. > > For IM there are lots of posts online. > > I've in the past used it to resize a batch of photos, the salient > points were (from a bash script which was modifying the original > in-place): > > for F in $*; do > echo "Processing $F" # I like scripts to keep me informed > > # confirm it really is a jpeg, and find its dimensions > DIMENSIONS=$(identify $F | grep JPEG | awk '{ print $3}') > if [ -z "$DIMENSIONS" ]; then > echo "ERROR: $F seems not to be a jpeg" > exit 1 > fi > WIDTH=$(echo $DIMENSIONS | cut -d 'x' -f1) > DEPTH=$(echo $DIMENSIONS | cut -d 'x' -f2) > > if [ $WIDTH -gt 2048 ] || [ $DEPTH -gt 2048 ]; then > mogrify -resize 2048x2048 $F > else > echo "$F not resized, is only $WIDTH x $DEPTH" > fi > done > > As with all old scripts, or hunks you find online, replace active > commands by a comment of what will happen when doing it the first > time, so in this case comment out the mogrify and add e.g. > echo "will resize usign mogrify" > or alternatively for a simple command like that just try the command > on a copied jpeg to confirm it, and any other options you add, do > the right think (then use 'identify' and 'display' afterwards). > > You might also need to consider how much upload space you have, and > bandwidth for people viewing, if this becomes popular. I'm guessing > a jpeg of max dimension 2048 will typically be less than 2 MB, but > YMMV. > > Also, you'll want to review the results at full size, even if most > people have screens which are smaller than 2048x2048. > > ĸen > -- > See You Later, Holy Poppadom! > -- Red Dwarf, The Promised Land > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > -- https://patdavid.net GPG: 66D1 7CA6 8088 4874 946D 18BD 67C7 6219 89E9 57AC _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
