Message-Id: <199707221623.JAA57180@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:23:30 -0500 From: george holmes <mailto:george.holmes@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> Subject: Re: Scaling and conversion of TIFFs To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
What platform are you on, sounds like it's not MacIntosh. If a Mac I'd like to toss out for discussion the possiblity of using GraphiConverter and Macros (applescript) instead of Photoshop or GifgConverter which has a lot of format possibilities. George
At 12:06 PM -0400 07/22/1997, Bob Rosenberg wrote: >I have a great quantity of 8-bit TIFFs coming in (165,000 or so). I want to
>perform a batch operation that will scale them down 50% and convert them to
>JPEGs at about 20:1 or 30:1. Graphic Workshop from Alchemy Mindworks looked
>promising, but it turns them into 24-bit JPEGs and reverses the color (turns
>them into negatives), and several weeks of seeking a response from them has
>been fruitless.
> I welcome suggestions for software.
>
>--Bob Rosenberg
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