Re: Scaling and conversion of TIFFs

Don Porter (mailto:ported@RPI.EDU)
Tue, 22 Jul 1997 16:16:53 -0400

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Date:         Tue, 22 Jul 1997 16:16:53 -0400
From: Don Porter <mailto:ported@RPI.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Scaling and conversion of TIFFs
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At 12:06 PM -0400 7/22/97, 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.

Another option (which I have not tried) is JASC's Image Robot. It costs $49. The manual seems to suggest it would do what you want, although the resizing options may not include 50% scaling.

Don Porter, mailto:ported@rpi.edu Director, New Media Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, New York 12180 voice: 518-276-8163 fax: 518-276-2185