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Can someone please suggest a freeware tool for batch converting JPEGS to
grayscale images? When I get requests for black & white images I've been
converting my files one at a time using the "Remove Color" command in
Photoshop Elements. It works well, but it takes a long time to do photos
individually that way. I'd sure love having a tool that does batch
conversion. Thanks in advance.

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:18:49 -0400, Jerry Perry wrote:

> Can someone please suggest a freeware tool for batch converting JPEGS to
> grayscale images? When I get requests for black & white images I've been
> converting my files one at a time using the "Remove Color" command in
> Photoshop Elements. It works well, but it takes a long time to do photos
> individually that way. I'd sure love having a tool that does batch
> conversion. Thanks in advance.

Imagemagick

http://www.imagemagick.net/

"Jerry Perry" <> wrote in message
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> Can someone please suggest a freeware tool for batch converting JPEGS to
> grayscale images? When I get requests for black & white images I've been
> converting my files one at a time using the "Remove Color" command in
> Photoshop Elements. It works well, but it takes a long time to do photos
> individually that way. I'd sure love having a tool that does batch
> conversion. Thanks in advance.

Use Irfanview via the batch processing menu item under "File", selecting
advanced options in the dialog box ( www.irfanview.com ). Works great, and
you can over-write existing files OR re-direct the batch output to a
directory of your choice.

>> Can someone please suggest a freeware tool for batch converting JPEGS to
>> grayscale images? When I get requests for black & white images I've been
>> converting my files one at a time using the "Remove Color" command in
>> Photoshop Elements. It works well, but it takes a long time to do photos
>> individually that way. I'd sure love having a tool that does batch
>> conversion. Thanks in advance.
>
>Use Irfanview via the batch processing menu item under "File", selecting
>advanced options in the dialog box ( www.irfanview.com ). Works great, and
>you can over-write existing files OR re-direct the batch output to a
>directory of your choice.
>
>

If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just buy
Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the full
version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to automate any
other process you normally do.

"zbzbzb" <> wrote in message
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> If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just
buy
> Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the full
> version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to automate
any
> other process you normally do.

Yes, it's sooooooo tiring to mouse on over to the Start button or
double-click on a Desktop icon ... Why, I don't know how anybody makes it
through the day at the computer without falling over.

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In <> on 10 Apr 2004 20:06:05
GMT, bzbzb (zbzbzb) wrote:

>>> Can someone please suggest a freeware tool for batch converting JPEGS to
>>> grayscale images? When I get requests for black & white images I've been
>>> converting my files one at a time using the "Remove Color" command in
>>> Photoshop Elements. It works well, but it takes a long time to do photos
>>> individually that way. I'd sure love having a tool that does batch
>>> conversion. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Use Irfanview via the batch processing menu item under "File", selecting
>>advanced options in the dialog box ( www.irfanview.com ). Works great, and
>>you can over-write existing files OR re-direct the batch output to a
>>directory of your choice.
>
>If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just buy
>Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the full
>version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to automate any
>other process you normally do.

Likewise Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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In <tJWdnYEjIuOV-uXdRVn-> on Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:28:50 -0700,
"Paul H." <> wrote:

>"zbzbzb" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just buy
>> Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the full
>> version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to automate any
>> other process you normally do.
>
>Yes, it's sooooooo tiring to mouse on over to the Start button or
>double-click on a Desktop icon ... Why, I don't know how anybody makes it
>through the day at the computer without falling over.

It is sooooooo tiring to convert a bunch of images manually -- just try it
from the desktop.

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>> If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just
>buy
>> Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the full
>> version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to automate
>any
>> other process you normally do.
>
>Yes, it's sooooooo tiring to mouse on over to the Start button or
>double-click on a Desktop icon ... Why, I don't know how anybody makes it
>through the day at the computer without falling over.
>


Well most people if given the choice would prefer to use one application over
two. If you do alot of photo editing that's even more of a reason. If you are
the kind that would prefer to use two apps with the free one still being
limited then go right ahead. I suspect you would be in the monority.

"zbzbzb" <> wrote in message
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> >> If you get tired of using two different tools to do your work then just
> >buy
> >> Paint Shop Pro 8. You can batch convert and use "actions" like in the
full
> >> version of Photoshop to do more advanced batch conversions and to
automate
> >any
> >> other process you normally do.
> >
> >Yes, it's sooooooo tiring to mouse on over to the Start button or
> >double-click on a Desktop icon ... Why, I don't know how anybody makes
it
> >through the day at the computer without falling over.
> >
>
>
> Well most people if given the choice would prefer to use one application
over
> two. If you do alot of photo editing that's even more of a reason. If you
are
> the kind that would prefer to use two apps with the free one still being
> limited then go right ahead. I suspect you would be in the monority.

I often use Irfanview in conjuction with Photoshop. Pop up an image in
Irfanview, mouse out a region, do a quick crop and copy to the clipboard,
then control-V it into a PS layer, no muss no fuss, and in less time than it
would take to load the image into PS to do the exact same thing. As for
Irfanview being limited, I've paid for software which had less far utility
than Irfanview. For quick brightness, contrast, gamma, color, etc.
manipulations Irfanview can't be beat. It's fine rotation function is
nearly as good as Photoshop's, too, and I can produce a page of thumbnails
in a flash. Limited? I don't think so. And if I start doing something
with Irfanview that really would have been easier with Photoshop, I've set
up Irfanview so that Shift-E starts PS and loads the image I'm working on
into the PS workspace.

When I'm doing audio stuff, I often edit using SoundForge, save the wave
then pass it along to Razor Lame to mp3-encode it. I could care less about
doing the encoding from "within" SoundForge. Does it bother me to use two
programs when one might suffice? Not at all--I like it! On the hardware
side, I still take a component-based approach to my sound/video system, too,
since I don't want to be restricted to a particular brand DVD player,
receiver, or whatever. Mix and match to best effect. Hardware, software,
whatever.

Finally, one of the wonderful things about modern operating systems is that
inter-program communication often blurs the boundary between separate
applicatons. Most everyone I know, for example, freely moves between Word
and Excel and they don't even notice they're doing it. Alt-tab with the
left hand and they're off to the races.

In any case, I didn't mean to offend-- note the smiley in my
tongue-and-cheek answer. I guess I take the synergistic practice of using
more than one program at the same time for granted and assume others did the
same.

>I often use Irfanview in conjuction with Photoshop. Pop up an image in
>Irfanview, mouse out a region, do a quick crop and copy to the clipboard,
>then control-V it into a PS layer, no muss no fuss, and in less time than it
>would take to load the image into PS to do the exact same thing.


If you already have Photoshop open then why would it take longer through
Photoshop?


As for
>Irfanview being limited, I've paid for software which had less far utility
>than Irfanview. For quick brightness, contrast, gamma, color, etc.
>manipulations Irfanview can't be beat. It's fine rotation function is
>nearly as good as Photoshop's, too, and I can produce a page of thumbnails
>in a flash. Limited? I don't think so. And if I start doing something
>with Irfanview that really would have been easier with Photoshop, I've set
>up Irfanview so that Shift-E starts PS and loads the image I'm working on
>into the PS workspace.


It is limited if you plan on doing alot of batch coversions or batch coversions
utilizing recorded actions. As for its other features, I had never mentioned
them.