| .TH BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT 1 "2 Feb 2002" |
| .SH NAME |
| batch_image_convert \- use VIPS to convert a set of images to a new type |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B batch_image_convert type image1 image2 ... |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The first argument is the name of an image type, subsequent arguments are |
| the names of files to be converted to that type. VIPS can usually read almost |
| any image type, but it can only write VIPS, PNG, TIFF, PPM/PGM/PBM and JPEG. |
| You can specify conversion parameters in the type name. |
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| For example: |
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| batch_image_convert tiff fred.jpg jim.png |
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| will convert |
| .B fred.jpg |
| and |
| .B jim.png |
| to TIFF format. |
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| batch_image_convert jpeg:95 jim.png |
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| will write jim.jpeg with a 95% quality factor. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| returns 0 on success and non-zero on error. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| header(1), im_vips2tiff(3), im_vips2jpeg(3), im_vips2png(3), im_vips2ppm(3) |
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