free app thyat batch convert .tiffs to 600 x 600 or smaller square images to .jpg

[Sossity]

Is there a free app that can do this with alot of .tiff files? I have scanned quite a few cd album art covers but want to convert them to an optimal square size for my ipod & other mp3 players? what size would be best?

I would also like to be able to batch convert for websites, & add watermarks if needed as well.

 

[deadwulfe]

Gimp is free, but from what I Googled, the batch convert is done through command line instructions.

You could browse through the Automator actions to see if there's a step in there that lets you convert image sizes, as well.

As for watermarks, in Gimp you could add a layer on top of the image for transparent text or whatever you wanted as your watermark and then export it as a image file.

 

[duky]

You could browse through the Automator actions to see if there's a step in there that lets you convert image sizes, as well.

Automater will certainly batch convert your image files and it's very intuitive

 

[notjustjay]

Automator will do it, but it's slow if you have to do it a lot.

If you're comfortable working in the Terminal command line, check out Image Magick. Every conversion option known to man:

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php

 

[Caleb531]

Here's a quick AppleScript to do it. Just save it as an application in the AppleScript Editor (/Utilities/AppleScript Editor) and drop any TIFF onto it. I tried it out myself, so it should work.

on open droppedImages
	tell application "Finder"
		repeat with eachImage in droppedImages
			set imageName to name of eachImage
			if name extension of eachImage is "tiff" then

				tell application "Image Events"
					launch
					set openedImage to open (eachImage as text)
					scale openedImage to size 600
					save openedImage in (path to desktop folder as text) as JPEG with compression level high
					-- insert actions here
					close openedImage
				end tell

			end if
		end repeat
	end tell
end open

 

[bluskale]

There's a great little application I found years back... called ThumbsUp. It should do all that you're asking (except for the watermarking), very quickly, without any programing applescript or automator.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11898/thumbsup