1BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT(1)      General Commands Manual     BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT(1)
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NAME

6       batch_image_convert   -  use  VIPS  to convert a set of images to a new
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SYNOPSIS

10       batch_image_convert type image1 image2 ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       The first argument is the name of an image type,  subsequent  arguments
14       are  the  names of files to be converted to that type. VIPS can usually
15       read almost any image type, but it can  only  write  VIPS,  PNG,  TIFF,
16       PPM/PGM/PBM  and  JPEG.   You  can specify conversion parameters in the
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21         batch_image_convert tiff fred.jpg jim.png
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23       will convert fred.jpg and jim.png to TIFF format.
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25         batch_image_convert jpeg:95 jim.png
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27       will write jim.jpeg with a 95% quality factor.
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RETURN VALUE

30       returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.
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SEE ALSO

33       header(1),    im_vips2tiff(3),     im_vips2jpeg(3),     im_vips2png(3),
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39                                  2 Feb 2002            BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT(1)