How do I change a file from tiff to JPEG without doing them one at a
time.
Also, can I change the image size of the file as a batch, rather than
one by oneone. Need immediate help. You can call collect if necessary. 520 885 1481

Hello Branebill,

You can do a batch conversion from TIFF to JPEG (Windows platform
assumed) using:

IrfanView 3.70
http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/english.htm

How to download and install the program:
- Click on "Download" at the left side
- Use the first download option "Tucows Worldwide ..."
- A new window opens; select your preferred download location and
click on "Go"
- Download the program to your hard disk, unzip, double-click the
setup program to install

How to convert your images:
- Start IrfanView
- From the "File" menu, select "Batch conversion/Rename"
- In the directory to the right, browse to your TIFF files, select
them, and click on "Add" in the middle
- Choose your output directory (if different from the original TIFF
directory) by clicking on "Browse" to the right
- The output format is already set to JPEG, but you can determine
image quality by clicking on "Options" next to the file-format
- Now for resizing, select "Use advanced options" from the lower right
- Click on "Set advanced options" below
- In this new dialog, check "Resize" and enter your preferred output
size
- Finally, click on the "Start" button at the top

It's done; you can now find your JPEG images in the output folder!


Additional note: IrfanView is free for non-commercial use. Registering
costs $10. Commercial users are urged to contact author Irfan Skiljan.
(You can find contact information in the help file by entering the
keyword "Registration".)


Hope this helps!

Search terms:
    tiff jpeg "image batch conversion"
    irfanview

the responses were fantastic. I am still working on the program, but
the help was appreciated. Bill

An alternative is Image Robot by Jasc Software.

I've used it for several years and have no hesitation in
recommending it.  You can save a list of commands (e.g.,
resize then save as JPG) for rerunning at a later date.

Product info: http://www.jasc.com/product.asp?pf_id=011

You can download a 30-day evaluation version:
http://www.jasc.com/download_4.asp?prod=011

According to the Jasc web site, it's $89 and runs on
Win 95 or higher.


Paola

A great chance to put forth the virues of using a Unix/Linux system
:-).

Most Linux distro's will have the ImageMagick suite already installed
(which is why I suggest it).  If not, you can get it free from
http://www.imagemagick.org/.  Now that you have ImageMagick, assuming
you are at a csh (tcsh) prompt, just type:

% foreach pic ( *.tif )
>    convert $pic $pic:r.jpg
> end

That's it...  $pic will match every file in your directory that ends
with a .tif..  if bird.tif exists, $pic:r will be bird, so, $pic:r.jpg
will be bird.jpg... p.s.  you dont type the '%' or '>', those just
represent the command prompts...


ImageMagick will also do your resizing for you..
Wanna make anything bigger than 640 wide or 480 tall be reduced to
that dimension while maintaining the aspect ratio?
    mogrify -geometry "640x480>" *.jpg
will do it to every jpg in your current directory...
You can make things at least that size by changing the ">" to a "<"...

Hope that helps somebody..