Re: Scripting graphics manipulations, improving speed overGraphicConverter 4
Re: Scripting graphics manipulations, improving speed overGraphicConverter 4
- Subject: Re: Scripting graphics manipulations, improving speed overGraphicConverter 4
- From: Jeremy Reichman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:05:35 -0400
I have managed to speed up my image cataloging script by about 3x (3 hour
execution, vs. 10+ hours with errors). I would say this was primarily
accomplished by substituting ImageMagick/AE instead of GraphicConverter
4.05. I didn't really make any other changes to the bulk of the script -- in
fact, if anything, I added steps that BBEdit 5.1 executes (a few more
find/replace actions).
The syntax for IM/AE is definitely different and you have to make sure you
pass it arguments as strings (for a while, I had it "scaling" images and
then saving them ... but resulting in full-sized images!), but it certainly
works and I'm happy with the results.
As a summary, I've written a script (because I was unsatisfied with
shareware and commercial options) to automate the creation of a largish Web
image catalog. I have about 1 GB of digital photos from my camera, built up
over years, and am sick of manually creating catalogs in programs like
QuickNailer and such. I decided to do it with AppleScript so that it was
"free" -- evidently, my own time has no value -- and so I could have it
timed to run on my home server overnight (via iDo or the like).
--
Jeremy Reichman, aka "Jaharmi"
Software Specialist III (Mac OS) / Instructor
Customer Support Services
Information and Technology Services
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York, USA
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