Re: How do we Convert PICT to JPEG
Re: How do we Convert PICT to JPEG
- Subject: Re: How do we Convert PICT to JPEG
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:08:54 -0400
Use SIPS.
Simple Image Processing System
I did some stuff over 5 years ago that used SIPS with AppleScript on Snow Leopard and it works really well.
On Aug 17, 2015, at 2:21 AM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
> I have a FileMaker Pro database that is full of images. The should all be JPEG but some have been stored in the database by drag-n-drop from the finder. Rather than store the file or a reference to the file, it appears as though FileMaker took the PICT data from the clipboard and stored that. As a result, those images are stored as untitled.pct in the container field.
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> We want to convert these images to JPEG.
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> So far I've tried to these things:
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> 1. open in Preview. The export function isn't available. Option-Command-S provides save as PDF and save as Quicktime PICT. Save as PDF places the image into a page sized white border. It's not a good start.
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> 2. Open in Photoshop CS6. It complains that it can't handle PICT format anymore.
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> 3. AppleScript. I've got an image conversion script from the MacScripter.net website which looks OK but the crucial step fails.
>> save image "121_04.pict" as JPEG in "The Laptop:Users:malcolm:Desktop:121_04.pict.JPEG"
>> --> missing value
> Can anyone tell me what to try next?
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> Malcolm
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