.pet for shrinking photos
Posted: Sun 20 Dec 2009, 00:10
A little while back I developed a simple image reducer so I thought I would share.
Shrink 1.0
Shrink is a very simple application that will allow you to reduce the size of a photo to either 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768.
The default way to achieve this is to use ROX to view your photos, right mouse click on the photo that you wish to shrink then choose the size from the drop-down menu. There will be three options that display ShrinkTo640, ShrinkTo800 and ShrinkTo1024.
It is also possible to hold down the Ctrl key while you select your photos. This will
allow you to shrink many photos at once.
If you prefer to drag and drop, simply drag and drop the icons from the /usr/local/shrinkimage folder to the desktop. This will allow you to drop a photo on the icon to shrink the photo. Once again multiple photos can be done at the same time.
Your converted photos will be stored in /root/ShrunkenPhotos
This is not a new concept as others have done similar things before. I only discovered that after I had put this together.
Why did I bother?
For years I have been using Picasa which is a great piece of software. Unfortunately it is quite large and runs slowly on my computer. It also uses a lot of disk space and the more photos that are added the more space is used and the slower it becomes. The other problem is the large pup_save file you need unless you run a full installation or link it outside of the pup_save file. Of course Picasa does a lot more than view and reduce photos but that's what I mainly used it for. If you the take time to organise your photos in a logical directory structure it will be easy to find them.
Puppy has included many image viewers over the years and most of them have been excellent.
The main reason I want to shrink photos is to reduce the size when attaching to email.
Shrink uses little space and is fast. The main application included is aaphoto which does all the smart work, I take absolutely no credit for that. It does take a few seconds to reduce the photo so be patient and I think you will find this useful, if you don't, simply uninstall it.
Enjoy.
Shrink 1.0
Shrink is a very simple application that will allow you to reduce the size of a photo to either 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768.
The default way to achieve this is to use ROX to view your photos, right mouse click on the photo that you wish to shrink then choose the size from the drop-down menu. There will be three options that display ShrinkTo640, ShrinkTo800 and ShrinkTo1024.
It is also possible to hold down the Ctrl key while you select your photos. This will
allow you to shrink many photos at once.
If you prefer to drag and drop, simply drag and drop the icons from the /usr/local/shrinkimage folder to the desktop. This will allow you to drop a photo on the icon to shrink the photo. Once again multiple photos can be done at the same time.
Your converted photos will be stored in /root/ShrunkenPhotos
This is not a new concept as others have done similar things before. I only discovered that after I had put this together.
Why did I bother?
For years I have been using Picasa which is a great piece of software. Unfortunately it is quite large and runs slowly on my computer. It also uses a lot of disk space and the more photos that are added the more space is used and the slower it becomes. The other problem is the large pup_save file you need unless you run a full installation or link it outside of the pup_save file. Of course Picasa does a lot more than view and reduce photos but that's what I mainly used it for. If you the take time to organise your photos in a logical directory structure it will be easy to find them.
Puppy has included many image viewers over the years and most of them have been excellent.
The main reason I want to shrink photos is to reduce the size when attaching to email.
Shrink uses little space and is fast. The main application included is aaphoto which does all the smart work, I take absolutely no credit for that. It does take a few seconds to reduce the photo so be patient and I think you will find this useful, if you don't, simply uninstall it.
Enjoy.