PeasyScale Graphic Image Resizer

[rcrsn51]

PeasyScale v1.7 can now resize images by Percent and by Width x Height. If you choose a scaling value like 800x600 and the image has portrait orientation, it will be scaled to 600x800.

This version is a major re-write. Some feedback would be appreciated.

[Pelo]

rcrsn, could it be possible to do the same with PNG ?
Why ? for resizing a kit of icons 64x64 to 16x16. Perhaps tools yet exist, i go on searching while your answer arrive.
Gthumbs would do it. On test.(only one picture at at time... =)
AA photo resizer (on test)

[rcrsn51]

I have yet to get any feedback on the new WidthxHeight feature. Support for PNG is not in my plans.

[greengeek]

I have yet to get any feedback on the new WidthxHeight feature. Support for PNG is not in my plans.

Just gave this a quick test - I'm keen on the % scale feature as this is one of the functions missing from mtPaint. Works well.

The widthxheight function is a nice idea - it's a good way to make sure a jpg is scaled correctly for the title/header portion of a website (which is not always a standard value, as some web building programmes skip a pixel here and there so that there is border room...). Good for special effects/distortion too.

Worked for me on a Slacko 5.6 derivative.
cheers!

EDIT - the fact that it interprets the widthxheight specified by the user as being relative to the portrait/landscape orientation of the original image is quite handy. Makes it mistake tolerant.

Just one possible concern - it does not offer any warning that the /root/PEASYSCALE directory already contains an image of the same name. Seems to overwrite.

[rcrsn51]

Worked for me on a Slacko 5.6 derivative.

Excellent. Thank you.

Just one possible concern - it does not offer any warning that the /root/PEASYSCALE directory already contains an image of the same name. Seems to overwrite.

That's correct. Since you still have the originals in the parent directory, nothing is permanently lost. And if you were batch converting a folder of images, you would not want to answer a "Yes-No" dialog for each one that was being overwritten.

[greengeek]

Since you still have the originals in the parent directory, nothing is permanently lost. And if you were batch converting a folder of images, you would not want to answer a "Yes-No" dialog for each one that was being overwritten.

Good point. I can imagine this utility would be very helpful for times when converting a whole directory of holiday snaps ready for printing, emailing, uploading to cloud storage or for displaying on one of those digital photo frame thingies...

[saintless]

Works also in Debian.
In case someone needs deb package: peasyscale_1.8_i386.deb.
Depends on libjpeg-progs (installed with synaptic or apt-get) and gtkdialog_0.8.3-1_i386.deb.
Maybe I'm wrong but I think there is small error in pinstall.sh script. It creates /root/root/.config/... instead /root/.config/...
Thank you!

Edit: Deb package updated to version 1.8

[smokey01]

Does it keep the exif data when resizing or dump it like mtpaint.

[rcrsn51]

Does it keep the exif data when resizing or dump it like mtpaint.

I don't know. This sounds like a project for someone.

[rcrsn51]

Works also in Debian.

Excellent.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think there is small error in pinstall.sh script. It creates /root/root/.config/... instead /root/.config/...

It's OK. When a PET installs, it happens from /, not from /root.

[smokey01]

It does strip out the exif data.

Using jpegtran like:

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jpegtran -copy all filename.ext > filename2.jpg

copies the file and leaves the exif data intact.

Maybe you can include the "-copy all" switch when scaling.

The attached file is the exif binary. Just drop it in /usr/bin and make it executable. To see the exif data in a photo:

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exif photo.jpg

I have exif converted to a rox app here somewhere. I can post it if you like.

Cheers

[rcrsn51]

Maybe you can include the "-copy all" switch when scaling.

Scaling is not done using jpegtran. It uses some gtk functions.

[wjaguar]

Just gave this a quick test - I'm keen on the % scale feature as this is one of the functions missing from mtPaint. Works well.

for ZAD in *.jpg ; do mtpaint --cmd -f/open="$ZAD" -i/scale w=30% -f/as=new."$ZAD" ; done

Support for PNG, and 20 more image formats, included.

[Pelo]

Nothing to say, perfect (for my needs).
Is there a way to stipulate a target size, e.g. 800x600 and to have everything scaled up or down in size to that? . Done.

I was asking for PNG to reduce all icons of a theme.
i just changed Jpeg and jpg by png in the script.
I gnewpet peasycale to peasyPNG for my own needs (rarely needed).

I would underline that many apps of the menu are 'Made in Europe'... merci les européens !

[edoc]

I apologize for dropping out of sight on this for a while ... lots of teen drama here plus birthday parties, Christmas returns & bills, etc ... sigh.

Anyhow, sorry to say it does not work in LightHouse64.

It creates the Peasyscale subfolder but throws no errors and converts no images.

Images are all .jpg

I tried both 50% and 800x600

[rcrsn51]

Anyhow, sorry to say it does not work in LightHouse64.

PeasyScale uses a 32-bit binary called peasyscale.bin.

I have sent you a 64-bit version of PeasyScale to test.

[edoc]

Sorry, again, got distracted ...

It appears to have worked, on steroids!

It chopped the 3.4g 2832x2128 image down to 53k 800x600!

I've been trying to test it on the Polaroid picture frame gadget but cannot get the computer to recognize it for some reason.

I need to buy a SC card and transfer the files there manually.

Thanks again and sorry for the delays!

[Moat]

I have yet to get any feedback on the new WidthxHeight feature.

WidthxHeight works perfectly in Precise 5.7.1 retro!

Possible bug in the rotate function, though (?) - selecting Rotate 90 seems to have lopped off a bit of the original image's bottom, and added a corresponding blank area to it's top (see attached image result, for clarity - original "Fontwizard" screenshot window on left, post-rotated on right) -

[Moat]

More artifacts, it seems... image attached, with individual pictures re-rotated back upright within Viewnior for easier comparison. "Rotate -90" trims a bit off the right and adds it back to the left - "Rotate 90" does so from bottom to top.

Bob

[Moat]

Just to add... Thinking it might have been an artifact from generating the above images via Precise's screenshot tool, I tried it on a random .jpeg downloaded from a webpage, with the same result as above.

Aack! Both "Flip vertical" and "Flip horizontal" are creating similar artifacts, too...

Bob