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4.4 fxCONV

fxCONV can process masses of pictures, convert and rename them. This task is also known as "batch processing".

Single files and whole directories that you want to convert have to be listed in the list of sources. Depending on whether you want to do a simple conversion or more or less complex processing of your images, you can activate additional effects. Thanks to the ARexx-support these can be of nearly unlimited complexity. The results are then saved in a directory and in a format of your choice. On demand fxCONV can also adapt the file suffixes for you.

The options in detail:

Input
Add all files and directories you want to convert and/or process into the source list. When adding directories via "Add source", just leave the file field empty in the requester.

Effects
Activating "Perform effects", the pictures will get processed before being saved again. Therefore you can give a scaling in percent and a rotation in degrees. If you tick "Use ARexx-script", fxCONV temporaraly will open a project in fxPAINT for every image so you can use all effects on them via ARexx. As fxCONV then executes ARexx-scripts in a closed box, every fxCONV-compatible script has to end with "FX_EXITBOX". For examples on how to make your fxCONV-(un)usable script compatible, see the sources of the scripts of e.g. "Border_filmproj.rx" and "Tool_CenterPos.rx".

Output
Under "Output dir" you specify where the converted pictures shall be saved. ATTENTION: Equally named files will be overwritten! Choose the format you want to output your files in at "Output format". When choosing JPEG, you can additionally set your desired quality. If the suffixes should be adapted to the new format, activate "Adapt suffixes".

Start conversion
This starts the actual conversion process.


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