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The CONV2JPG.EXE is a Win32 command-line program that converts and/or resizes
almost any image or graphics file format to a 24-bit JPEG (JFIF compliant) file
with specified compression quality. It can for example be used to create low
resolution previews (thumbnails) for WWW-server applications. It's ideal for
automated batch or single graphics file conversions. The program works under
Windows NT and Windows 95.
Usage: CONV2JPG.EXE [sourcefile] [destinationfile] [compression] [size]
[sourcefile]: filename of the input graphics file (MANDATORY)
[destinationfile]: filename of the output JPEG file (MANDATORY)
[compression]: compression quality, 2-255 (255 is maximum compression)
default=50 (OPTIONAL)
[size]: maximum horisontal/vertical size in pixels, if omitted, the
infiles horisontal/vertical size is used (OPTIONAL)
NOTE! Only the destination filename will accept wildcards and only in the
following formats: "*.ext" "*.*" "*." "filename.*"
Example:CONV2JPG e:\images\jordan.gif e:\images\*.jpg 150 128
this example creates a file called jordan.jpg with the height or width of
128 pixels depending on which side is the longest. The file is compressed
with a compression factor of 150. With this resize-feature it is easy to
create previews or thumbnails that fits into a predefined grid, like an
imagebrowser.
See the file EXAMPLES.TXT for further examples on how to use CONV2JPG.
System requirements:
-Any system which can run Intel Win32 applications.
-Enough RAM memory to hold the image data. If the computers RAM is full, then
the program stores the temporary imagedata in the TEMP directory. This
greatly slows the conversion speed down.
The CONV2JPG.EXE uses the supplied LEAD52N.DLL which have to be reachable.
The program does not care about file extensions. We recommend that you name
the output JPEG-file with the extension .JPG or .JIF for compability with
other applications. This program has a 10-second termination time delay in
order to make you more motivated to purchase the fully working version.
The full version can also be "quiet", without file information.
The program supports the following graphics formats:
PCD Kodak PhotoCD files.
JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format.
JPEG Joint Photographers Expert Group file format.
JTIF JPEG Tagged Interchange Format (TIFF).
GIF Graphics Interchange Format.
EPS PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript).
PNG Portable Network Graphics.
PICT Macintosh Pict (PCT).
PSD Photoshop 3.0.
TIFF Tagged Image File Format.
MPT Multipage TIFF.
TIFF LZW. TIFF with LZW compression.
TIFF CCITT.
TIFF CCITT Group 3.
TIFF CCITT Group 4.
IOCA (ICA). Image Object Content Architecture.
WinFax Group 3.
WinFax Group 4.
FAX Group 3.
FAX Group 4.
TGA Truevision TGA (TARGA).
BMP Windows Bitmap.
WMF Windows Metafile.
PCX File format created by ZSoft.
DCX Multipage PCX format.
OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP).
CALS Raster. CALS is a United States government standard.
MAC MacPaint.
IMG GEM Image.
MSP Microsoft Paint.
WPG WordPerfect.
RAS SUN Raster.
LEAD 1BIT.
LEAD LEAD CMP compressed format.
It does not however support every flavour of all the fileformats listed.
You have to try out the program to see if it solves your specific problem.
THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE. Therefore, you are allowed to use it for a 30 day
evaluation period. If you find this program useful, contact RANG Microsystems
to purchase the fully working version without the 10 second delay. You will
also get lifetime support via e-mail. However, if you use this software
for personal use at home, then this crippled shareware version is free of use.
Anybody is free to redistribute this shareware program only if they redistribute
the zip-file.
Files:
CONV2JPG.EXE The application
LEAD52N.DLL DLL that is called by CONV2JPG.EXE
README.TXT This file
ORDER.TXT Ordering details
EXAMPLES.TXT Batchfile examples on how to use CONV2JPG.EXE
FILE_ID.DIZ Short program description
Read the file ORDER.TXT for ordering details.
If you are interested, we have a program which can output not only JPEG
images, but any of the fileformats listed above. It's called XCONVERT.
We also have a "watermark"-program that superimposes a "relief" image, for
example a logo, over an image for copyright purposes. Lets say you would like
to publish pictures on the internet but you don't want the client to be able
to use the preview images.
RANG Microsystems has a long experiance in Internet/Intranet, communications
and graphics solutions. We are especially experianced in solutions for
newspapers and newsagencies (IPTC is our second language).
If you have a specific problem, don't hesitate to contact us.
E-mail us at: twesterberg@bix.com
RANG Microsystems AB
Box 17016
S-104 62 Stockholm
SWEDEN
NOTE! This shareware version writes a special "tag" on the output JPEG image
which is invisable to other programs. This is not done on the full version.
We have done this in order to track the spread of this program on the Internet.
/1996-04-21