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Why another converter?
Because I would like to do it... especially to make my first app in MAC OS X.
The main reason was some people in photo services told me to build a tool to convert quickly their files from cameras fro m 72 DPI to other resolutions.
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Main features:
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NEW FEATURE of version 2.2
A) “Watch” folder: You can enable thius feature and the App will scan periodically a folder called “watch” : if it will find a file, it will be automatically converted.
B) Removed some bugs and ported more code to the new calls especially for files.
1)You can convert files from usual formats to JPEG with the ability to add prefix and suffix to the name, make the name uppercase, lowercase, beginning with upcase.
2) You can set resolution as You need. Every file will be set accordingly. NOTE: the image will remain the same in quality and pixels. (see "Why change resolution" below)
3) You can change in the same time creation date and time
4) You can change in the same time creator and type, both typing them and choosing an existing document and clicking the button "Like This".
5) You can rotate images.
6) You can easy drag and drop from Finder to its main window and to its icon, as usual. If you drag a folder,
7) You can Add text to the image, filename or a free text, such as copyright infos. The text is drawn in outline using two selectable colors. You can specify where add text and in which color and in what font
8) You can preview files (note: this option slows down the process: imaging is time consuming and is done after each conversion.
9) You can choose to delete the orginal files
10) If a file already exists, a suffix is addded, so is better to use "Create new Folder" options so files will be saved in a a folder named "Converted".
11) You can choose to allow to degradate Jeg resolution.
12) 14)You can specify realtive and absolute positioning of text that can be filemame or free text.
13) You can add a blank area at the bottom of image, to allow writing comments without
owerwriting the photo. If You want to write in this area, specify a negative value for
"pixel from bottom"
14) Rotation of image. (Note that rotation other than 0 slows down the conversion)
Once rotated You can decide to enlarge the image or leave the original size.
15) Support conversion from PDF's. If You have a PDF file with multiple pages, EVERY page wiull be converted in a JPEG.
16) there a small Preview windot to see a thumbnail of processed file. The same can be seen in Dock:
17 ) Added support from command line: now You can launch conversion from a terminal window, as Unix gurus do. So You can use scripts, pipes, and so on... (see here)
All this simply draggin files or folders onto the main window.
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Why change resolution
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Usually files in JPEG from cameras are in 72 DPI (as default) but people in graphics arts and newspapers get hungry seeing a poor resolution. By the way this is NOT true: as a good photographer knows, resolution is a datum regarding the input device, NOT the quality of the image. A good image usually is large (typically 3040 x 2008) and in newspapers You have only to correct output settings. So to make them happy seeing our photos, this app on fly change resolution to 300 DPI or other.
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Installation
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Simply make a folder for it, and copy it.
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Future improvement
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More integration with Aqua, more speed, Multiprocerssor support, allow every level of deep in folder, icons ad a better look and feel..
and more...
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Version & licensing
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For now is version 1.7.0. and freeware, with some limitations on files it can convert in one drag.
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Every comment is welcome. Please send a mail if its seems nice.
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Some help
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Special Thanks
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Deric Horn, Mark Turner and Quinn "the Eskimo", DTS folks, and Alex Bartoli for debuggin' during London Carbon Kitchen, Sept 2001
and to "Falco" from Nederlands , UI guy.
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