28th January 2009
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Applications, Multimedia, cli
A simple way to convert images in Linux is by using the command line:
convert image.jpg newImage.gif
will convert the JPG file to a GIF file.
convert -quality 78% file.jpg
will set the quality of the JPEG file to 78%
con[...]
Tags: files, images
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6th December 2008
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Multimedia, cli
Did you know you can access all the information store in a JPG/PNG/GIF file from the command line? Install the ImageMagick package and do this:
identify -verbose image_file.jpg
The output will be something llike this:
Im[...]
Tags: images
4 Comments
8th November 2008
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Gadgets, Hardware
Linux applications do not yet support the newest 2.x Apple firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch. But if you want to copy images from the Pictures folder, all you need is SSH installed on the device:
scp root@192.168.1.[...]
Tags: apple, images, iphone, ipod touch
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6th November 2008
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cli
To quickly rename a large number of files in Linux using the command line, use rename.
rename ’s/\.jpg$/.gif/’ *.jpg will transform all the extensions of JPEG files into GIF.
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Tags: files, images, rename
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