XnView Software

just had to abandon the batch processing of cr2 files on something because
the results didn't match the input parameters at all. not even close.

all i was doing was crop, levels, save to tga format in a separate folder.
i used xnview crop tool to determine x/y positioning. when i put those ...

i use xnview to correct a single image from a batch. i make note of the
settings applied to the single image, write them into a script, and run
nconvert from the script, applying the xnview-derived values to many
images.

i understand that nconvert applies the changes i make in the order they
are ...

thanks for the info pierre. i don't think it's my script that has a problem, though.
i think it's how i use xnview to figure out what values to pass to the script. i
think i just need to be very careful to make corrections to my test image in
xnview in the same order that my script executes those ...

in what order does nconvert execute commands for image correction?

i seem to be having some issues that may be related to precedence.
i use xnview to adjust an image, then make note of the corrections used,
and apply those corrections to multiple images via an nconvert script.
sometimes they don't ...

oops. thanks!

thanks XnTriq. don't see rw2 in the list. any chance it might be added soon?

thanks again,
BabaG

i don't know. was hoping you did. would hate to buy one of these things
and find nconvert couldn't work with it.


thanks,
BabaG

>> isn't that just a list of supported formats?

>YES. And the problem is ?

the problem is that on all my systems and, undoubtedly, a great many others,
jpg is what is used as the jpeg extension. i, and likely others not deeply familiar
with the inner workings of nconvert, assume the -out format ...

what is the raw format and file extension for panasonic cameras (i'm primarily
thinking of the g1, right now) and does nconvert handle them?

thanks,
BabaG

thanks dos386 but i have a couple of questions.

when you say 'built in in the executable,' what does that mean? how do
i use this to find what parameter to give the -out option for a given format?

also, i've seen the list in the topic you linked to. it's the one i referenced in
my original post ...

is there a list someplace here in the forum or online that articulates
the parameters for the -out option? i just assumed that the parameters
would pretty much match file extensions (as in -out bmp to output a file
named filename.bmp). i recently found, however, that, in the case of jpg
files ...

unless it conflicts with something in the programming, it would be
convenient on this end if the parameters for the -out command
matched the extension for the filetype.

and, btw, that was indeed the problem. changed -out jpg to -out jpeg
and everything works fine now.

thanks,
BabaG

thanks pierre.

here's a snip from my command. the variable 'outformat' carries the 'jpg' value, as you've suggested.
as i said in the original post, this line works for all of the formats i use except for jpg and jpg related
formats.

"/usr/bin/nconvert -quiet -out " + outformat + " -high_res ...

i ran the same command using a variable for the file extension and
all of the formats i tried worked fine with the exception of anything
jpg. tried bmp, cin, dpx, png, ppm, tga, tiff, maybe something else
but i can't remember now. all worked fine, ecept jp2, jpc, jpg all
returned the error 'bad ...

thanks for the watermark tip. it only works with 3 columns
of 3 rows though? no variability in that?

thanks again,
BabaG