batch process images

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 03:42:11PM -0400, James Kramer wrote:
> I use Gimp filters to remove noise from my images. Once complete, the
> images look like those taken by high price cameras.  I currently open
> each image in Gimp and then manually edit the image.  I repeat the
> process for each image in the folder.  Can anyone suggest a way to
> automate the process so that I can batch process a folder of images. 

Two methods occur to me:

1. Use Gimp-Fu, the built-in scripting feature of Gimp. I know
nothing much about it, except that it exists and can do this srt
of thing.

2. If you can replicate the effect through Image Magick filters,
(http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) then you can do it
as a shell script. Most distros have packages for Image Magick;
it's just too useful, even on a non-X machine, to leave out.

-dsr-