Watch folder and automatically resize to multiple sizes
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:41 pm
Hi!
So I have a need to process a large dataset of images. I need to resize jpg's from their original size ro 75%, 50% and 25%.
I'm hoping someone can help me create a watch folder job which can do this for me because I need relative output destinations too. Here's an example of my folder structure
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Original\
inside "Unprocessed" are multiple folders... "Australia" "New Zealand" "Europe" etc... new folders will get added and they will have subfolders called "original" which will be full of jpg's I need resized. These need to be resized and then placed into new folders so that I end up with something like this:
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Large\
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Medium\
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Small\
Where "Large" = 75%, Medium 50%... etc.
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I think my biggest hurdle here is whether the watch folders output can be a relative output folder... as far as my testing went just putting \Large\ doesn't work... it goes to the root of the harddrive. The second issue is whether I BatchPhoto is able to run multiple scripts for resizing on the same watch folder and not have it mess up with its counter.
Hopefully I've been clear enough... if you have any questions fire away.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Conrad
C
So I have a need to process a large dataset of images. I need to resize jpg's from their original size ro 75%, 50% and 25%.
I'm hoping someone can help me create a watch folder job which can do this for me because I need relative output destinations too. Here's an example of my folder structure
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Original\
inside "Unprocessed" are multiple folders... "Australia" "New Zealand" "Europe" etc... new folders will get added and they will have subfolders called "original" which will be full of jpg's I need resized. These need to be resized and then placed into new folders so that I end up with something like this:
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Large\
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Medium\
M:\Unprocessed\Australia\Small\
Where "Large" = 75%, Medium 50%... etc.
-----------------------------------------------
I think my biggest hurdle here is whether the watch folders output can be a relative output folder... as far as my testing went just putting \Large\ doesn't work... it goes to the root of the harddrive. The second issue is whether I BatchPhoto is able to run multiple scripts for resizing on the same watch folder and not have it mess up with its counter.
Hopefully I've been clear enough... if you have any questions fire away.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Conrad
C