Today in "#Linux things that should be easy, but surprisingly aren't":
Resizing images via GUI on Gnome in Debian 13.
(Hints welcome)
(Yes, I know you can do this on the command line. Try to be normal for once, ok?)
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@neil oooooh nice - thank you!
It works really well.
(It does involve a command line to set up, but I'll allow it.)
@slothrop@chaos.social @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk what about GIMP ? ^^' or, if we are speaking about cropping: the screen shot utility ? 🙃️
@gabriel @neil I'm looking for a simple way to downscale a batch of images, not a full editing suite. Ideally I want the job to be done before Gimp has even started up - and Neil's script delivers.
As to the screen shot utility: it does cropping, but no downscaling, and certainly not in batch mode. Wrong tool for the job.
@slothrop
Use gthumb or https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Converter (which I ensured uses MozJPEG for encoding JPEGs) to do batch images resizing easily. I particularly like gthumb for renaming based on EXIF dates.
Alternatively there is also https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.flozz.yoga-image-optimizer if you want potentially "optimal" results, but its PNG and JPEG encoders are excruciatingly slow, unfortunately.
@slothrop
I got you!
https://neilzone.co.uk/2024/12/replacing-nautilus-image-converter-with-a-nautilus-bash-script/
Replacing
nautilus-image-converterwith a nautilus bash script