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Image convertor

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Hey guys, thought I would share a pretty nifty tool I fount, before I send a link I will explain.

As some of you are aware I had 440 images used for my ground polygon, to get them I used the "save for web and devices" technique in photoshop when I sliced my massive image into 1024x1024 blocks.

The "save for web and devices" does not have the option to save as BMP, so I had to save as JPEG, at first I used DXTBmp to convert 440 images to windows 24bit BMP - and then extended bmp for flight sim, well after getting annoyed after a while of converting 440 textures one by one, I fount this.

I am not sure which BMP it can convert to, probably windows 24bit bmp, but anyway, this programme allowed me to point to the folder where all these 440 JPEGs were and with a single click of the mouse, this programme converted all images for me to a .BMP format.

This can also convert images to alot of different image types, the list is very long, so check it out and tell me what you think, it is a much much MUCH faster way for me and saves a hell of a lot of time.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bulkimageconver/BulkImageConverter.exe?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fbulkimageconver%2F&ts=1316429556&use_mirror=dfn

All the best,

Aviasim
 
I would not save as JPEG if PNG is available. PNG is lossless, while JPEG compression will loose detail and color. Then the conversion to BMP should be better.

Dick
 
Fyi

If you're using PaintShop Pro or Photoshop you can batch-process lots of files at one time with a script (PSP) or action (Photoshop)
 
ImageTool can also do batch processing if you call it from the command prompt.
 
You may want to look into ImageMagick.
It's a professional-level image processor, free, and made explicitly for batch processing.

The only drawback? It's NOT very user-friendly, and comes with a steep learning curve...
But if mass edits/conversions are something you might have to do a lot, learning it would be time well invested.
 
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