Thank you to everyone who responded!! On 2014-09-24 15:03, Stephen Partington wrote: > I shoot raw and keep them at full resolution and then render out the > correct size i need. The downside to changing the resolution is that > you will lose detail and you will never get it back. so the first step > is to play with the various resolutions and see which ones look best > to you. > > This is a good discussion on this very concept. I would suggest you > take a peek at it. > http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/30243/what-quality-to-choose-when-converting-to-jpg > [2] > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Mike Ballon > wrote: > >> You're image size really depends on how much size you want to save I >> guess, although also if you're willing to have some non-visible >> pixel lose you could convert them as well. You can start playing >> around with 2048x1536 or similar just keep in mind your aspect >> ratio. >> >> Here's the for loop I use for creating thumbnails, use as needed: >> >> for i in `find "$LOCDIR" -iname "*hqw*"` >> do >>   echo "$i" >>   TN=`echo "$i" | sed 's/hqw/tn/'` >>     echo "creating thumbmail for "$i" ..." >>     /usr/bin/convert -resize 200x200 "$i" -background none >> -gravity center "$TN" >> done >> >> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:53 PM, wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have about 9GB of photos.  These images are 2560 X 1920 and >>> are roughly 2mb each.  I assume I could get away with a much >>> smaller image. >>> >>> What size should I reduce these to? >>> >>> During my research most suggest using ImageMagick from the >>> command line.  Is this the best practice? >>> >>> I'm sure I will want to use some type of script since I do not >>> want to do this one by one. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your help!! >>> >>> Keith >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > [2] > http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/30243/what-quality-to-choose-when-converting-to-jpg > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss