On Nov 08 2005, at 21:31, Alan Dayley was caught saying: > Anyway, my question that came up from the above comments is not > answered. Do the convert or mogrify commands maintain portrait and > landscape orientation? > > "Picture" this situation: I have a directory with 1 2272x1704 pixel > photos and 1 in rotated portrait orientation, 1704x2272. What will > - -resize 320x240 options result in? I tested a bit! > > - -resize 320x240 ---> landscape 320x240, portrait 180x240 > - -resize 240x320 ---> landscape 240x180, portrait 320x240 > > So, either the resize has to be done before the rotation or the script > needs to be smart enough to detect the portrait rotated images and > change the resize option. That makes the script more complex. Odd. I've been using a similar script to resize photos for sometime and not run into this issue (and i take lots of photos on both orientations). Version? [692]omelas(~)> convert -version Version: ImageMagick 6.2.3 08/08/05 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2005 ImageMagick Studio LLC ~Deepak -- Deepak Saxena - dsaxena@plexity.net - http://www.plexity.net When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual. - Frank Herbert --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss