BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT(1)

💖 BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT 💖

okay bestie, so this is batch_image_convert, and she lives in the General Commands Manual section of the manual pages — you know, the section where all the cute little command-line besties hang out. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batch_image_convert — use VIPS to convert a whole set of images to a new type. not one, not two, a set. she's a multitasker. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

batch_image_convert type image1 image2 ...

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓: the first argument is the name of an image type, and then every argument after that is the name of a file you want converted into that type. like, image1, image2, and whoever else you brought along. bring the whole friend group, she can handle it. 🫶

now for the important part: VIPS can usually read pretty much almost any image type you throw at her. she's got range. but when it comes to writing?? she's picky. she can only write these:

• VIPS
• PNG
• TIFF
• PPM/PGM/PBM
• JPEG

that's the whole list. no cap. 🙈

also — and this is the slay part — you can specify conversion parameters right in the type name itself. yeah, in the name. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

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🎀 for example 🎀

batch_image_convert tiff fred.jpg jim.png

this one will convert fred.jpg and jim.png to TIFF format. fred and jim, upgraded, together. 🌈

batch_image_convert jpeg:95 jim.png

and this one will write jim.jpeg with a 95% quality factor. look at that little :95 doing so much work. main character energy fr fr. ⭐

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💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

returns 0 on success and non-zero on error. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. if you get a 0, you ate. if you don't, something went sideways and you should go look at it. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• vipsheader(1)
• im_vips2tiff(3)
• im_vips2jpeg(3)
• im_vips2png(3)
• im_vips2ppm(3)

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and that's the page, bestie 💜 this one came from 2 Feb 2002, straight out of the BATCH_IMAGE_CONVERT(1) manual. vintage but still serving. go convert something gorgeous. 🧚✨💖