Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

Hi,

I'd like to share my script.
It takes all pictures in a folder and creates multiple composite pictures.
The number of pictures in each composite output is a parameter of the script.

The issues this script address are :
- Using montage directly on a large picture set results in high memory ...

Ok I got it with the rotate option and pipe.
Thanks fmw42

Thanks.
Actually I misinterpreted the flip option.
I want to rotate the image (need them all in portrait or all in landscape mode).
So I suppose I should still use convert with rotate option, and pipe it to montage ?

Hi,
I'd like to batch process some pictures to make compiste pictures automaticaly.
It's working fine when the pictures have accurate exif orientation.
But when it's not the case my composite pictures are awful because the input pictures are not correctly turned.
I tried the -flip montage option but ...

Bonzo : Yes I could write a script, but I wanted to know if there is a solution with ImageMaick first.

anthony : My output picture is small : only 1333x2000 pixels. The issue is that IM creates the 200 output pictures at the same time and not one by one.
You say I need to handle large images but ...

Hi,

I have 400 pictures, and I would like to create 200 pictures, so 2 pictures into 1.
They all have the same resolution : 1333x1000
So my output pictures will be 1333x2000

The command is simple :
montage -geometry +0+0 -tile 1x2 *.jpg together.jpg

But it seems that this command read ALL images ...