Creating multipage Tiff from file list

[sergiokapone]

Suppose I have file list filelelist.txt

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C:\a\001.tiff
C:\a\002.tiff
C:\a\003.tiff
C:\a\004.tiff
C:\a\005.tiff
...
C:\a\100.tiff

I need to create from those files a single multipage tiff.

How can I make it?

[GeeMack]

Suppose I have file list filelelist.txt

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C:\a\001.tiff
C:\a\002.tiff
C:\a\003.tiff
C:\a\004.tiff
C:\a\005.tiff
...
C:\a\100.tiff

I need to create from those files a single multipage tiff.

How can I make it?

ImageMagick can, in most cases, read a list of input files from a prepared text file. This is done by preceding the text file's name with an "@" sign. A command to accomplish your task could be as simple as this...

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convert @filelist.txt output.tif

[sergiokapone]

GeeMack, thank you.

[sergiokapone]

Unfortunantly with newest version of IM I get an error

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convert: UnableToOpenBlob '@C:c:\Downloads\0030.tif': Invalid argument @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/3093.

[fmw42]

convert: UnableToOpenBlob '@C:c:\Downloads\0030.tif': Invalid argument @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/3093.

@C:c:\Downloads\0030.tif is not a text file containing your list of image files.

You need to put your list of image files into a text file. Then in your command your reference the test file as mentioned about.

Create a new text file, say, filelist.txt. In that file, paste your list of images exactly as you would access them

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C:\a\001.tiff
C:\a\002.tiff
C:\a\003.tiff
C:\a\004.tiff
C:\a\005.tiff
...
C:\a\100.tiff

In ImageMagick 6, you do

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convert @filelist.txt result.tiff

In ImageMagick 7, you do

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magick @filelist.txt result

If those do not work, then you may have to edit your policy.xml file to permit the use of @ for accessing text files.

[sergiokapone]

How can I modyfy my policy.xml?

[snibgo]

'@C:c:\Downloads\0030.tif': Invalid argument

Please show the exact command you used. The error message suggests you mis-typed something, with "C:" twice.

[fmw42]

An alternate method is to simply put all your images in a new directory. Then change directories to that directory. Then

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convert *.tiff newimage.tiff

Use magick rather than convert if you are on IM 7.

[sergiokapone]

I use batch file

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@Echo Off & CLS
::mode con:cols=80 lines=40
REM  ===== Variables Setup ==========
setLocal
set pathImageMagik=%BookShop%\ImageMagick\
"%pathImageMagik%convert" @%1 a.tif

where %1 is my filelist.txt

[GeeMack]

I use batch file

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@Echo Off & CLS
::mode con:cols=80 lines=40
REM  ===== Variables Setup ==========
setLocal
set pathImageMagik=%BookShop%\ImageMagick\
"%pathImageMagik%convert" @%1 a.tif

where %1 is my filelist.txt

The error you posted above shows...

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UnableToOpenBlob '@C:c:\Downloads\0030.tif' ...

That leads me to think your text file has errors. It looks like it's trying to find an image file with a path name that starts with "C:c:\ ...", which would pretty obviously be wrong on a Windows system.

[snibgo]

I have a vague memory that @filename.txt has a bug, and drives can't be used within filename in that file. Directories are okay, but not drives.

[sergiokapone]

Possible bug?

[fmw42]

As I mentioned above:

An alternate method is to simply put all your images in a new directory, if they are not already. Then change directories to that directory. Then

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convert *.tiff newimage.tiff

Use magick rather than convert if you are on IM 7.

[sergiokapone]

Use magick rather than convert if you are on IM 7.

Ok.

But why in my %Temp% folder many files magick-6844AaBOq7CoiJCI apear with ~60 Mb during conversion folder with CCITTFAX4 (~10 Kb) tiff files ?

If I start to combine over 400 files, all free disk space (9 Gb) quickly disappears

[fmw42]

Those files should be deleted automatically. If they do not, then there is something wrong. You can delete them. See if they get left behind again. But what was your exact command line? If you do not reference your files correctly, perhaps bogus files will be created and left in your TEMP folder. Be sure you command is correct.