Let's Skip Preview and Just Use ImageMagick

Same problem, one tool… (this would be a great time to set up an S3 media bucket to show results). In addition to ImageMagick, I installed ghostscript with brew install ghostscript to enable working with eps vector images. Starting with a square profile photo: identify nhoag-bw-sq.jpg /path/to/nhoag-bw-sq.jpg JPEG 480x480 480x480+0+0 8-bit sRGB 65.5KB 0.000u 0:00.000 Generate a black rectangle to match the width of the profile photo: convert -size 480x100 xc:black black....

2013-09-18 · 2 min · 282 words · Nathaniel Hoag

Image Manipulation on OSX with Preview and ImageMagick

I recently modified the Google profile image on my work Google+ account to make it more clear that it’s a work profile rather than a personal profile. I added a few layers to my existing profile image including a work logo and a couple of simple transparencies. In the past I would have relied on Photoshop, GIMP, or another heavy image manipulation GUI software to accomplish this task. This time around, I decided to make use of the OSX Preview program in conjunction with the command line tool, ImageMagick....

2013-09-16 · 2 min · 265 words · Nathaniel Hoag