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>>>>>>>>> Mark W. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> My dumb OCR software will refuse to OCR an image if it's lower
>>>>>>>>>> than a 96 dpi setting in it's properties.
>>>>>>>>>> It doesn't care that the pixel dimentions are much higher than
>>>>>>>>>> some other much smaller pixel dimention
>>>>>>>>>> file if it's properties say it's dpi is under 96 dpi.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So, how can I batch change many image files (usually JPEG's) to
a
>>>>>>>>>> particular dpi property setting?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm using Omipage Pro 14 to do the OCR.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Irfanview
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>> Irfanview sounded familiar. Turns out I already had it installed.
>>>>>>>> It only
>>>>>>>> took a few minutes to figure out how to batch reset the DPI's in
my
>>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>> Funny that it always compresses the files to about only 27% of
the
>>>>>>>> original
>>>>>>>> size.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would prefer that it left the file quality alone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm only resetting the DPI numbers. I experimented with resetting
>>>>>>>> to 3
>>>>>>>> different DPI's: from the original 72 DPI, to 96, 300, and 600.
The
>>>>>>>> resulting new files are all exactly the same NEW size regardless
of
>>>>>>>> which of
>>>>>>>> those 3 DPI's I reset the files to.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am I just unaware that I chose some compression unintentionally?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Couldn't find anything about compression or image
>>>>>>>> quality/resolution in the
>>>>>>>> help file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Under the "options" button (right of the format pull down menu,
but
>>>>>>> before "set advanced options") Unfortunately it is a slider bar
>>>>>>> 0-100 so you have to know what your compression is beforehand...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Couldn't find any slider bar.
>>>>>> Is it somewhere in the batch conversion dialog box?
>>>>> Yes, near the bottom; next question is what version are you using?
I'm
>>>>> looking at 3.91.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 4.10 Don't see slider bar or a way to control compression any way at
>>>> all.
>>>> I'm not resizing of course.
>>>>
>>> I updated my Irfanview to 4.10 and he has moved some things around.
>>> It is in the Batch Conversion/Rename menu.
>>> The Options button, still next to the Output Format pull down menu.
>>> That should pull up a menu with the slider bar to set the JPEG
>>> compression.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> I did a test on a couple of JPEGS with the slider set at 100%. The
files
>> were at 72 DPI and I set the DPI at 300 for the output. The resulting
>> files were at the same quality and actually a tiny bit larger (by 2.7%)
>> which is just fine. Funny, but if I reset the DPI of a TIFF file (the
>> same as the JPEGS aforementioned), it would double the size of the
file.
>> I'm beginning to see that Irfanview has a lot more control options that
>> I'm totally unaware of.
>> I guess they offer this quite useful free program as a teaser to get a
>> more powerful paid version.
>>
>>
> I use Irfanview to do simple batch processing jobs and RawShooter and
> PhotoShop to do pretty much everything else. You can do a great deal
with
> Irfanview if you fiddle with all the controls.
>
> There is no paid version this is the whole thing and it is simply
amazing
> to me that he keeps putting the time and work into updating it. For
> "Free" it is an incredible tool.
>
Amazing indeed. Maybe he needed software for his own projects but found
what's available to be somewhat disappointing. Since he's a programmer
also,
he decided to create his own software and had the generous spirit to give
it
to anyone else who has similar needs. Of course that's only a guess. I'm
grateful such altruistic people are still out there!!!
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