[Techtalk] Mac or Linux for photo printing?

[Gebhard Dettmar]

On Saturday 16 December 2006 22:05, Sabine Konhaeuser wrote:
> Am Saturday, 16. December 2006 11:25 schrieb Carla Schroder:
> > [...]
> >
> > -no simple way to scale images for printing, like 4x6
> > borderless, or 8x10 with 1/4" border. I have to scale images
> > manually, which is less fun than it sounds
> >
ImageMagick is your friend. It's so comfortable especially in dealing with 
huge amounts of images (something like
for f in *.jpg; do convert -resize 100x100 $f ${f%.jpg}_thumb.jpg; done
Really powerful, a little googling + manpage is really worth the 
effort

> > [...]
>
> I do not have a Mac, but at work we do. Honestly, it does not
> matter if you use Win or Mac for graphic work. Both will produce
> equal quality output. The only advantage of using a Mac over
> Windows is that it is not Windows, but you pay $$ for it. Both
> system have their own set of annoying features though.
>
I always thought the same (Mac is a waste of money). But then I had to 
redesign a typical Mac-Graphic-Designer-Website (all text as gifs and so 
on - unreachable via Google). I must say: I didn't reach the quality when 
writing text on images he did. I tried everything I had: PS + Fireworks on 
Windows, Gimp on Windows + Linux - no way, it really drove me nuts.
But apart from that - on that job (every 2nd day I got mails with photos) 
I fell in love with ImageMagick
just my 2¢
Regards,
Gebhard
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