Tag: PNG

Image file manipulation is typically associated with programs like Inkscape, Photoshop, or even MS Paint. A graphical user interface, however, isn’t a pre-requisite for manipulating images. Often it is overkill. Simple tasks such as resizing or converting file type can be achieved with little more than a right click (and the power of ImageMagick).

ImageMagick is a command-line, Swiss-army-knife of image manipulation. It can achieve all the usual manipulations: sharpen, rotate, resize, convert to grayscale, convert to a sketch. The list goes on… Instead of harnessing all its creative power, here I show how ImageMagick commands can be added to the right-click menu (in either Windows or Linux) to achieve simple changes without ever opening the file. Continue reading “Image conversion with a right-click”