7 Tasks You Shouldn’t Use a GUI For
Jul 30, 2009, 17:34 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mark Sanborn)
"1. Resizing images
Unless you are doing some sort of cropping there is no reason to
load up Photoshop or the Gimp. A simple command will usually
suffice for almost all your image resizing needs.
convert -resize 300 image.jpg image-small.jpg
"If you finding yourself doing lots of image resizing during the
day, this command could potentially save you a LOT of time. You can
even do mass image resizing.
"2. Adding a Drop Shadow to an Image
I found myself spending a ton of time adding drop shadows to
images. Using a simple command I was able to create drop shadows in
seconds."
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