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Subject:Re: Transparent GIF's From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 May 1997 09:14:34 -0700
At 11:55 PM 5/15/97 -0500, Christine Bain wrote:
>2) I have been searching for a utility that can do batch conversions of
>GIF's to transparent 87a or 89a. I have not had any luck.
>
>Does anyone know if there is a way to do batch conversion of GIF's to
>transparent 87a or 89a?
>
>I don't think it is possible to do a batch conversion. The reason is that
>each image has to be opened in the conversion utility and then you must
>click on the area that is to be transparent.
>
Paintshop Pro does batch conversions. This is from their help file:
You use the Batch Conversion Dialog Box to convert multiple image files to a
single format. Follow these steps:
Access the Batch Conversion Dialog Box
To access the dialog box:
Click on the Batch Conversion Button.
Select "Batch Conversion" from the File Menu. Press <Alt> + <F>, then press
<T>.
Select the Input Settings
You select the Input Settings from the Input Group Box. Use the Drive Drop
Down Box and Directory List Box to select the drive and directory where the
files are located. You can select specific files from the File Name List
Box, or you can use the Select All Button to execute the conversion .
Select the Output Settings
You select the Output Settings from the Output Group Box. You use the File
Type Drop Down Box (Example) and the File Sub-Format Drop Down Box to select
the file format. To select the drive and directory for the new files, click
on the Browse Button. Paint Shop Pro will open the Select Directory Dialog Box.
Execute the Batch Conversion
If you don't want to see any error messages during the conversion, fill in
the Suppress Error Messages Check Box. Error messages will still appear in
the Batch Processing Status Dialog Box.
To convert the files that you selected in Step 2, click on the OK Button.
To convert all files in the source directory, click on the Select All Button.
Paint Shop Pro will begin the batch conversion and will open the Batch
Processing Status Dialog Box. If you selected any meta/vector, Photo-CD, or
RAW files, Paint Shop Pro might open the appropriate Image Import Dialog Box
--Wayne Douglass
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