Converting .tif files to .jpg files in batches

[photolandscape]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

I am about to take my first stab at producing a digitally printed book using Blurb.com.

 

One requirement is that all files must be uploaded as .jpg files. I have carefully cropped and corrected 120 shots, originally .dng files, and saved them as .tif files. Now I'd like to be able to dupe them, convert them to .jpgs all at once (rather than individually, which takes forever), and get busy on my book.

 

Can this be done easily in Lightroom, or via some other shareware or relatively inexpensive program?

[gwelland]

If you have Photoshop CS3 you could use Russell Browns 123 Image Processor which is ideal for this type of processing.

[Paul_S]

If you have Photoshop CS3 you could use Russell Browns 123 Image Processor which is ideal for this type of processing.

 

I haven't used the 1-2-3 script of Russel Brown on CS3 (thanks for the tip), but use the standard Image Processor that comes with PS CS3/Bridge CS3 a lot for TIFF to JPEG + resize conversion. BTW, you can find the Image Processor in CS2 as well.

[hdrmd]

If you are using the latest Mac OS, you can use Automator.app, Regards. DR

[Guest GuyMancusoPhoto]

Just develop a action in PS, it's very easy to do. i do this all the time from my master tifs to jpegs for clients and deliver both the high res Tifs and low res jpegs for viewing or wahtever there need is

[ennjott]

Can this be done easily in Lightroom, or via some other shareware or relatively inexpensive program?

It can even be done with a free (as in freedom) program: ImageMagick can do all kinds of operations on images and, unlike PS, can scale properly through lanczos interpolators.

[ajthornbury]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

Can be done as a script (batch) in Paint Shop.

[pierovitch]

Try Irfanview

 

I find it can be more efficient than doing Photoshop batch setup.

IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide

[dfarkas]

On the PC side, try ACDSee. I use it all the time for batch rotating, renaming, and file type conversions. Not terribly expensive, with a lot of control over the process. It is a lot faster than Photoshop fro this type of thing.

 

For free, you could try Picasa from Googe. I'm pretty sure it does conversion.

 

Of course, you could just go back to your RAW processing program (I'm guessing you're using Ligthroom or C1) and take the same shots with the same cropping and image parameters and process them as JPGs instead of TIFs. That is the simplest, most consistent way to do it.

 

David

[lesh]

.........or use Graphic Converter, a nice 'swiss army knife' for your tool box at only $30.

As it's name implies, it can convert file formats (and much more) and can do so in batches.

[cboudier]

Can this be done easily in Lightroom ?

 

Yes, of course !

Simply select all your corrected DNG pictures in LR, then choose "export" and set the parameters for JPEG in the file menu

(same as you did to get TIFF files...)

 

Best

--

Christophe

[Delfi_r]

I use PMView, it saves the EXIF data in the output files, can process a tree of files, and many other things.

[okram]

Nothing beats the Irfanview.

It can do 20 folders with all subfolders, compress and resize and save as..., in a record time.

All automated.

Free.

1.5 MB software.

[farnz]

Another vote for Irfanview: simply brilliant!

 

Pete.