Below is a program that I think we can all make use of, especially for
filling in the database. This is just the type of thing we discussed at
our project meeting.
Speaking of image files, I'd like to here about the derivative files you
are planning to provide for this project, especially the thumbnails.
Right now, the program that runs on the database to produce the
XML-document considers anything that does not exceed 200 pixels in either
dimension to be a thumbnail. Does this fit in with the types of
derivative files people will be producing?
Thanks very much,
Merrilee
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:12:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Johnston <djohnsto@library.berkeley.edu>
To: Merrilee Proffitt <mproffit@library.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Dan Johnston <djohnsto@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Extracting info from file headers
Hi Merrilee,
There's a program that can extract image file metadata from file formats
like TIFF, JPEG, GIF, etc., it works on batches of files, it's fast, and
it creates a tidy tab-delimited text file. It can extract pixel
dimensions, file resolution, bit depth, and some other stuff, without
having to actually open the whole file. It is called
iView Multimedia 3.5.2, and it's Mac shareware ($25). Download at
http://www.scriptsoftware.com
David Remington located this little gem yesterday.
-Dan