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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Well, as your code does, convert can
add the arbitrary text as a comment in the file (or in a copy of
it to keep things clean). Then, exiftool -comment file.jpg will
extract it for use in the script. That's a start, but I still
don't know how to print them together (and I have the path
directly when i access the file from a script.)<br>
<br>
display (from imagemagick) shows 14 characters of the "comment"
field in the lower right corner of the image, but that's not very
helpful.<br>
<br>
Another step closer:<br>
composite <title-file.png> <base-file.jpg>
<new-file.jpg><br>
puts the title file into the new image in the upper left corner.
Now, I just have to convert the path into an image.<br>
<br>
Another way that works better is:<br>
convert -pointsize 20 -fill black -draw 'text 10,20 "TEST LABEL" '
test.jpg test2.jpg<br>
but it puts the image in the picture instead of outside it
somewhere and it depends on the background contrasting with
whatever color the text is. It will also take some advanced
fiddling to get the file name inside all those quotes in bash.<br>
<br>
(found this one at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Add-text-to-images-with-Linux-convert-command/step2/Adding-a-caption/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Add-text-to-images-with-Linux-convert-command/step2/Adding-a-caption/</a>
)<br>
<br>
Putting this all together (but I'm not yet motivated enough to
code it), I could create an empty image with an opaque background
like white and use the convert to put the text somewhere near an
edge. Then, use another convert to shrink the original picture so
it will fit in the "frame" of the first and then use composite to
put it there.<br>
<br>
This is more than a bit convoluted and would probably involve some
hard coding. Hopefully, there's an easier way.<br>
<br>
Joe<br>
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On 12/12/2012 02:06 PM, Risto H. Kurppa wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAHpgcSyRAAv9Fhsu9Gj7Od=+NKB0hmQf2uzz-beU8W6ncgt0Wg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi Joe!<br>
<br>
Interesting idea!<br>
<br>
I think using something like <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gitorious.org/rhk/scripts/blobs/master/nef_julkaisija.sh">http://gitorious.org/rhk/scripts/blobs/master/nef_julkaisija.sh</a> but
coupling it with KPA's 'open with external app' could be used at
least to generate the initial images with texts on them. Then some
command line magic needs to be added for the printing (see for
example <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=739845">http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=739845</a> )<br>
<br>
Risto
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Joe <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:josephj@main.nc.us" target="_blank">josephj@main.nc.us</a>></span>
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I have a lot of scanned images and images/photos I'm working
on with<br>
multiple versions. When I print them (using various
programs), all I<br>
get is the image and, often, it's difficult to tell which
image came<br>
from which file. This is particularly frustrating with my
(27K) photos<br>
when I have a print and want another copy and can't find it.
(The<br>
photos are in KPhotoAlbum, so I can find the small minority
:( that I<br>
have actually tagged correctly.) I could also add the scans
to KPhotoAlbum.<br>
<br>
What I would like is a utility that would print a bunch of
images (e.g.<br>
doit *.jpg) and include an automatic (program generated)
caption<br>
(hopefully configurable) with something like the full path
of the file<br>
in it.<br>
<br>
I need this while projects are in progress and for cleaning
up<br>
afterwards. This is not for "final" images.<br>
<br>
It would be cool (and economical) if I could also specify
the print size<br>
of the image because, often, smaller "thumbnail" images (but
not<br>
necessarily the thumbnails that are already generated by
KPhotoAlbum)<br>
may be enough for organizing/cleaning up and they would save
a bunch of<br>
time, paper, and ink/toner.<br>
<br>
Is there anything in KPhotoAlbum or that can be used with it
to<br>
accomplish this?<br>
<br>
TIA<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> Joe<br>
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