If you ever wanted to create quickly an index-print of your pictures, here’s the solution for the terminal-savvy:
montage -trim -tile 5x8 -geometry 100x80+0+0 *.jpg out_%d.jpg
This command (given that you have ImageMagick installed) will create an image named out_0.jpg with 40 (or less) thumbnails 100 pixels long from your pictures. They will be arranged in eight, 80 pixels high, rows , five thumbnails per row. If you have more than 40 pictures in your directory, further files will be created: out_1.jpg, out_2.jpg, etc. It’s that simple. However, you should create an index-print on the resized images - if you put in files straight from a camera (let say, 6 megapixels) more than hundred pictures will most likely eat all available RAM. Use web versions instead.
I’m perfectly aware that there are easier or more convenient ways of doing the same. But I believe that those of you who live in the terminal will appreciate this method, especially that it can be part of a larger, shell-based workflow (dump pictures, convert to jpgs all RAW files, rename according to Exif data, resize for web, make index-print, make an album, publish).
Below is an index-print created with ImageMagick.
Tags: linux, mac osx, software tools
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