Batch convert tif to jpg on Mac

I found a pretty neat tool on the App Store called batchConverter.

The only problem I found is that when I converted directly from tiff to jpg the image was getting messed up. Another thing was that batchConverter didn't list tif as an input format... only tiff. (However the author responded to my email almost immediately to say he'd add the feature request into newer versions).

Anyway... here's what I did:

1. Used muCommander to batch rename my files from tif to tiff.

2. Did a batch conversion from tiff to png using batchConverter.

3. Did a batch conversion from png to jpg.

Saved me a lot of time!

Quick Resize of Pictures on Mac

So I've been using a Mac for a few months now and am pretty much acting like the slowest kid in the class on the first day of school when it comes to using it.

One thing I am kinda bugged by is how everyone suggests using Photoshop for even the simplest of stuff... such as quickly resizing pictures (You know... 6mb pictures of kittens that your grandma sends you directly from her digital camera). I tried all sorts of 3rd party apps but each one of them came with their problems.

Then today I realized one simple thing.

Just open the picture in Preview and click on Tools-> Adjust Size.

Et Voila.

Converting Colour to Monochrome in GIMP

A nice tutorial of how to do it can be found here:

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Color2BW/