Batch Thumbs Tutorials

('Cause Nikki said I should)

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Batch thumbs can basically do four different things with graphics images:

  1. Make a thumbnail size version of the originals

  2. Convert the originals from one file format to another file format (it makes a copy of the originals)

  3. Copy files (just make a duplicate of the originals)

  4. Rename files - changes the name of the originals

B.T. can operate on several files, but they must all be in the same folder.

NOTE - These tutorials are based on version 1.5 of Batch Thumbs.  You can download a copy of Batch Thumbs version 1.6 at:

http://harmware.net/bin/BThumbs.zip

Also, if you'd like to download the Sample Images I used for the tutorials you are certainly welcome to do so.  However, the zip file size is a little over 4 Mb.  There are 28 images ranging from large to small, with bmp, gif, jpg, and emf files included.  They're at:

http://harmware.net/btTutorial/BTtutImg.zip

When the operation is to create thumbnails, Batch Thumbs will also create some primitive HTML (web pages) so you can view the thumbnails and the original images.  Part of these tutorials will be devoted to the HTML part of the program, because it has several different options.

Thumbnail and General Tutorials

Create thumbnails using program defaults
Create thumbnails, changing lots of settings
Change the HTML without re-creating the thumbnails
Error messages and how to deal with them
Linking, File Locations, and Publishing

Convert Files

Convert files from file type of bmp to file type of jpg
Convert files of different file types (gif, bmp, emf) to jpg

Copy Files

Copy a bunch of files from one location to another, and rename the copies

Rename Files

Rename a bunch of files

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