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Release 1.2.1, 4 December 2005
Vrai Stacey <vrai@acherondevelopment.com>
http://acherondevelopment.com/project.php?name=birt
About
BIRT, the Batch Image Resizing Thing, is a simple application that allows a large number of images to be resized in one go. Obviously this is possible by scripting ImageMagick but it's usually somewhat easier with a GUI. It was created in order to learn how to develop using the Qt library, and to facilitaty the maintenance of an online photo album where each hi-res photo needs a low-res copy and a thumbnail.
Usage
BIRT is very simple to use: simply select the image files to be resized, enter the new size, select the output directory and press "Go". A more detailed instruction set, include explanations of the ratio options and output suffix/prefix fields can be found in the "How To Use BIRT" section of the help. To access this online help simply start the application and click on the "Help" button at the bottom of the BIRT window.
Building
BIRT uses the qmake build tool that comes packaged with the Qt library. To build BIRT follow the instructions below:
- Ensure that a recent (2.95+) version of GCC is installed.
- Ensure that the current version of Qt installed is at least version 3.2.0. BIRT may build with older versions but has not been tested.
- Edit the 'birt.pro' project file and change the installation directory if required (it defaults to /usr/local/birt).
- Run 'qmake' to generated the Makefile.
- Run 'make' to build using the newly generated Makefile.
- Run 'make install' to copy the BIRT files to the installation directory (see 3).
So to build and install BIRT in the default directory you'd run:
qmake
make
make install
Additional Code
Eric George "Smart Ratio Match" functionality. 6 Sept 2005
Bugs
Any bugs or unexpected behavoir should be reported to Vrai <vrai@acherondevelopment.com>. If bugs aren't reported they can't be fixed!