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by R. Prasad, Ottawa,
Canada
MagicViewer does not alter your original photo files - it just creates
new, modified copies of the original images - so you need to let the program
know what to name the new image files and where to put them. In the top text
box, you can give your new file series a name, like "shrunk_photos" or just
leave it blank, as I have done, and MagicViewer will use the original file name
as a starting point.
Since you will be creating a number of new images (or else why else would you
bother creating a batch script?), you need to specify how to number the new
files. MagicViewer adds numbers to the filename to ensure each new file has a
distinct file name if it is necessary. You can specify the number of digits
added to each file name. (i.e. if your file name will appear as
"shrunk_photo1.jpg" or "shrunk_photo0001" if you chose 4 digits).
Once you have chosen the file name sequence you want to use for the new files,
you need to tell MagicViewer where to put them when it is done batch processing
them. You can either leave them in the original folder (Note: if you have not
given them a new file name from the originals, the program will add a number,
as mentioned above, to the new picture's file name to distinguish it from the
original) or specify a new folder to put the batch processed images in.
To do the latter, choose the "A Common Folder Specified Below" option, and
either type in the path and name of that folder, or click the "..." box next to
the blank text box and MagicViewer will show a file tree of your computer that
you can navigate through and click on the folder you want. If you want to put
the files in a new folder, you should create it first in Windows, then locate
that folder using the file tree navigator.
In my case, since my original images were on a CD-ROM, I need to put my new
batch processed images into a folder on my hard drive. I created a folder
called "summer_vacation" on my desktop, and used the "..." button to locate it
in the file tree navigator.
After I click OK, the last option is a check box that lets me trash all the
original files if I don't need them anymore. You should only do this if you are
sure you won't need your original files again. In my case, since my original
files are on CD-ROM, it doesn't matter - they cannot be moved or erased anyhow.
Once you are finished here, just click "Next" and you are almost done.
Your Batch Script is almost ready - just give it a name, and MagicViewer will
save it so that you can use it again another time. Its not a bad idea to give
the script a name that will tell you what exact it does - there is enough space
to write a good description. I've named mine "Shrink Images to a Quarter of the
Original Size" because, well, that's what it does. Next time I want to do a
batch process to shrink images to a quarter of the original size, I can just
click on this script and run it. Speaking of which, click "Finish" to save your
batch process script.
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