Thumbnail Creation
Written and gradually ported to a web page.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Source Code Listings
- Value of Thumbnail Images
- Technical Background
- Creating Thumbnails
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Source Code Listings
Value of Thumbnail Images
Technical Background
ImageMagick's extensive documentation on its thumbnail capabilities with examples
Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won’t usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious. — Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month, pp. 102-3.
Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around." — Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral and The Bazaar.
| I.D. | Dir |
|---|---|
| 1 | "JAN/01/" |
| 2 | "MAR/07/" |
| 3 | "OCT/31/" |
| I.D. | Pic | Thumb |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 2 | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 3 | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| I.D. | File Type |
|---|---|
| a | "JPG" |
| b | "jpg" |
| c | "JPEG" |
| d | "jpeg" |
| e | "PNG" |
| f | "png" |
| I.D. | File Glob | Output path |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.JPG" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 1b | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.jpg" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 1c | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.JPEG" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 1d | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.jpeg" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 1e | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.PNG" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| 1f | "Pictures-2022/JAN/01/*.png" | "Thumbnails-2022/JAN/01/" |
| I.D. | File Glob | Output path |
| 2a | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.JPG" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 2b | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.jpg" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 2c | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.JPEG" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 2d | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.jpeg" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 2e | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.PNG" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| 2f | "Pictures-2022/MAR/07/*.png" | "Thumbnails-2022/MAR/07/" |
| I.D. | File Glob | Output path |
| 3a | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.JPG" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| 3b | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.jpg" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| 3c | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.JPEG" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| 3d | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.jpeg" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| 3e | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.PNG" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |
| 3f | "Pictures-2022/OCT/31/*.png" | "Thumbnails-2022/OCT/31/" |