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Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Re: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Post by danpalmer »

rgovostes wrote: post #2

This is from Gus Mueller, who writes my favorite image editor for macOS, Acorn ( https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ ). I've reported a bug to Gus and received a new build with a fix within minutes. I highly recommend his software, even his pizza-themed blog http://maybepizza.com/ which includes a nerdy pizza dough recipe generator. I wonder if Retrobatch could have been made as a series of Automator plugins, allowing inte…

I have a feeling Retrobatch could export Automator actions if it wanted to. I think they’re distributed as part of an application?

Unfortunately I think Automator is on the way out. I suspect we’ll see Shortcuts for Mac fairly soon, so it may make sense for FM Software the wait for that.

Re: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Post by rgovostes »

fouc wrote: post #7
rgovostes wrote: post #2

This is from Gus Mueller, who writes my favorite image editor for macOS, Acorn ( https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ ). I've reported a bug to Gus and received a new build with a fix within minutes. I highly recommend his software, even his pizza-themed blog http://maybepizza.com/ which includes a nerdy pizza dough recipe generator. I wonder if Retrobatch could have been made as a series of Automator plugins, allowing inte…

I'm curious if you can make a recommendation for a good image viewer/organizer app. That's the main thing I was hoping for when I saw your Acorn recommendation.

I use Apple's Photos app which for me is pretty good: photos I snap on my phone appear automatically on my Mac; I can search by date, location, person, or object; I can share photos with family; the Memories feature is sometimes delightful; touch-ups can be reverted any time in the future.

But if you are asking for recommendations I'm guessing Photos doesn't fit your needs.

Re: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Post by ccgus »

danpalmer wrote: post #10

I just used this to build a really neat little workflow. Wasn’t sure if it would work but the results were amazing. The workflow took company logos and turned them into squares, in a specified size, with the logo in black, the background in white, 20% padding around the edge, and png-crushed. They looked fantastic at the end. Steps like flat background colour removal just worked. Transparency handled fine. Pretty int…

Make sure to send me the images that crashed it (support at flyingmeat.com)! I'd love to get that fixed, as I'm not aware of any cases right now where this happens.

Re: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Post by somada141 »

natch wrote: post #9

One feature that would get me interested would be good ML upscaling. Pixelmator Pro does a good job of it, but has no batch processing until I figure out how to drive it with Automator. And as far as I know ImageMagick still lacks such a feature.

Topaz’s GigaPixel AI seems to do a decent job of it if you’re happy to pay for it but iirc it doesn’t do batch

Re: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

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Post by danpalmer »

ccgus wrote: post #13
danpalmer wrote: post #10

I just used this to build a really neat little workflow. Wasn’t sure if it would work but the results were amazing. The workflow took company logos and turned them into squares, in a specified size, with the logo in black, the background in white, 20% padding around the edge, and png-crushed. They looked fantastic at the end. Steps like flat background colour removal just worked. Transparency handled fine. Pretty int…

Make sure to send me the images that crashed it (support at flyingmeat.com)! I'd love to get that fixed, as I'm not aware of any cases right now where this happens.

Hey! Thanks for reaching out in HN comments! Unfortunately I'm not sure I have them any more I'm afraid, I've been dealing with a lot of images.

I was very diligent about submitting the crash reports, so you should have 10-20 examples. Not sure if you can see who they come from, but if you can hopefully you find them.

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