Phatch: New Photo Batch Processor calling for testers

[stani]

Phatch = Photo & Batch! (http://photobatch.stani.be)

Phatch is a simple to use cross-platform GUI Photo Batch Processor which handles all popular image formats and can duplicate (sub)folder hierarchies. Phatch can batch resize, rotate, rename, ... and much more actions (http://photobatch.wikidot.com/actions) in minutes instead of hours or days if you do it manually. Get Started! (http://photobatch.wikidot.com/getting-started)

* You can download Phatch at the main website http://photobatch.stani.be > free download (ubuntu deb installer available).
* If you want improved exif support, please download this installer (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/python/python-pyexiv2).
* If you want seemless integration with Nautilus, install: sudo apt-get install python-nautilus

Phatch has already pretty good documentation wiki (http://photobatch.wikidot.com), but it could still be improved a lot with your helping hands (screenshots, text, ...). You can find a tutorial here.

If you want to know what users are saying: read this (http://photobatch.wikidot.com/reviews).

I am also looking for help to write documentation (screenshots, ...), translation of phatch in other languages, extending phatch with plugins (only knowledge of python & pil required), etc...

Translate phatch in your language! Every word counts, go here: https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch

Phatch currently can perform the following actions:
* Auto Contrast - Maximize image contrast
* Border - Crop or add border to all sides
* Brightness - Adjust brightness from black to white
* Canvas - Crop the image or enlarge canvas without resizing the image
* Colorize - Colorize grayscale image
* Common - Copies the most common pixel value
* Contrast - Adjust from grey to black & white
* Convert Mode - Convert the color mode of an image (grayscale, RGB, RGBA or CMYK)
* Effect - Blur, Sharpen, Emboss, Smooth, …
* Equalize - Equalize the image histogram
* Fit - Downsize and crop image with fixed ratio
* Grayscale - Fade all colours to gray
* Invert - Invert the colors of the image (negative)
* Maximum - Copies the maximum pixel value
* Median - Copies the median pixel value
* Minimum - Copies the minimum pixel value
* Offset - Offset by distance and wrap around
* Posterize - Reduce the number of bits of colour channel
* Rank - Copies the rank'th pixel value
* Rotate - Rotate with random angle
* Round - Round or crossed corners with variable radius and corners
* Saturation - Adjust saturation from grayscale to high
* Save - Save an image with variable compression in different types
* Scale - Scale an image with different resample filters.
* Shadow - Drop a blurred shadow under a photo with variable position, blur and color
* Solarize - Invert all pixel values above threshold
* Text - Write text at a given position
* Transpose - Flip or rotate an image by 90 degrees
* Watermark - Apply a watermark image with variable placement (offset, scaling, tiling) and opacity

Combining this, you can easily achieve this if you follow this tutorial (http://photobatch.wikidot.com/tutorial-round-3d-reflect):

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/tutorial-round-3d-reflect/thumb.jpg
Thanks for testing,

Stani
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PS Some screenshots to whet your appetite...

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/getting-started/actions-scale.png
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/getting-started/scale-round-shadow.png
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/image-inspector/image_inspector_exif.png

[stani]

Some more screenshots...

Screenshot 1: drag and drop:
You can drag and drop any files or folder on the Phatch window from Nautilus, F-spot, digiKam, ... Phatch will open an options window (eg. do you want to include subfolders of these folders and which file types in these folders). You can also minimize Phatch (View>Droplet) to a droplet which is handy if you have a preconfigured action list.

Screenshot 2: shadow

Screenshot 3: shadow + rounded corners

Screenshot 4: shadow + rounded corners + watermark (by offset)

Screenshot 5: shadow + rounded corners + watermark (tile)

[aktiwers]

Looks pretty cool!
Im gonna install it this weekend :)

[PartisanEntity]

Hello stani, I have installed it and am testing, have already filed one minor bug report.

[Garyu]

One thing I've been missing for photo batch jobs is some tool to edit the tags. For example, I use gthumb to rename my photos according to date and time they were shot. This is great, 'cause I can sort the photos correctly even if I go and edit them later on.

My problem is that one of my cameras actually save the time information in the "last changed" tag of pictures rather than the original date. So I want to copy the info from that tag to the other one. And of course, there are other tag operations that might be helpful at other times.

Very good initiative though. :)

[Stone123]

UI isn't really user friendly . If program is about editing images , then add "add new image" or "open existing project" menus.

But a good idea for the project.

[stani]

UI isn't really user friendly . If program is about editing images , then add "add new image" or "open existing project" menus.
I think you misunderstood the concept and probably should use a program like GIMP. The program is not about editing programs but about batching image collections. Right now phatch only works with local image folders as a collection. Later collection might come from various sources, such as:
- the internet (flickr, ...)
- ftp
- ...

For phatch a file is an action list, not an image. You can create, edit and save action lists. You can apply this action list to a number of images. Compare it to the automate batch function in Photoshop, but as a stand alone program.

[stani]

My problem is that one of my cameras actually save the time information in the "last changed" tag of pictures rather than the original date. So I want to copy the info from that tag to the other one. And of course, there are other tag operations that might be helpful at other times.

Exif support is on my todo-list and once implemented you could easily do what you ask for. Please subscribe yourself to the exif blueprint on launchpad. If possible, add your example as a comment:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/phatch/

[PartisanEntity]

Nice work stani, I have filed a couple bug reports but phatch works nicely, I wish I had it a week ago after I came back from a trip to Paris. I had to manually edit tons of photos, what a pain that was.

[PartisanEntity]

It would be nice if I could apply actions to only certain photos inside a folder.

Also it would be nice if I could see small thumbnails of photos inside a folder and then select individual photos in order to apply an action.

Rationale:

Lets imagine I have 100 photos in a folder. At the moment in phatch I would have to move all the photos that I want rotated 90 degrees to a new folder to apply the Transpose action.

Lets say I also have some photos that need to be resized and others that need to be inverted, I have to select those that need to be resized and place them in a new folder and do the same for those that need to be inverted.

But if I would see thumbnails from inside phatch and if I would apply actions by selecting images then i could speed up the process.

Here is what I mean, made with GIMP:

[stani]

It would be nice if I could apply actions to only certain photos inside a folder.

Also it would be nice if I could see small thumbnails of photos inside a folder and then select individual photos in order to apply an action.

Rationale:

Lets imagine I have 100 photos in a folder. At the moment in phatch I would have to move all the photos that I want rotated 90 degrees to a new folder to apply the Transpose action.

Lets say I also have some photos that need to be resized and others that need to be inverted, I have to select those that need to be resized and place them in a new folder and do the same for those that need to be inverted.

But if I would see thumbnails from inside phatch and if I would apply actions by selecting images then i could speed up the process.
Of course I have this kind of functionality in my mind too. But first I want to tackle:
- lazyness: when you are batching thousands of files (as I do some times), it would be nice that you can quit phatch and resume later without having to restart from the beginning.
- internationalisation: allow users to translate phatch in their local language (through e.g. rosetta)

However I recognize that selecting individual files is important, so i might provide a temporary solution with a file select dialog or drag&drop. In longer term I have a special UI in it for my mind.

Stani

[stani]

It would be nice if I could apply actions to only certain photos inside a folder.
I've uploaded a temporary solution as promised with a file select dialog box. You can not see all the images as thumbnails at the same time (at least not in Gnome, but maybe in KDE it is possible). However by Ctrl clicking you can select individual images and have a preview for the last clicked image. Later I'll work on a real thumbnail pane.

[durand]

Love your program, i've filed 2 bugs.

[PartisanEntity]

I've uploaded a temporary solution as promised with a file select dialog box. You can not see all the images as thumbnails at the same time (at least not in Gnome, but maybe in KDE it is possible). However by Ctrl clicking you can select individual images and have a preview for the last clicked image. Later I'll work on a real thumbnail pane.

Very nice stani thanks.

[stani]

Love your program,
Spread the word wherever you can!

i've filed 2 bugs.
Thanks for reporting, they are both fixed.

[stani]

I've added a new feature: drag and drop. This (almost) takes away the need to implement a thumbnail manager.

For more info and screenshots, read my second post of this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2796343#2

[durand]

Cool ;)

[PartisanEntity]

I am not quite sure how the droplet feature is supposed to work, I have posted a question concerning it:
https://answers.launchpad.net/phatch/+question/7991

[stani]

I am not quite sure how the droplet feature is supposed to work, I have posted a question concerning it:
https://answers.launchpad.net/phatch/+question/7991

I've fixed it. Just drag & drop any amount of pictures from nautilus, f-spot, konqueror, ... and it will batch process these photos.

[PartisanEntity]

I've fixed it. Just drag & drop any amount of pictures from nautilus, f-spot, konqueror, ... and it will batch process these photos.

I noticed thanks, but I was a little busy the past week, I can confirm though that the droplet is working now, a great feature.

The translation into German is progressing too ;)

[stani]

The translation into German is progressing too ;)

Great! Any idea when it will be ready?

I've been developping at high speed. A lot of refactoring and also some new features. Right now Phatch supports the following actions: image scaling or downsizing, rotating, mirroring, converting, shadows, rounded corners, watermark, ...

You can watermark your images by an offset, by tiling or scaling. The watermark can have any transparency you want.

I've put some new screenshots in the second post of this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2796343#2

[durand]

wow, you are really developing this fast!

[PartisanEntity]

Great! Any idea when it will be ready?

I've been developping at high speed. A lot of refactoring and also some new features. Right now Phatch supports the following actions: image scaling or downsizing, rotating, mirroring, converting, shadows, rounded corners, watermark, ...

You can watermark your images by an offset, by tiling or scaling. The watermark can have any transparency you want.

I've put some new screenshots in the second post of this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2796343#2

Hi stani,

I must admit that I have not been doing any testing or translating lately, I am a bit swamped time-management wise at the moment.

I will keep you up to date though, I have started translating however I am not far yet, perhaps 20 words at most currently.

However I am very impressed with the work you have put into Phatch, it really is great and I am spreading the news about it.

Cheers :)

[handaxe]

Hi,

This looks very promising indeed. Thanks.

How about a renaming mask - ie batch rename by inserting fixed text into the original file name, or the date? This can serve both with other transformation modules and as a standalone function.

HA

[stani]

How about a renaming mask - ie batch rename by inserting fixed text into the original file name, or the date?

Good suggestion, I was expecting already someone to ask for it. Could you please register a new blueprint 'rename' with some different scenarios/possibilities of what you would like to have implemented?

Do it here: http://www.launchpad.net/phatch

Stani

[handaxe]

will do.

Forgot me password (sigh :() and waiting for reset email....

HA

[PartisanEntity]

Just to show I have not stopped helping out, I will try to do some translation this weekend.

[handaxe]

Good suggestion, I was expecting already someone to ask for it. Could you please register a new blueprint 'rename' with some different scenarios/possibilities of what you would like to have implemented?

Do it here: http://www.launchpad.net/phatch

Stani

Done.

HA

[stani]

Just to show I have not stopped helping out, I will try to do some translation this weekend.
Great! Please send me as soon as possible the .po file you have till now. I can upload it than to Rosetta, so more people can collaborate on it:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/

Afterwards you can continue on Rosetta.

Anyone reading this message with a different language than English or Dutch is kindly invited to translate Phatch.

Stani

[jackmc]

thanks,you just saved me (actually my dad) a lot of manual work! One little possible feature request - batch file size changes.. maybe through standardising dimensions?

eg:

I had about 50 product images that needed to be formatted for a website. they ranged from ~ 750*450 to about three times that size.

If I could make them all the same dimensions, then apply a quality filter, it would be one-click perfection!

Thanks for the app, it worked excellent here. No bugs to report :)

[stani]

thanks,you just saved me (actually my dad) a lot of manual work!That was why it was developed!One little possible feature request - batch file size changes.. maybe through standardising dimensions?

eg:

I had about 50 product images that needed to be formatted for a website. they ranged from ~ 750*450 to about three times that size.

If I could make them all the same dimensions,Can you specify more? Phatch can give you a fixed dimension by the action "Image size". Just set the width and the height to the dimension you want (of course don't use '%'). then apply a quality filter, it would be one-click perfection!What do you mean with a quality filter?!Thanks for the app, it worked excellent here. No bugs to report :)Great!

[jackmc]

Can you specify more? Phatch can give you a fixed dimension by the action "Image size". Just set the width and the height to the dimension you want (of course don't use '%').

Ahh, that was what I was after! Maybe you could add a dropdown for the user to choose between pixels/percent (maybe later add cm/inches/etc - not really necessary at the moment I guess). What I'm saying is I didn't realise it was an option!

Regarding the "quality' thing, I was just referring to using the feature that is already implemented in the saving part (sorry about my un-technical talk!).

Basically, it is perfect. Does everything I will ever need from it :)

Just then I found a bug - if you click on "height", and delete the value, then click to something else, things go crazy.

Great work, thanks a lot :)

[stani]

Maybe you could add a dropdown for the user to choose between pixels/percent Good suggestion! In order to do a little for phatch, please register a blueprint at launchpad: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/phatch/ I'll take care of the implementation ;-)(maybe later add cm/inches/etc - not really necessary at the moment I guess). But Phatch already supports cm & inch!

Just then I found a bug - if you click on "height", and delete the value, then click to something else, things go crazy.Please report this bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/phatch/ and I'll look at it.

Stani

[PartisanEntity]

@ stani,

I have sent you what I have so far of the German translation

[stani]

@ stani,

I have sent you what I have so far of the German translationThanks a lot! Now, do not work on the translation until I have uploaded it to Rosetta. Afterwards you can conitnue to translate here:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/

Stani

[stani]

I have a made a deb installer for those want to try it out. It installs Phatch nicely in your application menu. Please email or pm me if you want to receive it.

[Nicram]

Where is a deb file? Couldn't you link it here?

[stani]

Where is a deb file? Couldn't you link it here?At this point I don't want to put it yet for public download. Anyone can get it by emailing me. (I've sent already to a couple of people.) It will be later available from the internet.
Thanks for your patience!
Stani

[PartisanEntity]

@ stani,

Please send me a .deb file, even though I have it under /dev in /home at the mo.

I love the way it is developing, I played around with it today and found no bugs.

Keep up the good work, and thank you for your time and effort.

[stani]

@ stani,

Please send me a .deb file, even though I have it under /dev in /home at the mo.I've sent it to your gmail address.

I love the way it is developing, I played around with it today and found no bugs.

Keep up the good work, and thank you for your time and effort.Thanks!

[jackmc]

wow, you are very quick at bug fixing! Loving the new dropdowns :)

Thanks heaps

I've sent you a PM regarding the deb :)

[durand]

How did you make the deb? Checkinstall or dpkg-buildpackage?

[stani]

How did you make the deb? Checkinstall or dpkg-buildpackage?I've used dh_make, pycentral & dpkg-buildpackage.

[Ubuntuud]

This is exactly what I'm looking for!

It could use some impromvement though...
Anyway, keep up the good work!

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Sorry for interrupting this exiting creative process, but I have a question: is this program free to use ? I need some stuff like this one for everyday commercial purposes.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Newer mind... I just find suitable GUI solution for batch conversion. Just kind of software I were looking for. Still supporting your efford. Wish you very best...

[stani]

is this program free to use ? I need some stuff like this one for everyday commercial purposes.This program is 100% free to use as it is licensed under the GPL v3. You can use it for commercial purposes.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Do you need some graphic files to be made ? Icon, splash screen... ?

[stani]

Do you need some graphic files to be made ? Icon, splash screen... ?Sure, that always saves me some work. I've looked up your posts and your round logo for compiz was quite neat. BTW, phatch supports CMYK as well.
Please send me an email with some illustration work you did, so I have a better idea of my work. You can get my email through launchpad or by sending me a private message.
Thanks for the offer,
Stani

[stani]

This is exactly what I'm looking for!It is my pleasure.It could use some impromvement though...What do you mean? Would you mind to register them as blueprints on launchpad?
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

48 x 48 px is so small resolution! Don't allow me to do much... Here you go, I make some icon for Patch.

I must think about splash screen. Maybe I make some kind of 3d maskot. I try to do something till the end of the week.

About Python Editor, I'm not in the mood for making logo. Maybe next time when I have some free time...

P.S. : mr. X == Kekeljevic Igor

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I try to make a splash screen for Stani's Patch. I wanted to create a mascot of robot who handling tools for picture editing. Here is a sketch. What do You think about it ? Any sugestions ?

[motin]

One thing I've been missing for photo batch jobs is some tool to edit the tags. For example, I use gthumb to rename my photos according to date and time they were shot. This is great, 'cause I can sort the photos correctly even if I go and edit them later on.

My problem is that one of my cameras actually save the time information in the "last changed" tag of pictures rather than the original date. So I want to copy the info from that tag to the other one. And of course, there are other tag operations that might be helpful at other times.

Very good initiative though. :)

Check out Gnome-Commander - you can rename files using many different tags: http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/tags.html

Good suggestion, I was expecting already someone to ask for it. Could you please register a new blueprint 'rename' with some different scenarios/possibilities of what you would like to have implemented?

Do it here: http://www.launchpad.net/phatch

Stani

Remember the philosophy of having separate apps for separate tasks. There are already a lot of good batch renaming apps. Maybe you can integrate Gnome Commanders rename features into Phatch?

I try to make a splash screen for Stani's Patch. I wanted to create a mascot of robot who handling tools for picture editing. Here is a sketch. What do You think about it ? Any sugestions ?

Hehe cool!

[stani]

I try to make a splash screen for Stani's Patch. I wanted to create a mascot of robot who handling tools for picture editing. Here is a sketch. What do You think about it ? Any sugestions ?
Hi Igor,
Wow, I turn my back some days and I am pleasantly surprised! I like the concept of the splash screen much better than the logo. It is funny and original, which I miss in the logo (gears are soo much used for batching). What is the green: a bread toaster? I actually quite like the idea of the bread toaster a lot. Probably for the logo you could make a bread toaster filled with breads (and maybe one bread jumping out), but without the robot under it. For the splash screen you can keep it like it is, as it can be different. I just would like it to be a more glossy/glassy/shiny as the logo. But I guess that is why you called it a sketch.
Technically I need both the logo and the splash screen in svg vector format. In Ubuntu you can use e.g. inkscape for that.
I am targeting phatch to be ready for Gutsy. But anyone can get already now a working .deb for Feisty if they private message me. People are translating in a lot of languages already: Dutch, French, Italian, Chinese and Spanish. There is still some work to do on these or other languages, so it would be nice if more people could translate. Wow, it looks like phatch is getting popular even without being published officially yet. This is open source in live in action.
So Igor I am very happy with your participation. Great work, thanks!
Stani

[motin]

People are translating in a lot of languages already: Dutch, French, Italian, Chinese and Spanish. There is still some work to do on these or other languages, so it would be nice if more people could translate. Wow, it looks like phatch is getting popular even without being published officially yet. This is open source in live in action.

I'll make an attempt on the Swedish version if you like. PM me or attach necessary files to this thread.

Cheers!

[stani]

I'll make an attempt on the Swedish version if you like. PM me or attach necessary files to this thread.

Cheers!
The beauty of launchpad is that you just need to log in and you can start translating right away. So get a launchpad account, login and go to:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/

I am looking forward to the Swedish translation.

Thanks a lot!

Stani

[motin]

The beauty of launchpad is that you just need to log in and you can start translating right away. So get a launchpad account, login and go to:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/

I am looking forward to the Swedish translation.

Thanks a lot!

Stani

Cool! I have used rosetta before but by an earlier message in this thread I got the perception that a .po-file needed to be uploaded. I am on it!

[rax_m]

It works !!! Just to need to figure the ins and outs now..

I've been needing an app like this .. so thanks to all the people who've put effort into it :)

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I just install Blender and started with modeling robo character for phatch. I was so happy with results of the tests that I just have to share my thrill with someone...

For Stani: Splash screen will be .png (raster picture), becouse I'm planning to use Blender. Which dimensions would you like ? About an icon, still have no inspiration. Default size for icon is 48x48. I must make something what looks good as small picture, but I'll make .svg , as you requested. I'm still open for sugestions. Idea about toster don't looking to me as a optimal solution...

[salehid]

Really Pretty Cool!!! Thanks.

[durand]

For Stani: Splash screen will be .png (raster picture), becouse I'm planning to use Blender. Which dimensions would you like ?

I'm probably interfering but wouldn't a blender sized splash screen be the right size?

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Not over yet, still need to add some tools for picture editing...

[durand]

Nice work though I think that you need to increase the hardness of the box bit. It seems like it is reflecting a lot, making it look a bit distorted. Apart from that, good job.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

This is the newest render for mascot. Still planning to put some items inside robot's basket, but allmost done. I'm looking for an idea for phatch logo (something can be used for icon)...

[durand]

Wow, that cools awesome, good work!

[stani]

I just install Blender and started with modeling robo character for phatch. I was so happy with results of the tests that I just have to share my thrill with someone...You are completely right to be proud. It looks very awesome. One comment: In the splash screen I really want a reference to a photo camera. Maybe in the basket? Cool you did it in Blender, so maybe later we can animate it for a promotion shot or screencasts on youtube. I need to have the Blender sources as well. If they are not to big, I want to distribute it with phatch so that the artwork is also 'open source'.
For Stani: Splash screen will be .png (raster picture), becouse I'm planning to use Blender. Which dimensions would you like ?As you notice with the current version of Phatch, the splash screen is a bitmap with a custom size and the splash screen is drawn in the main frame when no actions are added. The default phatch frame is 400x440 px including window borders, toolbars, etc... So I would put the maximum dimension of the splash screen to 300px width and the height a bit lower. You can experiment yourself by taking a screenshot (Alt+PrtScr) of Phatch and pasting your image in it. Maybe it is more nice when the splash screen is a bit smaller and has more white space around.
About an icon, still have no inspiration. Default size for icon is 48x48. I must make something what looks good as small picture, but I'll make .svg , as you requested. I'm still open for sugestions. Idea about toster don't looking to me as a optimal solution...Well, I still like the toaster. Also note that the icon will be used from sizes,like 16x16 for the frame title, and a bit bigger for in the start menu.

Thank you very much!
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I made icon for Phatch. It looks very good in all sizes. Any comments ?

[durand]

I like that one! Nice colours but maybe you should lighten the greys so they stand out more when the icon is small.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Durand, you remind me on my wife. Nothing misses your sharp and merciless eyes...

[salehid]

nice work ... thanks :)

[aktiwers]

I can help you out with Danish translation if you like. Its just missing in launchpad.
Edit: Nevermind.. added it my self.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I made wallpaper for Phatch. I hope that Stani likes it ... That from me for now. Have some job to finish...

Greetings to all

[durand]

good work ;)

[stani]

I made wallpaper for Phatch. I hope that Stani likes it ...Yes, I like it. It could almost be already be a nice layout for the frontpage of the phatch website. Right now, I don't have easy access to internet, but in the end of the week I will get back to you to discuss the artwork further and to other people who asked for a deb installer. Good luck with your work!
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Ok, Stani. I still have some job to finish, but prepare me technical sketch to see what You need, and I will do it in a free time.

[motin]

Seems like launchpad is buggy atm - can't submit translation strings. For later then...

[PartisanEntity]

Is the latest version of Phatch working for anyone? In my case nothing is happening when I click on 'execute' or when I drag a file/folder over the droplet.

[stani]

Is the latest version of Phatch working for anyone? In my case nothing is happening when I click on 'execute' or when I drag a file/folder over the droplet.
Confirmed. Thanks for the bug report. Follow here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/phatch/+bug/132649

I hope I have time soon to fix it.

Stani

[stani]

I hope I have time soon to fix it. I've committed a fix.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I tried Phatch, and I was realy pleasanty supprised. You have my compliments Stani. This is very good tool. But, I have some suggestions how to make Phatch even better...

1. Installation with .deb file
I'm beginer in using Ubuntu. I like install new application by using .deb file. I just download it from internet, select file and press enter. Ubuntu finish the rest of a job. You have my vote for .deb.

2. Adding application launcher during installation
It would be nice if Phatch add his launcher with icon in Main Menu, in Graphics.

3. Folder listed Actions like PhotoShop
I read some comments how you could make Phatch more like gThumb. Infact, I like how Phatch working, I wouldn't add image browser in it. There is no need. Drag and drop from Nautilus is realy practical. Great work, Stani!
It would be great if user gets list of all Actions earlier defineded when he starts Phatch. Actions should have open/close arrow and be listed in folders for easear use, like in PhotoShop. Actions would be executed by drag and drop.

4. Better file rename
User must have freedom to rename his files. I often use batch for arange files numericly (001.png, 002.png, 003.png ...). This is essential tool in animation. I must find ease way for this job. Gthumb have great solution for this: # (enumerator), %f(original filename), %d(image date), %s (image size), %e(original extension).

5. Buttons
Keep user interface as simplest as possible. I see need only for these buttons:
New Action
Duplicate Action
New Script
New Action Folder
Trash (drag and drop to delete action, script or action folder or select and press trash icon)
Refresh (if user add plugin, script or action in determined Phatch Action Folder)
Configuration (for language chooser and folder paths for action lists, plugins...)
Help

With these buttons user can easy finish any job... Renaming actions and action folders can be done with F2. All items can be moved by drag and drop (no need for orange arrows). Use standard controls for selecting items (click, shift, control...) . User can delete item by pressing Delete on keyboard.

If user want to import some action he can easy add it to defined Phatch Action Folder using Nautilus.

[durand]

I think Stani will have a deb file for the stable release

[stani]

I tried Phatch, and I was realy pleasanty supprised. You have my compliments Stani. This is very good tool. But, I have some suggestions how to make Phatch even better...
Glad you finally tried it.

1. Installation with .deb file
I'm beginer in using Ubuntu. I like install new application by using .deb file. I just download it from internet, select file and press enter. Ubuntu finish the rest of a job. You have my vote for .deb.

2. Adding application launcher during installation
It would be nice if Phatch add his launcher with icon in Main Menu, in Graphics.
Ha, this is all implemented already! For now still with the old artwork. When I have all your final images they will be replaced.


3. Folder listed Actions like PhotoShop
I read some comments how you could make Phatch more like gThumb. Infact, I like how Phatch working, I wouldn't add image browser in it. There is no need.
Drag and drop from Nautilus is realy practical. Great work, Stani!
Me too, thinking about the idea of the browser, I rejected it and found a droplet a better way as it prevents reinventing the wheel and everybody can use it favorite tools.

It would be great if user gets list of all Actions earlier defineded when he starts Phatch.
What do you mean?
Actions should have open/close arrow They have this, no? and be listed in folders for easear use, like in PhotoShop. Actions would be executed by drag and drop.Well of course from the beginning I had organisation in my mind. I am not such a big fan of folders but more of tags. The mechanism for the tags is already partially there but not exposed yet. First I want to release Phatch with a minimal set of powerful actions and later I want to extend it. Probably also creating an extension repository like firefox. I consider the set for a first release quite complete. Maybe I'll add a reflection plugin and/or a perspective plugin to be able to make nice thumbnails like this: http://macslow.thepimp.net/shots/gl-gst-player-4.png

4. Better file rename
User must have freedom to rename his files. I often use batch for arange files numericly (001.png, 002.png, 003.png ...). This is essential tool in animation. I must find ease way for this job. Gthumb have great solution for this: # (enumerator), %f(original filename), %d(image date), %s (image size), %e(original extension).

Please add this on the blueprint which is opened for rename on the phatch launchpad site.

5. Buttons
Keep user interface as simplest as possible. I see need only for these buttons:
New Action
Duplicate Action
New Script
New Action Folder
Trash (drag and drop to delete action, script or action folder or select and press trash icon)
Refresh (if user add plugin, script or action in determined Phatch Action Folder)
Configuration (for language chooser and folder paths for action lists, plugins...)
Help

With these buttons user can easy finish any job... Renaming actions and action folders can be done with F2. All items can be moved by drag and drop (no need for orange arrows). Use standard controls for selecting items (click, shift, control...) . User can delete item by pressing Delete on keyboard.

If user want to import some action he can easy add it to defined Phatch Action Folder using Nautilus.
Please add this as a blueprint. I need more time to think about this.

Thanks for the feedback,
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

1 picture speaks more than 1000 words. Especially words of bad spokesman of english language as I am.

[stani]

1 picture speaks more than 1000 words. Especially words of bad spokesman of english language as I am.
Thanks for the image and feedback. For the first release of Phatch, I want to keep the program as simple as possible and to keep it 100% bug free is my top priority, in which I succeeded till now. If you are manipulating thousands of images to screw up. In a later version I plan to make it more sophisticated. In this indeed a folder/list of actions can be imported as if it were a single action as well. This will allow end users to define new actions without programming, but just some drag & drop. This will require quite some time to implement it, so I have to postpone it.

Also first other things have to be done. For example a website needs to be created. If any of you is good in website design (or knows someone), please contact me. Of course I first will like to see some of your previous work.

But actually I wanted to post this because Igor send me his artwork. It has a big 'wow'-factor (a real one), so I wanted to share this joy with you. You can get it by pulling the latest release of bazaar. If you are more lazy, just send me your email in a private message and I will send you a one click deb installer.

Igor, your credits now appear in the about box as they should do now. Do you let me know if they are as you want (name, website, ...).

I am quite overwhelmed how hard people are working on translations. It is going great, but more help is needed. This is the status so far:

Danish 69.53% new, 30.47% untranslated
Dutch 100.0% published
Finnish 7.17% new, 92.83% untranslated
French 55.91% new, 44.09% untranslated
German 3.94% new, 96.06% untranslated
Italian 91.4% new, 8.6% untranslated
Romanian 4.3% new, 95.7% untranslated
Simplified Chinese 7.17% new, 92.83% untranslated
Spanish 36.2% new, 63.8% untranslated
Swedish 15.05% new, 84.95% untranslated

Participating is very easy, just surf to:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch

And if you translate, just let me know, so I can mention your name in the credits.

Thanks in advance!
Stani

[motin]

I am quite overwhelmed how hard people are working on translations. It is going great, but more help is needed. This is the status so far:

Danish 69.53% new, 30.47% untranslated
Dutch 100.0% published
Finnish 7.17% new, 92.83% untranslated
French 55.91% new, 44.09% untranslated
German 3.94% new, 96.06% untranslated
Italian 91.4% new, 8.6% untranslated
Romanian 4.3% new, 95.7% untranslated
Simplified Chinese 7.17% new, 92.83% untranslated
Spanish 36.2% new, 63.8% untranslated
Swedish 15.05% new, 84.95% untranslated

Participating is very easy, just surf to:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch

And if you translate, just let me know, so I can mention your name in the credits.

Thanks in advance!
Stani

I come back now and then to work on some translations, but the last weeks I have encountered a lot of these errors when trying to save a batch of translations:

Timeout error

Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad. We’ve recorded what happened, and we’ll fix it as soon as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Trying again in a couple of minutes might work. If it doesn’t, and this is blocking your work, let us know on the launchpad-users mailing list (requires subscription). Include the error ID OOPS-598A915 in your message.


..which puts me off somewhat in my motivation to translate since I risk to have to redo the translations I try to add.

This time it went through the second time I tried which is ok. Earlier I have tried 5-6 times without coming through.

I'll continue trying, but this may be something general that slows down the process for all of us.

[PartisanEntity]

Ever since I sent you those German files I must say that I have been quite a slacker when it comes to translations, but since I did help you with quite a number of the early bugs I hope I can redeem myself stani :)

Will try to help with the translations on the weekend, although I must say I found the 'home' method easier or more convenient than the web-based on Launchpad, but I do see the benefits.

I can help with a website, both graphics and layout although I am better in layout than making nice icons, you can view my site which is linked in my signature, it's yet another blog (based on Wordpress but I made my own theme and coded it from the ground up in HTML and CSS).

[Swarms]

I must admit you made a great job Stani doing this project, I take pictures daily, and when I want to resize it, this program makes it a breeze. ;)

[stani]

I come back now and then to work on some translations, but the last weeks I have encountered a lot of these errors when trying to save a batch of translations:


..which puts me off somewhat in my motivation to translate since I risk to have to redo the translations I try to add.

This time it went through the second time I tried which is ok. Earlier I have tried 5-6 times without coming through.

I'll continue trying, but this may be something general that slows down the process for all of us.

Sorry to hear that, but please don't give up. From time to time I also had problems updating with launchpad, but luckily I kept on trying. Launchpad is a great platform which is in full development. This might be a disadvantage sometimes, but I prefer that much more than sites like sourceforge or berlios who don't really change for years.

In case someone of you promises to translate whole phatch by himself in a language in a short time (some weeks). I can provide an offline solution. If you only do a part, launchpad is the way to go.

[stani]

I can help with a website, both graphics and layout although I am better in layout than making nice icons, you can view my site which is linked in my signature, it's yet another blog (based on Wordpress but I made my own theme and coded it from the ground up in HTML and CSS).
Hi Partisan,

Contact me by email if you have some time to work on the layout. Your blog has a nice palette of colours. Don't worry about graphics and icons, Igor made a wonderfull job. I have the logo and title available as svg and the rendering on big format. Also I have a whole collection of icons which I use for the actions in Phatch. Probably they can be used for the website as well. (Unless Igor finds them ugly and has enough time to provide an alternative.)

Also I will build the backend in python & django. One of the things I want is that everything goes automatic: packaging, screenshots, download, news, documentation, ... I'll take care of this. If you make a nice template with html and css (for welcome page, news, downloads, screenshots, ...), I can integrate it in the site.

I have some instructions for the website. For example, I want to use this reflection js for certain images:
http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/383-Reflectionjs-Demo

So if you email me, I can send you the artwork and we can discuss things together. I prefer you help me with this rather than translating for now.

Thanks in advance,
Stani

[stani]

I must admit you made a great job Stani doing this project, I take pictures daily, and when I want to resize it, this program makes it a breeze. ;)
Haha, that will be a nice user quote on the website.
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

:lol: Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

I see you liked icons I made for Admiror site. You are killing me with your persistency ! Hhahahahahaha

You are such a character.

Hahahahahahahahah:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I really like to work with you and I let you now if I find some time for a site. But, I can't promise you anything. If I have time I would rather help on development some new graphic tools.

Greetings...

[stani]

Hahahahahahahahah:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
You got the point :)

I have uploaded all the translations to bazaar. So now you should be able to check if the translations so far are working correctly. German is a special case because I still had an offline translation to upload first. Afterwards I will also upload the translations from launchpad.

[stani]

Time for some updates...

I recommend everyone to update from bazaar as some important issues are fixed, such as:
- moving actions up or down (drag and drop, toolbar, ...)
- better error message for invalid paths
- wxPython2.6 issues

People who got a deb installer from me, are better of requesting a new one. Just get it from the attachments of the first post.

I made already a design for the frontpage. I only tested it in Firefox and Opera. Too lazy to start up Internet Explorer now ... I've attached a screenshot to hopefully find some enthousiastic people who want to help. It is not finished yet. The menu will be upper right and some adsense down left to cover some expenses.

But everyone should help me in finding a good slogan. (e.g. jokosher: "...audio production made simple") Right now I have: "Manipulate thousands photos with one click in a few minutes instead of hours!" But that is not very sexy. Does somebody has a better (preferably shorter) suggestion. It might be with humour. Maybe: "One click is worth more than thousand photos."

Also for those who know python & PIL, I wrote a developer manual to write your own actions to integrate in Phatch. I'll post it on the first post. Also I will publish the latest deb in the first post. But use it at your won risk!

I saw some people already blogging about Phatch and recommending it on this forum. This a good way to support the project: spread the word as much as you can. (Search anywhere for "batch photos" and recommend phatch.)

That is all for now.

Thanks for your support!

Stani

PS. And keep on translating...

[durand]

That image you attached is great! Is that the website frontpage or just another image?

PS: this might help: http://browsershots.org/

[rulus]

I've used dh_make, pycentral & dpkg-buildpackage.
Can you point me to a some sort of guide? I have a bzr branch with Python code, and I'm looking for the most efficient way to create .deb's out of it. Thanks.

[stani]

That image you attached is great! Is that the website frontpage or just another image?

PS: this might help: http://browsershots.org/
That is the website frontpage. Reflection, perspective, ... is all done with javascript and css. (http://www.netzgesta.de/reflex/)
Thanks for the link. I knew it existed, but forgot to bookmark it. However the site is not publicly available yet, so I can't test it right now.

[stani]

Can you point me to a some sort of guide? I have a bzr branch with Python code, and I'm looking for the most efficient way to create .deb's out of it. Thanks.
I had the same problem and I consider myself far from an expert. But this is what got me started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html
- http://crysol.inf-cr.uclm.es/node/325 (in spanish which I don't understand, but with google translate and the code I got it slowly)
- http://www.linux.com/articles/60383

I studied the structure of some projects on launchpad such as Jokosher. That is the best way to learn. Find similar projects and study them. The file structure of your project is really important. For example do not mix images and python code.

Also by hanging around on #ubuntu-motu on irc, you'll learn a lot. I am afraid this is all I can help you.

Good luck,
Stani

[javierfh]

I had the same problem and I consider myself far from an expert. But this is what got me started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html
- http://crysol.inf-cr.uclm.es/node/325 (in spanish which I don't understand, but with google translate and the code I got it slowly)
- http://www.linux.com/articles/60383

I studied the structure of some projects on launchpad such as Jokosher. That is the best way to learn. Find similar projects and study them. The file structure of your project is really important. For example do not mix images and python code.

Also by hanging around on #ubuntu-motu on irc, you'll learn a lot. I am afraid this is all I can help you.

Good luck,

Stani


Hello Stani,

I sent you a question through the notepad, but dont know if you got it.
I have tried your application and works nicely, but i seem to have problems with the exif data. Im not sure if destroys it or modifies the exif data, but i cant use that info anymore using for example gthumb or jalbum.

Can you tell me if it is a known problem or if you need more help or debugging,i will be glad to help in all i can.

Javi

[stani]

Hello Stani,

I sent you a question through the notepad, but dont know if you got it.
What is notepad?

I have tried your application and works nicely, but i seem to have problems with the exif data. Im not sure if destroys it or modifies the exif data, but i cant use that info anymore using for example gthumb or jalbum.

Can you tell me if it is a known problem or if you need more help or debugging,i will be glad to help in all i can.

Javi
Phatch uses PIL (Python Image Library) for loading and saving images. So if you can point me to the way how to save the exif info with PIL, I'll be happy to implement it. This means that if you don't know PIL and python you won't be able to help on it. But I hope you do ;-)
Stani

[javierfh]

What is notepad?

Phatch uses PIL (Python Image Library) for loading and saving images. So if you can point me to the way how to save the exif info with PIL, I'll be happy to implement it. This means that if you don't know PIL and python you won't be able to help on it. But I hope you do ;-)
Stani

Ups sorry...i meaned launchpad ( too long playing with the phone :D )
Ill send you a link as private message to the place where the question was writen, i added there some links where you can see the problem i am reffering.
i dont know about python but maybe it is a good moment to try to start looking into it :) but dont hold your breath :D

Anyway i hope that you let me know if i can help in any way.

Javi

P.S. thanks for nice application.

[stani]

I've answered you in launchpad.

Stani

[stani]

Finally I've found some time to put the frontpage online:
http://photobatch.stani.be

There is a download link for the deb installer at the bottom.

[Nuafite]

This looks exactly what I've been looking for - I came across your comment on
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com. It looks georgeous too - a big plus.

However when I downloaded and tried to launch I got this error:
Dependency is not satisfiable: python-central.

I have python-central installed, and I re-installed it but got the same message. I'm not an expert in this so I presume I've gone about opening it in a naieve way?
Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, and good luck with this. It's badly needed.

[stani]

This looks exactly what I've been looking for - I came across your comment on
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com. It looks georgeous too - a big plus. ThanksHowever when I downloaded and tried to launch I got this error:
Dependency is not satisfiable: python-central.

I have python-central installed, and I re-installed it but got the same message. I'm not an expert in this so I presume I've gone about opening it in a naieve way?
Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, and good luck with this. It's badly needed.
Can you try this: sudo dpkg -i phatch.deb
and report back the output? (of course replace phatch.deb with the real name of the package.) What version of Ubuntu are you using?

Stani

[Nuafite]

Thank you very much for the quick response and the solution. I obviously have an outdated version of python-central on Ubuntu Edgy Eft.

When I ran your suggested code I got

Selecting previously deselected package phatch.
(Reading database ... 139539 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking phatch (from phatch_0.0.0.bzr.20070829.0-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of phatch:
phatch depends on python-central (>= 0.5.8); however:
Version of python-central on system is 0.5.6ubuntu2.
dpkg: error processing phatch (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
phatch

I presume it's a matter of updating the repositories, and I'll work that one out -- though I'm a bit low in diskspace and probably need to see to that first.
Many thanks again. I look forward to using Phatch and will mention it on my Ubuntu Learner blog when I get a moment.

[ernz]

Remarkable. Not the most intuitive UI ever but I can really see this project going places. Superb! Keep up the very good work mate. P.S - correct usage of the phrase would be "whet your appetite" ;)

Thanks!

[Nuafite]

It seems I have the latest python-central for Ubuntu Edgy Eft.

python-central is already the newest version.

which would suggest I need to upgrade Ubuntu before I can use Phatch. Alas, that won't be till November. Will keep an eye on progress in the meantime and I've put a link from my blog Ubuntu Learner (http://ubuntu.philipcasey.com/)

[stani]

It seems I have the latest python-central for Ubuntu Edgy Eft.



which would suggest I need to upgrade Ubuntu before I can use Phatch. Alas, that won't be till November. Will keep an eye on progress in the meantime and I've put a link from my blog Ubuntu Learner (http://ubuntu.philipcasey.com/)

Probably I could lower the required version. In fact my target was edgy & feisty. Could you send me a pm with your email. Than I send you a test .deb which you might try of course on your own risk.

Stani

[stani]

correct usage of the phrase would be "whet your appetite" ;)
Thanks, I fixed that.

[Nuafite]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a pm?

It's very kind of you to make such an offer. It's generosity like this which drew me to Ubuntu in the first place.

However, I'd suggest you keep the requirement you have. If someone like me really wants it (and I do) it will encourage us to upgrade to the newest Ubuntu, which I will in November.

But many thanks. It's much appreciated.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Site is looking very nice. You should put bigger download link, something like donation button.
I send you a blueprint with request for xcf support. What can I say... I become pain in the ... backyard. I also bombarding blender and gimp with demands ;)

Greetings...

[stani]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a pm?private message

It's very kind of you to make such an offer. It's generosity like this which drew me to Ubuntu in the first place.

However, I'd suggest you keep the requirement you have. If someone like me really wants it (and I do) it will encourage us to upgrade to the newest Ubuntu, which I will in November.

But many thanks. It's much appreciated.In November you should upgrade to gutsy, not to feisty ;-) Seriously send me a private message with your email and we will make it work on edgy.

[stani]

Site is looking very nice. You should put bigger download link, something like donation button.This is just a temporary page. It needs more work when I find the time.
I send you a blueprint with request for xcf support. What can I say... I become pain in the ... backyard. I also bombarding blender and gimp with demands ;)

Greetings...
You are always free to ask. However not everything is possible. Phatch uses PIL and can only support file formats known by PIL. Unfortunately PIL doesn't support xcf, so phatch also doesn't. See the bottom of this page:
http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/index.htm

So you should put this request rather at the PIL developpers, but I doubt if they have time to implement it. I will have to cancel your blueprint request.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I really thing site is OK. There is no need for world best site design.

I must say that I using Phatch every day and it's working like a dream. I can't wait new release with approved blueprints.

Can you add some effects (filters) like old photo, blink-blink flares, watercolor effect ... ? I like to help you with creating these effects.

[stani]

I really thing site is OK. There is no need for world best site design.

I must say that I using Phatch every day and it's working like a dream. I can't wait new release with approved blueprints.Nice to hear!Can you add some effects (filters) like old photo, blink-blink flares, watercolor effect ... ? I like to help you with creating these effects.For the first release I want to provide only basic actions. As the API is not stable yet, it could be much work to keep more actions updated. I'd like to see it like firefox: only the essential actions (such as resize, rotate, ...) and to offer the others for download through a community site.
But to answer your question... You need to be able to translate the concepts of this filter in python with PIL. PIL is very easy to learn, even if you don't know python. Otherwise, if you find on the web pil recipes, it is fairly easy for me to turn them in filter. So or get started with python & pil, or start googling for recipees...

Stani

[dougleduck]

This program sounds pretty good, does or will it have gamma correction on photos? I'm not sure if this fits with what you're doing as its a for batch photos but most apps dont have them.

But then an auto gamma correction could be implemented I suppose it could be used for batch jobs. Probably not suitable but thought I'd suggest it.

[SreckoMicic]

Great piece of software.
Thank you so much for this!

[stani]

This program sounds pretty good, does or will it have gamma correction on photos? I'm not sure if this fits with what you're doing as its a for batch photos but most apps dont have them.

But then an auto gamma correction could be implemented I suppose it could be used for batch jobs. Probably not suitable but thought I'd suggest it.There are no limits to what actions could be provided as long as they are achievable by python and pil. So if you are able to write a gamma correction plugin with python and pil, contact me, otherwise you have to find someone to do it for you.

[dougleduck]

My programming skills don't go that far I'm afraid. Good luck with the project. I look forward to trying it when you release it.

[stani]

@ SreckoMicic: Thanks!

My programming skills don't go that far I'm afraid. Good luck with the project. I look forward to trying it when you release it.

It is already released for ubuntu. Just go to the homepage http://photobatch.stani.be and press the 'free download' link.

[stani]

Hi,
I just wanted to mention that there has been a new release 0.0.bzr157. Phatch has been backported to be compatible with Edgy as well thanks to the patience of Philip Casey. New is that Phatch now has keyboard shortcuts and some small bugfixes. Also the website, which is hosted by zindep, has been extended with a download page. And usual websites are a project under construction...
Enjoy!
Stani

[dougleduck]

I obiously misread and thought you hadn't released it. Installed now and its a great little package, quickest I've seen for actually rotating images.

[stani]

I obiously misread and thought you hadn't released it. Installed now and its a great little package, quickest I've seen for actually rotating images.Thanks,
Stani

[stani]

Does anyone has problems on Gutsy? For me it works fine. Thanks for translating!
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch

Italian, russian and danish are quite far. Maybe time for a last push, so Phatch completely supports dutch, french, italian russian and danish?

Thanks,
Stani

[durand]

I've been using it on gutsy from the start, no problems :)

[PartisanEntity]

I shall have to install it on Gutsy. Unfortunately I have been very busy lately and have not been able to help with translations at all.

[bvanaerde]

Installing it on Gutsy as I speak.
I'll let you know if it works :)

edit: no problems so far. Install went smoothly, and I just did a resize & save batch without a problem.

[The Pinny Parlour]

I just installed it. Not impressed much by it as I can't understand how to use it.

No instructions, can't work out how to resize an image, (resize a canvas yes). It has many nice features to be sure, "where's the resize an image" button????

Have install Nautilus add-on, works a treat.

To the producer of the program, needs more work into making it easier to understand and use. I still can't work out how to resize an image using your program.

Regards,

[stani]

I just installed it. Not impressed much by it as I can't understand how to use it.

Yes documentation sucks at the moment. I am sorry for that. As phatch has now some enthusiastic users, maybe some want to help with documentation so I can focus on developping it further? I accept all kinds of documentation (openoffice, html, whatever...) preferably with screenshots. This is your opportunity to contribute back to phatch! A lot of you have already done so with translations, but documentation is now also getting important. Please contact me before you start with what you want to do so I can coordinate better.
However Pinny Parlour, I gave some short instructions in the first post:
With + you can add actions, be sure to include a save action in the end. (Save as '<filename>_phatch' means: the manipulated version of 'image.jpg' will be saved as 'image_phath.jpg'. This is also true for '<folder>_phatch' etc...) You can drag and drop actions to order them. To change values select an item and do a second single mouse click on the value. To disable an action, select it and single click (the v will become a x). You can execute your action list on any number of files or folder by pressing Execute (second button on toolbar or under menu tools)

No instructions, can't work out how to resize an image, (resize a canvas yes). It has many nice features to be sure, "where's the resize an image" button????
What you need is "image scale" followed by a "save" action. ("scale canvas" will crop or add a border.) Afterwards drag and drop some files and/or folders on phatch, and phatch will start its job! The advantage of phatch to the nautilus extension is you can define a whole list at once instead of just one action. For example you can resize your pictures, add rounded corners and drop a shadow behind it. With nautilus or imagemagick, it is either not possible or you have to do it step by step. Please be a bit patient. Your current frustration, which I respect, is due to a lack of documentation. Once you understand phatch, you will love it.

For me as an open source developper it is extremely important to get as many people contribute as possible. See for example:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch
Only this can launch a new application well. If a project stays the work of one person, development will be very slow and will demotivate the developper. (I actually develop some other open source stuff as well.)

So how about you? Would you be willing to make some documentation (text+screenshots, just a little bit would be nice already) if I answer all your questions?

Please anyone who enjoyed using phatch, let's do everybody a little bit to get nice documentation!

[durand]

I'll try to work on some documentation, maybe as a mediawiki? I've got a lot of homework from school at the moment, but I'll do what I can during weekends.

[stani]

I'll try to work on some documentation, maybe as a mediawiki? I've got a lot of homework from school at the moment, but I'll do what I can during weekends.
Great! Please send me a private message with your email. (I always have difficulty to match forum names with emails.) I don't have such good experience with wiki. Most of the time it took me more work than what it saved me. I review all text to be sure no mistakes are made. Also I prefer to choose something like asciidoc which makes generating it in different languages and formats easy. However you don't have to bother about that. Just send me it in the way it is most convenient for you. But please email me which docs or tutorial you want to make.

[richardjennings]

I am very impressed!

I found myself needing to batch resize over 800 high res jpegs.

I thought this was going to be difficult and time consuming.

Google search.
Gave Phatch a try

Initially slightly puzzled by the UI.
Used the file / open option to try and select the folder containing the images.

Hit the + button. Selected image size.
Changed values to 25%

Still a little confused how to add the images, so I decided to use the execute option to see what happens.

Tells me I need to add a save action. Told me phatch would do this for me. *yay*

Now I get the option to choose the folder containing the jpgs.

I select the folder & watch as the app starts to resize my images.

I was concerned that the resized images might be saved somewhere unintuative, as the save filter didnt seem easy to configure (i left it default)

Found pics where in a folder named copy_

They were all exactly how I wanted them.

Phatch took around about 4mins on my machine to process 500mb of images.

Job Done!

Very impressed.

All in all took me around 10mins to search for, install, use the app and marval at the finished result.

What a brilliant application!

[nebriv]

Ok I am very interested in this but I am unable to install it!? I am kind of new to ubuntu, but am familiar with .deb packages.

I downloaded the .deb and it says it can't find certain dependencies, I ran it in the terminal so I could copy and paste the output.

ben@ben-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i phatch_0.0.bzr157-1_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package phatch.
(Reading database ... 132306 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking phatch (from phatch_0.0.bzr157-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of phatch:
phatch depends on python-wxgtk2.8 | python-wxgtk2.6; however:
Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not installed.
Package python-wxgtk2.6 is not installed.
phatch depends on python-wxversion; however:
Package python-wxversion is not installed.
dpkg: error processing phatch (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
phatch

I looked snayptic for python-wxgtk2.8 but I couldn't find it. Oh by the way I just did a clean install onto gusty.

Please help me!


EDIT:

fixed useing this bit of code

http://openpaste.org/en/3734/inline/

[durand]

You could have just done sudo apt-get -f install on its own....oh and use gdebi to install it. Double click on the deb file and it will open the "installer" which works really well.

[stani]

Ok I am very interested in this but I am unable to install it!? I am kind of new to ubuntu, but am familiar with .deb packages.

I downloaded the .deb and it says it can't find certain dependencies, I ran it in the terminal so I could copy and paste the output.

ben@ben-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i phatch_0.0.bzr157-1_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package phatch.
(Reading database ... 132306 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking phatch (from phatch_0.0.bzr157-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of phatch:
phatch depends on python-wxgtk2.8 | python-wxgtk2.6; however:
Package python-wxgtk2.8 is not installed.
Package python-wxgtk2.6 is not installed.
phatch depends on python-wxversion; however:
Package python-wxversion is not installed.
dpkg: error processing phatch (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
phatch

I looked snayptic for python-wxgtk2.8 but I couldn't find it. Oh by the way I just did a clean install onto gusty.

Please help me!


EDIT:

fixed useing this bit of code

http://openpaste.org/en/3734/inline/

You need to have the universe repositories enabled.
See System>Administration>Software Sources

Your fix of code is not recommended as you won't get updates.

[kikke]

Excellent app!

[PartisanEntity]

stani, Phatch just gets better and better, great work.

[kikke]

I have a problem with Phatch. After adding watermark to the list, it doesn't appear.


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/gui.py", line 217, in on_menu_edit_add
self.tree.append_form_by_label_to_selected(label)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 209, in append_form_by_label_to_selected
return self.append_form_by_label(item,label)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 113, in append_form_by_label
return self.append_form(self.form_factory[label](),item)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 103, in append_form
self.import_form(item,form)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 156, in import_form
self.treeLabel(label,value_as_string))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 88, in treeLabel
self.CtrlMixin._to_local(value)])
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)


If I add another item, like invert, the watermark is appear in the list.
But it's unusable because it says when I try to browse the watermark:

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/translation.py:41: UnicodeWarning: Unicode unequal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal
if x != _x:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/popup.py", line 220, in OnBrowse
wildcard = self.GetWildcard(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/popup.py", line 246, in GetWildcard
self._all_files+'|*'])
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)


I want to use an utf-8 .mo file for hungarian translation, I made it from nl translation.

[kikke]

I've found a patch for phatch!
:)

If you found a bug like I wrote in my previous post, use the following patch.

Insert the following lines (with red) into app.py, after the import section



# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
#License: latest GPL

import gettext, locale, os, optparse, sys
from data.info import INFO

reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')


This solve the internationalization problem. I hope this help!

[stani]

I've found a patch for phatch!
:)

If you found a bug like I wrote in my previous post, use the following patch.

Insert the following lines (with red) into app.py, after the import section



# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
#License: latest GPL

import gettext, locale, os, optparse, sys
from data.info import INFO

reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')


This solve the internationalization problem. I hope this help!

Hmmm, this might work but is not a recommended solution. Phatch should be fixed in a better way. I try to keep Phatch 100% bug free. So please file a bug on launchpad and attach the .mo file you are using. I'll try to reproduce it and fix it on my system.

[arigram]

Can I use an image as a Watermark and if yes, how so?
I can't seem to figure that part out. Clicking and highlighting the Mark option of the Action doesn't seem to give me any indication of what I should do.

A basic manual is very much needed, indeed.

Since this is professionally important to me, I will make you a deal:
explain me how and I will do the greek translation. :)

[stani]

Can I use an image as a Watermark and if yes, how so?
I can't seem to figure that part out. Clicking and highlighting the Mark option of the Action doesn't seem to give me any indication of what I should do.

A basic manual is very much needed, indeed.

Since this is professionally important to me, I will make you a deal:
explain me how and I will do the greek translation. :)

Quite some people start blogging already about phatch. All together these blogs form already a nice manual. Unfortunately no one contacted me to give some docs back. I count on the users for sending me a manual, translations, ... which I can distribute. OK, as you will do the greek translation, I explain you the watermarking in detail:

* Press the + button and choose watermark.
- Select the first field, where you can specify a filename by typing or by pressing left on the browse button
- Select field 2: Here you can select the method: by offset, scale or tiling. If you give a positive offset it is taken from left, a negative for right. Same for top and bottom. (These you can set in filed 3 and 4) When you choose tile, the photo will be covered all over with multiple watermarks.
- Select last field: here you can select the opacity from 0(completely transparent)-100(completely opaque).

* Press the + button and choose "save image".

Then drag and drop a folder and/or files on phatch... and there you go. You can save your watermark action list by File>Save or the save button. You can use View>Droplet for drag & drop operations which takes less space if you prefer. That's all.

So when you will finish the greek translation ;-) ? If you do a lot of translation, I recommend you use poedit which is faster. Launchpad is more convenient to do small amounts of translation.

[stani]

I have a problem with Phatch. After adding watermark to the list, it doesn't appear.


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/gui.py", line 217, in on_menu_edit_add
self.tree.append_form_by_label_to_selected(label)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 209, in append_form_by_label_to_selected
return self.append_form_by_label(item,label)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 113, in append_form_by_label
return self.append_form(self.form_factory[label](),item)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 103, in append_form
self.import_form(item,form)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 156, in import_form
self.treeLabel(label,value_as_string))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/treeEdit.py", line 88, in treeLabel
self.CtrlMixin._to_local(value)])
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)


If I add another item, like invert, the watermark is appear in the list.
But it's unusable because it says when I try to browse the watermark:

/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/translation.py:41: UnicodeWarning: Unicode unequal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal
if x != _x:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/popup.py", line 220, in OnBrowse
wildcard = self.GetWildcard(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/pyWx/lib/popup.py", line 246, in GetWildcard
self._all_files+'|*'])
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)


I want to use an utf-8 .mo file for hungarian translation, I made it from nl translation.

This was an important bug as it affected every language with non-ascii characters. I have released a fix for this in bazaar. (rev 161) I will make a deb installer soon. Fore more info see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165208

I think it is best to start a translation from the pot source file. Email me if you need help.

[arigram]

* Press the + button and choose watermark.
- Select the first field, where you can specify a filename by typing or by pressing left on the browse button

Thank you for the reply.
My problem is with the above first field which doesn't give me a button to press or display anything by clicking and typing on it:

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x247/arigram/Screenshot-UnsavedActionList-Phatch.png

I will start working on the translation ASAP. It will be my first, so don't hold your breath for too long. ;)

[stani]

Thank you for the reply.
My problem is with the above first field which doesn't give me a button to press or display anything by clicking and typing on it:

Strange. Which version of ubuntu, phatch, etc.. are you using? Could you start phatch in a terminal and paste me the output?

[arigram]

Strange. Which version of ubuntu, phatch, etc.. are you using? Could you start phatch in a terminal and paste me the output?

I am using Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon amd64 with the latest nvidia drivers, compiz version, etc through the "official channels". I also have customized the GUI a bit through Appearance.
Phatch is version 0.0.bzr156 (a most bizarre version number!)
I notice that when I click on the said action field, a small part of the button appears while it remains clickable but not operational:

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x247/arigram/Screenshot-UnsavedActionList-Pha-1.png

If I start phatch via the CLI, I just get the GUI immediately with no text output even when I close it. As I am a n00b, that's all I can do for now.

[stani]

I am using Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon amd64 with the latest nvidia drivers, compiz version, etc through the "official channels". I also have customized the GUI a bit through Appearance.
Can you try to switch to the default appereance and see what happens?

Phatch is version 0.0.bzr156 (a most bizarre version number!)
I notice that when I click on the said action field, a small part of the button appears while it remains clickable but not operational:What happens when you maximize the phatch window?

If I start phatch via the CLI, I just get the GUI immediately with no text output even when I close it. This is a good sign. It means there are no errors. Maybe it is due to your appearance settings. In that case I need to have all the files to reconstruct your appearance on my computer here.
As I am a n00b, that's all I can do for now.No problem. Let's see how far we go.

[arigram]

I tried the Human and Clearlooks themes through the Appearance dialog, yet the problem persists. I am not sure what else to try as everything else seems normal.

[stani]

I tried the Human and Clearlooks themes through the Appearance dialog, yet the problem persists. I am not sure what else to try as everything else seems normal.
What happens when you maximize phatch?
Which version of python-wxgtk do you have installed? (look in system>administration>synaptic)?

[arigram]

What happens when you maximize phatch?
Which version of python-wxgtk do you have installed? (look in system>administration>synaptic)?

Ok Stani, problem has been solved!
I had the earlier (2.6) version of the python-wxgtk library instead of the current 2.8 one and was a click away to install it through Synaptic.
If you didn't mention it, it would have taken me some time to figure out the problem as I am not yet completely accustomed to the Linux way of thinking (even though it is logical).
Damn it and was forced to do the translation!
Which btw is almost done, I just have to find and review certain terms, especially highly technical and mathematical ones. I just have to take a look in the greek Gimp translation.
The irony of it all is that I have always run my computers in english and find the greek terminology alien and confusing...

[stani]

Ok Stani, problem has been solved!
I had the earlier (2.6) version of the python-wxgtk library instead of the current 2.8 one and was a click away to install it through Synaptic.
If you didn't mention it, it would have taken me some time to figure out the problem as I am not yet completely accustomed to the Linux way of thinking (even though it is logical).
Nice it works for you!
Damn it and was forced to do the translation!
Which btw is almost done,
Wow! You are as fast as batching your photos ;-)I just have to find and review certain terms, especially highly technical and mathematical ones. I just have to take a look in the greek Gimp translation. Feel free to ask me here if you don't understand something. It might be usefull for other translators as well.

The irony of it all is that I have always run my computers in english and find the greek terminology alien and confusing...For sure the rest of Greece will love you!

[stani]

Damn it and was forced to do the translation!
Which btw is almost done, I just have to find and review certain terms, especially highly technical and mathematical ones. I just have to take a look in the greek Gimp translation.

I checked what you couldn't translate:

- invalid literal: it means when someone entered a wrong formula for example 120.5 pixels, as pixels only can be integer numbers

- integer: integer number such as 1,2,3,...

- float: numbers with floating point such as 3.1415

I hope this helps you and make greek complete!

[stani]

I have updated the first post and added also some links to the most extensive reviews of phatch. I am very impressed with the translation work of arigram who added greek almost complete in one day! Italian and German are also almost finished. Any volunteers to complete it? If you don't understand some phrases, don't be afraid to ask. I'll gladly explain.

[arigram]

I checked what you couldn't translate:

- invalid literal: it means when someone entered a wrong formula for example 120.5 pixels, as pixels only can be integer numbers

- integer: integer number such as 1,2,3,...

- float: numbers with floating point such as 3.1415

I hope this helps you and make greek complete!

Thank you for taking the time to check on the translation.
I still need to go back and change a few things I have
written as their meaning changes when seen in context
and not as single words. One reason I mentioned Gimp was
to see what words they have used for translation as one
term could be described differently and often not literally.
There needs to be a common standard so terms wouldn't
change with every application and be confusing. Some
are quite silly or ugly sounding, some of the reasons I prefer
my desktop in english.
The terms you mentioned is an example of the trouble I had,
as I am not a mathematician or programmer so I don't know
their greek equivalents and can't trust online dictionaries.
I think Gimp's translation will be all I will need.

As far as being a greek national hero, well, I heard they are
preparing a parade tomorrow where the president is gonna
be giving me honors and medals and a large harem.

I think you have done a marvelous job with Phatch and although it
could definitely grow further, I think it might become an important
and popular tool. I am a photographer and needed a tool to help me
display my work on my website. I still haven't had time to play much with it
and I was planning to report after I had some experience, but
there are things I could propose, including new actions if you
are interested and not busy enough.

[arigram]

I have reviewed the translation and corrected quite a few strings.
The problem with translation is that not all languages work similarly and words are not always transferable one-by-one. A lot of content is only applicable to certain situations and then often a term is subject to its surrounding syntax, translator's aesthetics and language structure such as word gender, plurality, conjugation, etc. For example, I had trouble translating the words Batch, Action and List which are basic terms of Phatch, yet can be translated in more than one ways and there is not a present standard of translation at the moment it seems. Even Gimp is only half translated and questionably if you ask me. I have asked three friends of mine to review my translation which save for some "bugs" is complete.
Btw, what does "Apply for future errors " mean, as I can't find a reference to it inside the Phatch application?

But enough of translation talk, that is subject of a different thread.
Want to hear of some suggestions specific to Phatch?

[stani]

Btw, what does "Apply for future errors " mean, as I can't find a reference to it inside the Phatch application?Normally you shouldn't get this message. When an error occurs (phatch bug, bad image, ...) you will get a message that an error occur with the option to ignore, skip or abort. Your choice can be applied to future errors.

But enough of translation talk, that is subject of a different thread.
Want to hear of some suggestions specific to Phatch? Of course, but I do not make any promises to implement them. Feature requests can be asked as a blueprint on launchpad.

[stani]

There is a new version for phatch to download (0.0.bzr164). It fixes an important bug for non-english languages. It is built on gutsy, so I don't know if the deb installer will still work on feisty.
A lot of people did great translations. Anyone who translated and is not listed in the help about dialog box should contact me so I can add him or her. All translations till now ship with this version of phatch. A special thanks to Marcos for translating phatch 100% in galician! I'd like to see more completed languages...spanish, german and italian is almost there.
I am in contact with Debian developpers who might package phatch, which could mean by consequence that phatch becomes available in next ubuntu release (hardy).
So please test if phatch works ok in your local language. I don't want any bug to survive in phatch!
Stani

[stani]

Phatch will land in the universe. I am working together with the Debian PAPT team to bring Phatch in debian Unstable. After that it will be imported in the ubuntu universe repostories so installing phatch will be as simple as:
sudo apt-get install phatch
But we are not there yet. If you want to keep updated, subscribe yourself here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/145193

[stani]

For the diggers among you, give phatch an extra boost and digg it:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Phatch_batch_photo_power_without_bash_hassle_2

[arigram]

Workflow.
As a professional photographer and graphic artist I maintain a website with my work.
My workflow is such:

Film Photographs:
1) Print with analog enlarger.
2) Scan.
3) Adjust Image with Gimp (Tonallity, Brightness, Crop, Perspective, etc) while retaining original analog print characteristics (no extra manipulation).
4) Save as Tiff for the archive.
5) Rescale and save as a Jpeg copy for the website.
6) Place each jpeg on folders according to the website category (subject matter).
7) Upload each jpeg via the Website Frontend.
8) Name each with english and greek titles and place them in corresponding gallery categories via the Website Frontend.
With Digital Artwork its the same same workflow from number 4 unless its digital photographs that almost always need some adjustment with the Gimp.
I don't do digital printing but I can imaging the need for a workflow that automatically processes images that will end up being printed.

Anything to save me time and effort and free me from repetition is very much appreciated.
Batch processing is an important aspect of a digital imaging workflow and has to be comprehensive and easy to use.
Phatch has all the potential to be the very best Batch Processor.

General

- Scheduling.
Schedule execution of a single or multiple action lists. Able to run multiple schedules.Schedule by every boot, date, time, new files.
New files meaning to watch one or more directories for new files added. Set the number of files as a threshold by value number. For example, if value is 1, the batch process begins everytime a new file is added to the watched directory, but if the value is 10, then wait until 10 files are placed before doing anything.
Useful when you have a routine workflow such updating a website, preparing images for presentation or print, updating the database or portfolio, etc.
- Action Value Presets.
Ability to save values of Actions as presets to be selected in future Actions by name and/or value.
E.g. a set of preset values of color adjustments for a certain type of film or digital sensor, a variety of watermarks, different frames, blurring presets, often used colors, etc
- Tabs.
So you can load multiple action lists, which you can select by tab press.
When in droplet mode, you can tell the action list by either a number displayed at one corner or an action list's name under the icon. By clicking on the number or the name, you can change the action list. Also able to do so by means of a pull-down context menu.
Useful when you have different kinds of batch processes to execute, such as processing the same images for printing and for web display. Saves a bit of time and organises the workflow better.
- Add Actions.
Keep the Add Actions dialog open and add Actions by means of doubleclicking and/or drag and dropping.

Present Actions – New Features
- Rotate.
Free Rotation by value.
Useful when you know that all the images are titled by a cretain amount due to scanning, etc.
- Watermark.
Add border to watermark, adjust edges (sharp/rounded), color of border.
- Save.
Folder Arrangement: Save images to different folders based on their characteristics (type, size, colors, etc) and/or comment tags (camera, lens, subject matter, etc). If folder doesn't exist, create one.

New Actions - General

- Include/Exclude Files.
Automatically include and/or exclude files from the set directory(ies) by:
name, type, color space, date modified, size, exif information, tag/comment.
By placing this Action in the beginning of the List you can include/exclude or images, but by placing it once or multiple times among the List, you can limit certain Actions to certain files even after they were processed by other Actions. For example you can adjust the brightness to all files but limit the resizing to only the jpeg files.
- Comment Editor.
Edit and create comment and Exif tags to add to the files, such as photographer, camera, film, subject type, etc.
Able to add a Gnome Nautilus Emblem.
Useful when working with images that do not contain exif information (film photos, computer graphics, etc) but also able to add more information when exif is present.
- FTP Transfer.
Transfer files to another location by ftp.
- Print.
Send processed batch to a printer to be printed en masse.
- PDF Creator.
Create a PDF file from the image batch. You can choose how many images a page would fit, background color, offset and alignment, text above or below (image label from filename or custom) and compression/quality.
Useful for building quick portfolios, draft indexes, printing tests, etc.

New Actions – Adjustment

- Brightness, Contrast, Saturation.
- Cropping.
Screen Edge Values, Offset.
- Color Adjustment.
RGB/CMYK. Hue, Saturation, Brightness.
- Sharpening.
- Blur.
- Lens Distortion.
Fix or exaggerate distortions made by the camera lens.
Barrel or pinch, offset.
Useful when you know that a certain lens or focal legth creates distortion (eg. cheap zoom lenses) and which you have used in the past a lot or keep using.

New Actions – Effects.

- Digital Noise/Film Grain.
Film Grain is different from Digital Noise. Its size and crystalic structure is relevant to the film type and ISO speed set. It is also only visible in non pure white-black tones.
- Colorization.
Colorize whole image by selected color from a palette. Limit the colorization to dark/gray/white values. This way one can simulate chemical toners (sepia, gold, selenium, etc) that can limit their effect in certain values. By combining these actions one can simulate split toning effects (combining two or more chemical toners to achieve special colors and effects).
- Frame.
Add a frame around the image. Simple line with control on thickness and color or use a graphic file with transparency which will form the frame. Choose inside/directly/outside placement and transparency.
“Destructive” option: subtract from the main image using the frame so you can create tear and cut effects (or darkroom printing).
- Combine Images.
Combine images vertically, horizontally (to create panorama) or by rows/columns (to create index/contact sheet).


That's it for now. Its quite a lot!
Of course the reason I made the list public is in hopes not just to increase your workload but to attract others to create Actions and develop the application.
After all this is Open Source world.

[stani]

General

- Scheduling.
Schedule execution of a single or multiple action lists. I was also thinking of scheduling. Therefore you'll need to wait for Phatch 0.2, which will hopefully supply a phatch command line interface. However scheduling will not be a task for Phatch. Linux has a great tool for that: cron. No way I can beat that. If you want a nice GUI for it, try:
sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule
http://gnome-schedule.sourceforge.net/
- Action Value Presets.
Ability to save values of Actions as presets to be selected in future Actions by name and/or value.
E.g. a set of preset values of color adjustments for a certain type of film or digital sensor, a variety of watermarks, different frames, blurring presets, often used colors, etcI agree with this. Please file a blueprint for presets. My idea is that you can use saved action list as an action itself. This can contain some locked attributes while others could still be changed.
- Tabs.
So you can load multiple action lists, which you can select by tab press.
When in droplet mode, you can tell the action list by either a number displayed at one corner or an action list's name under the icon. By clicking on the number or the name, you can change the action list. Also able to do so by means of a pull-down context menu.
Useful when you have different kinds of batch processes to execute, such as processing the same images for printing and for web display. Saves a bit of time and organises the workflow better.I doubt about this one. You should see Phatch as a tool to create action lists. For professional execution you will use the console version. Also it only makes sense if the opened action lists in Phatch needs to be applied simultaneously.In that sense people will mostly work with one action list and the notebook interface only adds clutter.
- Add Actions.
Keep the Add Actions dialog open and add Actions by means of doubleclicking and/or drag and dropping.File a blueprint for this one. I have to think about it.

Present Actions – New Features
- Rotate.
Free Rotation by value.
Useful when you know that all the images are titled by a cretain amount due to scanning, etc.File a blueprint for it. If the image rotates should the size follow the bounding box?
- Watermark.
Add border to watermark, adjust edges (sharp/rounded), color of border.Can you give visual examples? It would any way only be possible to add a rectangular border.
- Save.
Folder Arrangement: Save images to different folders based on their characteristics (type, size, colors, etc) and/or comment tags (camera, lens, subject matter, etc). If folder doesn't exist, create one.This is already possible. Just use any <variable>. For more info see: http://photobatch.wikidot.com/variables

New Actions - General

- Include/Exclude Files.
Automatically include and/or exclude files from the set directory(ies) by:
name, type, color space, date modified, size, exif information, tag/comment.
By placing this Action in the beginning of the List you can include/exclude or images, but by placing it once or multiple times among the List, you can limit certain Actions to certain files even after they were processed by other Actions. For example you can adjust the brightness to all files but limit the resizing to only the jpeg files.File as blueprint.
- Comment Editor.
Edit and create comment and Exif tags to add to the files, such as photographer, camera, film, subject type, etc.
Able to add a Gnome Nautilus Emblem.
Useful when working with images that do not contain exif information (film photos, computer graphics, etc) but also able to add more information when exif is present.I still need to find the right python exif library which is cross platform. Especially writing is tricky, read-only will be more easy.
- FTP Transfer.
Transfer files to another location by ftp.File as a blue print.
- Print.
Send processed batch to a printer to be printed en masse.File as a blueprint.
- PDF Creator.
Create a PDF file from the image batch. You can choose how many images a page would fit, background color, offset and alignment, text above or below (image label from filename or custom) and compression/quality.
Useful for building quick portfolios, draft indexes, printing tests, etc.
Phatch can only deal with single images. This would be another software. Maybe you can try:
sudo apt-get install photoprint

New Actions – Adjustment

- Brightness, Contrast, Saturation.File as a blue print
- Cropping.The action "canvas size" can already do this.
Screen Edge Values, Offset.What do you mean with that?
- Color Adjustment.
RGB/CMYK. Hue, Saturation, Brightness.
- Sharpening.
- Blur.File blueprint.
- Lens Distortion.
Fix or exaggerate distortions made by the camera lens.
Barrel or pinch, offset.
Useful when you know that a certain lens or focal legth creates distortion (eg. cheap zoom lenses) and which you have used in the past a lot or keep using.
You can file it as a blueprint but I don't know how to do this in PIL.
New Actions – Effects.

- Digital Noise/Film Grain.
Film Grain is different from Digital Noise. Its size and crystalic structure is relevant to the film type and ISO speed set. It is also only visible in non pure white-black tones.
- Colorization.
Colorize whole image by selected color from a palette. Limit the colorization to dark/gray/white values. This way one can simulate chemical toners (sepia, gold, selenium, etc) that can limit their effect in certain values. By combining these actions one can simulate split toning effects (combining two or more chemical toners to achieve special colors and effects).
- Frame.
Add a frame around the image. Simple line with control on thickness and color or use a graphic file with transparency which will form the frame. Choose inside/directly/outside placement and transparency.
“Destructive” option: subtract from the main image using the frame so you can create tear and cut effects (or darkroom printing). File them all seperately as a blueprint.
- Combine Images.
Combine images vertically, horizontally (to create panorama) or by rows/columns (to create index/contact sheet).Same comment as earlier. Phatch is only for single images. Look at photoprint... and bug its author ;-)



That's it for now. Its quite a lot!Haha, you realize. No problem, you can always ask, but no promises. Of course it would be nice if you would help me with the documentation. This discussion goes quite detailed and I prefer strongly if you would use the brand new Phatch forums for that:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/forum:start

Just get yourself a wikidot account and you can help me with the documentation right away. A lot of actions still need their own page. Just click on Actions and you will be able to create the page. As an example look at the Watermark Action.


Of course the reason I made the list public is in hopes not just to increase your workload but to attract others to create Actions and develop the application.
After all this is Open Source world.
To extract more developers. Phatch needs more exposure and good documentation and structure. There is still a lot where you can help. Developers might follow...

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Hi Stani,
I just do some tests with tif rgb to tif cmyk conversion, using Phatch 0.0.156
I create tif image 1x1cm, 300 dpi, RGB and try to convert this file into tif CMYK image. Results were very funny. Now I have tif CMYK, 4x4cm, 72 dpi, with totally mess up colors. :lolflag:

[stani]

Hi Stani,
I just do some tests with tif rgb to tif cmyk conversion, using Phatch 0.0.156
I create tif image 1x1cm, 300 dpi, RGB and try to convert this file into tif CMYK image. Results were very funny. Now I have tif CMYK, 4x4cm, 72 dpi, with totally mess up colors. :lolflag:

In that case you should file a bug report on launchpad. In the new phatch 0.1.bzr184 there is a menu entry for it under help. In the bug report you need to attach your image and the action list. Also mention the program with which you checked it afterwards.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Anyway, this is a great application, great idea. Whan pass puberty it's gone a be essential application on every linux...

[stani]

Anyway, this is a great application, great idea. Whan pass puberty it's gone a be essential application on every linux... Luckily the logo is already passed puberty ;-) Can you still file a bug report so I can reproduce your problem?
Also Phatch is refused at the moment for Ubuntu/Debian because of its actions icons which are not released under the gpl. Is there someone willing to create 9 icons of one fixed size? Or does someone have a good suggestion to replace them? I need other ones, otherwise Phatch can not be part of Ubuntu Hardy.

These are the actions:

Color Actions
* Convert Mode - Convert the color mode of an image.
(greyscale, RGB, RGBA or CMYK)
* Invert - Invert the colors of the image (negative).

Effect Actions
* Round - Round or crossed corners with variable radius and corners.
* Shadow - Drop a blurred shadow under a photo with variable position, blur and color.
* Watermark - Apply a watermark image with variable placement (offset, scaling, tiling) and opacity.

File Actions
* Save - Save an image with variable compression in different types.

Image Actions
* Canvas Size - Crop the image or put it on a bigger canvas without resizing the image.
* Image Size - Scale an image with different resample filters.
* Transpose - Flip or rotate an image by 90 degrees.

More info at http://photobatch.wikidot.com/actions

Thanks in advance,
Stani

[digitalis_vulgaris]

How did you remember that you need icons when I submit my post?! Hahahahahaha
Ok, if you can wait a little, I could help you with this problem. I don't have a time this mount, but maybe I could do it in january.

[digitalis_vulgaris]

I propose to SITE MODERATORS that make this topic sticky. There isn't more important subject for Ubuntu Community than development of great applications. Great applications are real value of Ubuntu, and best way of fight against kapitalistic and monopolistic tendentions.

[kgriffin]

I just used it to make all my wedding photos usable on the internet.

Truly wonderful, I wanted a batch program to just resize etc from photographer quality to internet friendly, and that's exactly what I got.

No muss no fuss.

I was done in 5 mins.

so erm... keep up the great work!

[califman831]

not loading under kubuntu, bug report filed.

[stani]

I just used it to make all my wedding photos usable on the internet.

Truly wonderful, I wanted a batch program to just resize etc from photographer quality to internet friendly, and that's exactly what I got.

No muss no fuss.

I was done in 5 mins.

so erm... keep up the great work!

Thanks, quote added to the phatch website (see documentation>reviews).

[stani]

not loading under kubuntu, bug report filed.

Thanks, bug is already fixed in the repository. If you know how to work with bazaar please test it. Otherwise you can trust me that it works ;-) and wait for the release.

[stani]

How did you remember that you need icons when I submit my post?! Hahahahahaha
Ok, if you can wait a little, I could help you with this problem. I don't have a time this mount, but maybe I could do it in january.

Of course I didn't remember your graphic skills by accident :-) You are great icon master.

Anyway, I had to proceed as we are in a hurry to get this in time in Ubuntu Hardy. So I used some icons from the Open Clip Art Library. I've attached a screenshot (in Dutch) below.

If you dislike some icons, feel free to provide me with some new ones under the GPL license. I can't use icons of which the origin is unclear due to licensing issues.

Happy newyear to everyone!

Stani

[julian67]

I'm really impressed with Phatch, thank you! It's nice that it can upscale images as I found that gthumb's resizer can't do this essential task :(

One important thing lacking is retaining the exif data. All my resized Phatched images are fine, correct dimensions and dpi etc. but no exif data. Do you have a plan to include this feature? Or maybe I missed something?

Also I have a question about the resampling algorithms. Simply, which is highest quality? I notice new version of Gimp offers Sinc (Lanczos3) as best quality. How does this compare with those available in Phatch?

[stani]

I'm really impressed with Phatch, thank you! It's nice that it can upscale images as I found that gthumb's resizer can't do this essential task :(Thanks!

One important thing lacking is retaining the exif data. All my resized Phatched images are fine, correct dimensions and dpi etc. but no exif data. Do you have a plan to include this feature? Or maybe I missed something?This is a higly requested feature. If someone can point me to a cross platform (linux, windows, mac) exif python library, I would be happy to include it.

Also I have a question about the resampling algorithms. Simply, which is highest quality? I notice new version of Gimp offers Sinc (Lanczos3) as best quality. How does this compare with those available in Phatch?
I use Gimp myself and sinc is not yet fully operational as far as I read somewhere. Antialias is the best downsampling filter and the others are more or less like Gimp. So the best upsampling filter is Bicubic. More info:

The filter argument can be one of NEAREST (use nearest neighbour), BILINEAR (linear interpolation in a 2x2 environment), BICUBIC (cubic spline interpolation in a 4x4 environment), or ANTIALIAS (a high-quality downsampling filter).
http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm

[julian67]

Thanks for the reply...and on a Sunday evening too! :)

I appreciate the info about resampling, it's something I'd not seen clearly spelt out before. As for Exif, the solution is easy.....build for Gnu based systems only and let Windows and Mac users use their own tools :lolflag: But seriously Windows users have the choice of many excellent (financially) free and paid tools that can do these things (I don't know about Mac except Photoshop could easily do all this stuff with custom actions last time I used it) but Gnu based systems really have lacked a good batch converter for images for so long ( forever????). Why not just make it as good as possible for this environment? I think the exif data will be something that makes the difference between many people using this tool or choosing to run IrfanView or similar under wine. I'm going to keep using your tool as the last step in preparing my photos for printing, but it would useful in so many other ways if exif data was retained. It's really something special, great interface, easy to set up an action, works beautifully....could become an essential. It would be a perfect extension for other full editors/managers such as F-Spot. Thanks again.

edit: Gimp 2.4 has sinc (Lanczos3) running, it seems all ok to me as a user, though it has to explicitly chosen, it isn't the default.

[califman831]

Thanks, bug is already fixed in the repository. If you know how to work with bazaar please test it. Otherwise you can trust me that it works ;-) and wait for the release.

Am gonna have to wait for the .deb update. A side note, a download now graphic would be a good change to the homepage. The link at the bottom is not as user friendly. Anyways keep up the good work :)

[stani]

Thanks for the reply...and on a Sunday evening too! :)

I appreciate the info about resampling, it's something I'd not seen clearly spelt out before.Ha, probably you wanted something like:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/action-image-size

Now you know phatch a little, why not help out a little on the documentation? It is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. Some actions have no explanation yet. Don't worry about mistakes, I'll correct them. Only creating screenshots would already be useful, but wait for the next deb release as all action icons are replaced.
As for Exif, the solution is easy.....build for Gnu based systems only and let Windows and Mac users use their own tools :lolflag: Would you say the same about Firefox versus Internet Explorer? Cross platform applications help invite other users to Linux. I would prefer to see the Phatch community as big as possible. So far I still have to do too many things on my own (website, documentation, icons, ... not to speak about developing it.)

[stani]

Am gonna have to wait for the .deb update. A side note, a download now graphic would be a good change to the homepage. The link at the bottom is not as user friendly. Anyways keep up the good work :)

If you send me a private message on the ubuntu forums with your email I'll send you an updated deb for testing.

[julian67]

Ha, probably you wanted something like:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/action-image-size

Now you know phatch a little, why not help out a little on the documentation? It is a wiki, so anyone can contribute. Some actions have no explanation yet. Don't worry about mistakes, I'll correct them. Only creating screenshots would already be useful, but wait for the next deb release as all action icons are replaced.
Would you say the same about Firefox versus Internet Explorer? Cross platform applications help invite other users to Linux. I would prefer to see the Phatch community as big as possible. So far I still have to do too many things on my own (website, documentation, icons, ... not to speak about developing it.)

I'll use it a little more first. So far I only did resizing (which is what i needed). But I can see some areas I know about from other applications which I might be able to help with in the wiki docs once I have tried them in Phatch. I like the wiki btw, very well laid out and the info which is there is good.

[arigram]

Hello Stani.
Forgive my disappearance of late, but I was drowning inside a puddle of holidays, personal and health problems and couldn't find the time.
I will definitely soon work with the proposed blueprints and possibly even make you a temporary icon set to use. I am still learning how to use my new tools and clean interfaces is something I haven't done yet, so don't expect much. But it will be better than nothing or those pretty but out of context icons.

[califman831]

phatch now has its own forum, and am very happy to say I was first to post. Never had the pleasure of doing that, so now I can walk around all snob like.

:lolflag:



http://photobatch.wikidot.com/forum/start

[stani]

Hello Stani.
Forgive my disappearance of late, but I was drowning inside a puddle of holidays, personal and health problems and couldn't find the time.
I will definitely soon work with the proposed blueprints and possibly even make you a temporary icon set to use. I am still learning how to use my new tools and clean interfaces is something I haven't done yet, so don't expect much. But it will be better than nothing or those pretty but out of context icons.
Welcome back! Thanks for your offer to help. I need icons both as 48x48px png and as svg format.

[stani]

phatch now has its own forum, and am very happy to say I was first to post. Never had the pleasure of doing that, so now I can walk around all snob like.

:lolflag:



http://photobatch.wikidot.com/forum/start

Congratulations!!! You have received an answer already.

[arigram]

Maybe you can ask Djaany to make you some icons, you don't need many and its gonna be part of Hardy anyway.
I am a big fan of his work. His icons are beautiful, humorous, imaginative, original and very well drawn,

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/BuuF-Deuce-iconset?content=46201&PHPSESSID=4455d27aadfc421af1433b7c62fc2207

[stani]

Maybe you can ask Djaany to make you some icons, you don't need many and its gonna be part of Hardy anyway.
I am a big fan of his work. His icons are beautiful, humorous, imaginative, original and very well drawn,

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/BuuF-Deuce-iconset?content=46201&PHPSESSID=4455d27aadfc421af1433b7c62fc2207

Hmmm this style is a bit too specific. Also I prefer more the style of the old icons in Phatch. I also don't want to be too dependent on one person.

[stani]

Good news... a new release and user documentation!

I just released a new version of Phatch (0.1.bzr200):
- bug fix: opacity of canvas size was being interpreted as transparency
- bug fix: compatibility with wxpython 2.6
- languages: updates and new languages added
- improved dutch translation (thanks to balaam)
- improved help menu (especially write plugin)
- images are now processed alfabetically
- better distinction between "scale image" and "canvas size"
- action code refactoring to make writing plugins with pil even more simple
- includes all source material for the images (svg and blender files)
- improved gradient for gtk clearlooks

Get the new release at http://photobatch.stani.be > free download!

I have also worked a lot on a nice user manual online:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com

Igor is hopefully polishing up the icons, give him an applause ;-)

Please improve it as much as you can, it is a wiki after all. You only need to register with wikidot.com I need some volunteers to update the screenshots as the icons have changed. Anyone?

Thanks in advance!

Stani

[Samhain13]

Stani, you're a blessing! I was looking for an app like this one. I just downloaded it and it pretty much does what I need. Thanks! :)

I'll see to some screen shots, just let me sleep for a few hours.

[edit]
Screenshots:

[stani]

Stani, you're a blessing! I was looking for an app like this one. I just downloaded it and it pretty much does what I need. Thanks! :)

I'll see to some screen shots, just let me sleep for a few hours.

[edit]
Screenshots:

Thanks for thanking me on the forums! You are the first to do so.

Could you add the screenshots on the wiki (just get a wikidot.com account)? I am too busy implementing new exciting features on Phatch ;-) You will probably see them soon. (Igor has some already. Hopefully he finds time to work on the icons.)

[staticvoid]

can I just say:

I LOVE PHATCH!!


:)

[stani]

can I just say:

I LOVE PHATCH!!


:)

Haha, with thanking I was referring to:

The Following User Says Thank You to stani For This Useful Post:

I never saw this before and I noticed I got one thank on my profile now.

Thanks for sharing your love :lolflag:

[michaelzap]

Very useful little app. Thanks for creating and sharing it. I had to read the documentation to understand how to use it, but once I did that it makes total sense to me.

[Samhain13]

Could you add the screenshots on the wiki (just get a wikidot.com account)?

I've uploaded three new screenshots in the Wiki-- not the ones I have on my last post because they don't match the text. Also contributed the Filipino translation in Launchpad, I hope that helps too. :)

I'll see what more I can do later, cheers! I have work to do now.

[stani]

I've uploaded three new screenshots in the Wiki-- not the ones I have on my last post because they don't match the text. Also contributed the Filipino translation in Launchpad, I hope that helps too. :)

I'll see what more I can do later, cheers! I have work to do now.

Thanks a lot for the translation!! Soon I will release a new version of Phatch with tons of new features. (I count on all of you to test the new features as they will go in Hardy!) It would be nice if you could update the translations afterwards.

Igor made already nice icons for the currrent actions. As there will be new icons added, maybe it is better to wait with the screenshots until things are more stable.

[PartisanEntity]

Looking forward to help test again. I actually used Phatch for my internship the other day in order to resize several photos from a conference. Worked perfectly.

[jan quark]

stani
I'd like to invite you to join my linklist called Ubuntu Enthusiast
I am hosting a page dealing with Gimp art and tutorials for gimp
and I like your application much and appreaciate your work

have a look at my site (see signature) and tell me what you think
on the partners page is enough room for your logo and a description

ragards
Jan Quark

[stani]

stani
I'd like to invite you to join my linklist called Ubuntu Enthusiast
I am hosting a page dealing with Gimp art and tutorials for gimp
and I like your application much and appreaciate your work

have a look at my site (see signature) and tell me what you think
on the partners page is enough room for your logo and a description

ragards
Jan Quark

Hi Jan,
Thanks for the invitation!! Links to phatch are always welcome if they consist of the phatch logo and only link to http://photobatch.stani.be (all other urls are temporary and might change any moment).
Concerning joining your linklist or posting tutorials... I certainly like when people make publicity, blog, promote phatch. However concerning documentation and tutorials I prefer to keep things central. I notice that quite some people post Phatch tutorials (and they basically do all the same thing) on the internet. I think Phatch users are much more helped if there is one good documentation site centrally. It would have been nicer if people would contribute their Phatch tutorials to me, so that instead of making all the same tutorial we would now have some different ones. I personally will review and polish every tutorial which is sent to me.
Note that this is a general remark and not related to you. I just want to say, if you plan to make a tutorial about phatch, let's add it to the phatch website and put a link (with a summary/excerpt) for it. Moreover you get full credits both on the site and in the phatch application (about dialog).
In case you are thinking to help me out and write a tutorial, wait for the next version of Phatch which will have much more toys to play with.
Thanks again for your interest in Phatch,
Stani

[jan quark]

stani
you may now see your link on my partners page:)

[stani]

stani
you may now see your link on my partners page:)
Thanks a lot!

[jan quark]

Don't mention it!

[stani]

Big news! After some hard work, I just released the new Phatch version (0.1.bzr212), which you can grab at the usual place:
http://photobatch.stani.be > free download

There are tons of new features:
* Auto Contrast - Maximize image contrast
* Border - Crop or add border to all sides
* Brightness - Adjust brightness from black to white
* Canvas - Crop the image or enlarge canvas without resizing the image
* Colorize - Colorize grayscale image
* Common - Copies the most common pixel value
* Contrast - Adjust from grey to black & white
* Convert Mode - Convert the color mode of an image
(greyscale, RGB, RGBA or CMYK)
* Effect - Blur, Sharpen, Emboss, Smooth, …
* Equalize - Equalize the image histogram
* Fit - Downsize and crop image with fixed ratio
* Grayscale - Fade all colours to gray
* Invert - Invert the colors of the image (negative)
* Maximum - Copies the maximum pixel value
* Median - Copies the median pixel value
* Minimum - Copies the minimum pixel value
* Offset - Offset by distance and wrap around
* Posterize - Reduce the number of bits of colour channel
* Rank - Copies the rank'th pixel value
* Rotate - Rotate with random angle
* Round - Round or crossed corners with variable radius and corners
* Saturation - Adjust saturation from grayscale to high
* Save - Save an image with variable compression in different types
* Scale - Scale an image with different resample filters.
* Shadow - Drop a blurred shadow under a photo with variable position, blur and color
* Solarize - Invert all pixel values above threshold
* Transpose - Flip or rotate an image by 90 degrees
* Watermark - Apply a watermark image with variable placement (offset, scaling, tiling) and opacity

These icons were designed by Igor: canvas, convert, invert, rotate, round, save, scale, solarize & watermark. Give him a big applause. I really like them. If anyone has time to contribute icons for the other actions in the same style, please do!

I really need your help now. Please test as much as you can and afterwards, help with the documentation at:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com

and especially at:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/actions

Writing documentation is easy. You just get an http://www.wikidot.com account and you can start writing right away.

Who is willing to help?

[Samhain13]

^I guess I'll be updating the screenshots in the Wiki. I'll do it over the weekend. :)

[stani]

^I guess I'll be updating the screenshots in the Wiki. I'll do it over the weekend. :)

Great! It is nice that I can count on you. Please follow this order:

the getting started page
the actions for which Igor designed the icons, as they are definite: canvas, convert, invert, rotate, round, save, scale, solarize & watermark
If you have time extra, add screenshots to the other actions. The icons can change in the future, but the parameters won't. So it might be worth it


Also switch your theme first to Human, so all screenshots are consistent.

BTW, I wrote documentation for all actions already. Let me know if some actions need more documentation.

Thank you so much!
Stani

[stani]

For screenshots, please use the tool Accessoires>Screenshot. Choose window and the shadow effect.

As a reward I will add the text action.

Thanks,
Stani

[Samhain13]

I think I'll just tinker with my CompizFusion settings, Window Decoration horizontal and vertical offset for the shadows.

I'll be taking screenshots tonight, I just need to get some coffee. :D

[stani]

Maybe it is better to wait. I am making some changes to the interface. I'll let you know when you can start.
Thanks anyway,
Stani

[Samhain13]

Ok. Good night the. :D

[arigram]

Should I proceed with the translation?

[stani]

Should I proceed with the translation?

Yes launchpad/rosetta is a bit behind importing my files, but translations are always welcome. The change in user interface does not concern text.

[Officer Dibble]

I'll be downloading this, been looking for something like this in Linux... thank you. :)

[stani]

Ha, another new release! (Just to please Igor ;-))

As the deadline for Hardy is approaching, I am doing my best to add new features and polish Phatch further. As the previous release introduced so many new actions, the interface got too crowded. I always had the plan to work with tags and in fact already had it implemented already in the back of the application. Exposing it nicely in an user interface always requires some more work.

So here it is. If you add an action you will only see the most commonly used features. By pressing 'Select' in the top-right you can select a category. If you choose 'watermark', you will only get the actions related to watermarking.

If you choose 'all', you will get all the actions. In this case you can filter the actions by typing some characters in the search box at the top left.

You can add an action by pressing the 'Add' button or by double clicking an action.

There is also a new requested feature:TEXT, which lets you draw your (copyright) text in all orientations on your images.

Even if you don't have too batch photos, please still try out the features for fun and report bugs. So we can get all this bugfree for when you still need it.

Screenshots for the documentation are not high priority as I plan maybe some other changes. But keep on translating (https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch)!

Get Phatch at the usual place: http://photobatch.stani.be > free download

Enjoy!
Stani

[Samhain13]

Good idea of grouping related actions together! :)

[digitalis_vulgaris]

Yes, I'm happier now. Your effort to organize options is truly step in right direction.

[stani]

Yes, I'm happier now. Your effort to organize options is truly step in right direction.

Ha the master of the icons is happier!

I just released another version of phatch 0.1.bzr222 with the following features:
- improved error messaging
- Mask action which can give your images any shape you want. You can give your images an irregular border (like stamp or paint strokes) or you could even turn your images into text.

Try everything out!
Stani

[stani]

I just translated the Getting Started! (http://photobatch.wikidot.com/getting-started) tutorial in Dutch:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/getting-started-nl

It would be nice if some of you could translate it in your local language. It is ok to use the english screenshots. For that you just have to add "getting-started/" in front of every image name, for example:

[[f>image thumb.jpg]]
becomes:
[[f>image getting-started/thumb.jpg]]

You can also add a link on the front page.

Contact me if you need help!

Stani

[stani]

Due to popular demand I have started implementing the first baby steps of exif and iptc tag support. I need your help to document the exif features. Please download the latest Phatch...:

http://photobatch.stani.be > free download (0.1.bzr229)

... also download the package python-pyexiv2 (hardy, but also works on gutsy):
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/python/python-pyexiv2

... and read the documentation about the exif image inspector:

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/image-inspector

Please be patient, at the moment it is not possible yet to change or save exif tags, you can however use exif information in any text field of any action. This opens already a lot of possibilities: to save files with tag based filenames/folders or to write text watermarks on your pictures (such as timestamp, etc...) Just copy & paste the <variables> from the image inspector to the image fields. (Press the copy button or ctrl-c in image inspector).

I need to collect photos with exif information of as many different camera models as possible. I would prefer nice pictures which can be used for documentation purposes as well. Therefore you need to give me the written permission to publish them under any license I need. You can keep the copyright or transfer it to me.

Here is a screenshot of the image inspector:

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/image-inspector/image_inspector_exif.png

This is all beta and will be made more user friendly in the future. For example in the first column you will be able rename the complex exif names with a more simple one, so that you can define <iso> for <Exif.CanonSi.ISOspeed>

So I need:
- exif pictures emailed to me
- review, add & improve documentation at wikidot

Thanks for your offer,

Stani

[stani]

Update: if you install pyexiv2, you can save the metadata (both iptc & exif) in your manipulated phatch images:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/python/python-pyexiv2

Try out the latest version...
Thanks!
Stani

[stani]

I am continuing my monologue ;-)

I just added the copy and rename actions. So now you can copy and/or rename your files based on the exif or itpc information.

[julian67]

After adding pyexiv2 and trying a batch scale and save I get this error
Error 0: Can not apply action Save on image 'IMG_0110 (Modified in GIMP Image Editor).JPG' in folder:
/home/julian/fspotx/watarun

invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'charset="Ascii"'

Action: {'fields': {'As': '<type>',
'Filename': '<filename>',
'In': '<folder>_copy',
'Quality': u'100',
'Resolution': '<dpi>',
'__enabled__': u'true'},
'label': 'Save'}

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/base.py", line 246, in apply_action
photo = action.apply(photo,setting,cache)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/actions/save.py", line 74, in apply
photo.save(filename, **options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/pil.py", line 261, in save
self.copy_metadata(filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/pil.py", line 301, in copy_metadata
exif.copy_metadata(self._exif_source,filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/phatch/core/lib/_pyexiv2.py", line 10, in copy_metadata
target[key] = source[key]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyexiv2.py", line 477, in __getitem__
value = self.__getExifTagValue(key)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyexiv2.py", line 337, in __getExifTagValue
return UndefinedToString(tagValue)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyexiv2.py", line 153, in UndefinedToString
return ''.join(map(lambda x: chr(int(x)), undefined.rstrip().split(' ')))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyexiv2.py", line 153, in <lambda>
return ''.join(map(lambda x: chr(int(x)), undefined.rstrip().split(' ')))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'charset="Ascii"'
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[stani]

Thanks for reporting! That is why Phatch needs testers. Can you send me such an image file together with your action list so I can reproduce and debug it? Preferably on launchpad.

[julian67]

I emailed you the actions list and sample image. Also just now reported bug on launchpad

[stani]

I will study this bug probably tomorrow. I was busy releasing another version of Phatch which includes a reflection action. In order to show off the potential, this is what you can do with it:

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/tutorial-round-3d-reflect/thumb.jpg

I wrote a tutorial for it. Spread the word about Phatch and digg the tutorial:
http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Batch_create_sexy_round_thumbs_with_3d_reflection_ on_ubuntu

Thanks!
Stani

[julian67]

The bug I mentioned is fixed by your new version. I updated the launchpad bug report. Thank you.

[stani]

The bug I mentioned is fixed by your new version. I updated the launchpad bug report. Thank you.
Thanks for the excellent bug report. This is always what I need an example photo and the action list. Bugs should be reported on launchpad otherwise I forget them ;-)

I am just about to release a new version of Phatch 0.1.bzr242 with the following features:
- Phatch now not only accepts your local files, but also images from the internet. So in any field or in the exif image inspector you can use http://... addresses
- The exif image inspector now can show a thumbnail preview of the image and has an 'open url' button.

http://photobatch.wikidot.com/local--files/image-inspector/image_inspector_exif.png

If you translate, please do not enable the option needs review. This blocks the translations. If someone stumbles on a bad translation in Phatch, he will correct it. Thanks a lot arnau, for keeping the catalan translation continuously up to date. You are amazing!

Keep on testing!
Stani

[julian67]

This is quickly evolving into an impressive tool, and fills an important gap. Previously I've been running IrfanView or XnView (Win32 version as Linux version is very old) under wine; they're nice tools and offered at no financial cost in a nice spirit but they're not Free software. It's great to have a native tool that is under a free license. If anybody wanted to easily see the benefits of the GPL, the Free software philosophy and of the community/collaborative model Phatch is a great example.

[imon9]

hi man,

just wanna let u know that the deb file u create is not correct!
it forgot about the dependency of python-wxgtk2.8, thus not asking to install that, thus phatch didnt run after installation

please fix

also, how come there is so few action options? i didnt find any reflection/perspactive action...do i need to downlaod ny more plug-ins?

[stani]

hi man,

just wanna let u know that the deb file u create is not correct!
it forgot about the dependency of python-wxgtk2.8, thus not asking to install that, thus phatch didnt run after installation

please fix


Very strange, you are the first one with this problem. The deb file includes a dependency for python-wxgtk2.8 Can you check in Synaptic, for me it is listed. Does anyone else has this problem? Or could someone remove python-wxgtk2.8 from his system and install Phatch to see? I am too dependent on python-wxgtk to do that myself.

also, how come there is so few action options? i didnt find any reflection/perspactive action...do i need to downlaod ny more plug-ins?
No, you need to read the manual (Help>Documentation) about Edit>Add:
http://photobatch.wikidot.com/interface
I advise you to read the tutorials as well.
Stani

[stani]

This is quickly evolving into an impressive tool, and fills an important gap. Previously I've been running IrfanView or XnView (Win32 version as Linux version is very old) under wine; they're nice tools and offered at no financial cost in a nice spirit but they're not Free software. It's great to have a native tool that is under a free license. If anybody wanted to easily see the benefits of the GPL, the Free software philosophy and of the community/collaborative model Phatch is a great example.
Wow, thanks for this compliment! I get a lot of help from the community with translations and also by Igor for the artwork. Unfortunately the documentation is still a one man show. It would be nice if more people write a tutorial or contribute something else. It is a wiki after all, and like now I could just use static html. But I am patient and waiting...

I just did a bug fix release: phatch 0.1.bzr 243 (242 is not working well, so please upgrade).

[stani]

hi man,

just wanna let u know that the deb file u create is not correct!
it forgot about the dependency of python-wxgtk2.8, thus not asking to install that, thus phatch didnt run after installation

please fix

As I know the deb file is correct, I guessed you had python-wxgtk2.6 installed on your system and Phatch uses that one instead of python-wxgtk2.8 This normally should not be a problem. As it was for you, I supposed python-wxgtk2.6 got broken. This was the case, so I fixed it. Support for python-wxgtk2.6 matters to me as it is the version available on Debian and on Ubuntu Edgy or lower. So with the latest version you could uninstall python-wxgtk2.8 and Phatch will still work. I would rather recommend to use wxpython 2.8

I just released a new version of Phatch with all the changes under the hood:
Phatch 0.1.bzr250

From now on you can follow the development of Phatch in your rss reader:
http://feeds.launchpad.net/~stani/phatch/dev/branch.atom

Stani

[stani]

I just did a major code rewrite and fixed some bugs (with rename & copy):
Phatch 0.1.bzr254

This doesn't add new features, but prepares new functionality for the future.

Please test!

Stani

[stani]

This doesn't add new features, but prepares new functionality for the future.

Ha, now you can see what I am aiming at. As of Phatch 0.1.bzr271, phatch can run as a console application. This is big news, as now phatch can be used as a server application. The idea is that you prepare the action lists with the gui and that you can execute them on any server with only python-imaging installed. For example if people upload pictures to your site, you can let Phatch generate the thumbnails you want. To get the help options type:
$phatch --help
Usage: Phatch [options] [actionlist] [image files/folders]

Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c, --console Run Phatch as console program without a gui
-d, --droplet Run Phatch as a gui droplet
-f, --force Ignore errors
-i, --interactive Interactive
-m, --metadata Save metadata (requires exif & iptc plugin)
-o, --overwrite Overwrite existing images
-r, --recursive Include all subfolders
-s, --strict Do not create missing folders
-t, --trust Do not check images first
-v, --verbose Verbose

Example
$phatch -v -r action_list.py image_file.png image_folder1 image_folder2
You can also invoke the man page, by typing:
$man phatch
This is not only handy for servers, but also if you want to schedule photo batch processing with a program like gnome-schedule. If you install:
$sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule
you can now for example watch folders by letting phatch process the folder for example every hour. With the action rename you can even move files. Please experiment as much as you can!

Stani
PS I am now working on the next release which will have another nice surprise.

[Jad]

I'm not able to find the deb package of phatch.

[stani]

Thanks for reporting. The download page was not updated. You can get it now at the usual place:
http://photobatch.stani.be > free download (link below right)

Stani

[hidinggeryan]

This sounds perfect for my needs and I'm really excited to try it. I can't connect to your homepage or download site though. ](*,)
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Awesome! Back up now. THANKS!

[stani]

This sounds perfect for my needs and I'm really excited to try it. I can't connect to your homepage or download site though. ](*,)

Thanks for reporting. It should be back online.

[bvanaerde]

Maybe a stupid question, but why is the default quality setting for saving an image set to 60? This really gives bad results.
In other programs, this is usually set to 85, which gives good results.

[stani]

Maybe a stupid question, but why is the default quality setting for saving an image set to 60? This really gives bad results.
In other programs, this is usually set to 85, which gives good results.

This is not a stupid question. I just took a value. In the new release I'll put it on 85.

[Jad]

Stani,
Any plans to have CR2 to JPG converting functionality in Phatch?

[stani]

Stani,
Any plans to have CR2 to JPG converting functionality in Phatch?

Anything that can be done with python can be added in Phatch. Please file a blueprint and try to find python libraries. If you can't find any, describe which free tools are now available on Linux, Windows and/or Mac. The more you prepare and do research, the more likely it will be less work for me and I might implement it.

[stani]

Good news! Phatch will be in Ubuntu Hardy. With the help of POX, pochu and bzed I managed to rush Phatch in for feature freeze. This means that now I have to concentrate on bug fixing.
I fixed several bugs in the latest release, especially unicode support. So now you should be able to use filenames with accents.

What also got in a while ago was a new feature called droplets. It allows you to create an icon on your desktop or any other folder. If you drag and drop files on it Phatch will get in action.

Phatch now also features integration with nautilus and thunar.

Let me know how the latest release shapes up.

Download the latest release at:
http://photobatch.stani.be

[bvanaerde]

This is really great news, congratulations!

[maruchan]

Thanks for your work on Phatch! I've been using the "watermark" feature to overlay titles on animation still frames that are then converted to videos :)

[stani]

Thanks for your work on Phatch! I've been using the "watermark" feature to overlay titles on animation still frames that are then converted to videos :)
You are welcome! Glad to hear Phatch is useful for you. I just released a new version of Phatch which lets you select the font from a nice dropdown list with all the fonts which are present on your system (no matter where you have hidden them).

Now something important: on the 4th of march the definite version of Phatch will be handed over to Hardy. So please translate as much as possible in the coming days. (Yes if you wait a week it will be too late.) Just do an extra effort and you will enjoy it when Hardy is out.

[stani]

I am now working hard on polishing Phatch both for Linux and Windows. (There were a lot of issues in Windows and I have ironed them all out. )

But the latest release aims to improve usability a lot by providing every text input with convenient preset values in a dropdown box. It is hard to describe but very obvious if you try it. Now if you select the text option it is much more easy to select a font or to do datetime stamping.

Please download the latest release and report here back how it works: successful or not. If there are any bugs, please let me know as I can still fix them for Hardy.

Let's make Phatch the most polished new application of Hardy!!

[jan quark]

hey stani

I have raised the polish translation of Phatch from 37 % to 77 %
perhaps you can use some of my suggestions
my launchpad name is Michael Christoph Jan Godawski

keep up the good work
and I am glad I could help you

[stani]

hey stani

I have raised the polish translation of Phatch from 37 % to 77 %
perhaps you can use some of my suggestions
my launchpad name is Michael Christoph Jan Godawski

keep up the good work
and I am glad I could help you

Hi Jan,
Great job! Thanks a lot. As a present back there is a new version of Phatch available today. I will update all translations in the beginning of next week. I hope you have some time by then to push it up to 100% and I will add another thank to your profile ;-)

Best regards,
Stani

[jan quark]

:popcorn: polish transaltion now at 99 % :popcorn:

and the filter does not show any untranslated terms
but there are still 7 marked as to do
any ideas:confused:

[stani]

:popcorn: polish transaltion now at 99 % :popcorn:

and the filter does not show any untranslated terms
but there are still 7 marked as to do
any ideas:confused:

Yes sometimes it is confusing. I guess you need to select "need review" as they are considered untranslated:
https://translations.launchpad.net/phatch/trunk/+pots/phatch/pl/+translate?batch=10&show=need_review
All your translations will be in Hardy.
Thanks a lot,
Stani

[stani]

Hi,
I uploaded a new release with features new support for nautilus for which you have to install python-nautilus:
sudo apt-get install python-nautilus

Than Phatch will integrate automatically in the right click context menu:
- recent action lists
- image inspector
- with the Export menu you can add your own action lists to the context menu

This means 12 new strings to translate. Can you please translate them too?

Thanks,
Stani

[Vadi]

Wow, this looks like an excellent project (both the website and the program are very professionally done).

Do you think you can add, ah, something similar to picasa's "I'm feeling lucky." option? That's the only reason I use picasa really, and doing it on every photo is time consuming.

[jan quark]

This means 12 new strings to translate. Can you please translate them too?

Done :)

Translation status: Polish 100%