Settings

settings

The settings would determine the outcome of the processed images. There are three sections to Settings. One relating to the image processing and the other for file saving operations.

The Chevron at the Settings Header allows you to Expand or Collapse that category. Clicking on the Upward-pointing Chevron would Collapse the category and the Downward-pointing Chevron will Expand the category.

Looking at the Settings Page, you will notice that some options have '-' or '+' on the left-hand side of the option. The '-' allows you to collapse all related options and the '+' allows you to expand the previously closed options.

Image Properties

Image Format

The program supports output of TIFF, Adobe Acrobat PDF, Single JPEG, JPEG 2000, BMP and PNG Images format.

The PDF supports the Page Size parameter. Since the TIFF and PDF form factor is different, you will need to determin the Page Size to use.

The generated PDF file is based on PDF Format v1.4 which is compatible with Acrobat Reader v5 and above.

JPEG Image Format only supports single page and when you select this option, if the program encounters a multi-page TIFF, it will spilt each page as a single page.

Resampling Method

Batch TIFF Resizer offer 14 resampling methods. Each offering a different algorithm in getting you that picture perfect resized images.

We will spare you the complex mathematical computation in the various resampling method and just mentioned that each method would employ certain degree of color matching and averaging to select the best match. A degree of blur effect would be added to reduce the effects of pixelization.

For Best Image Quality use, Lanczos3, Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Mitchell, Nearest, Bilinear or Bicubic.

If you need a faster image loading especially for small thumbnails where image quality is not that critical, use Triange, Linear or FastLinear.

For Black on White image, use ProjectBW and for White on Black image, use ProjectWB. These basically set the images to black and white images which is good for black and white documents.

JPEG/JPEG 2000/PNG Quality

This option would set the Image Quality when Image Format is set to PNG, JPEG or JPEG 2000

Resizing Method

The program offers 4 resizing methods which includes

1) By Pixels which uses the Maximum Width/Height and Keep Dimension Ratio Aspect parameters.

2) By Percentage which uses the Resize Percentage parameter.

3) By Page Size which uses the Page Size parameter.

4) By ratios (1/4x, 1/3x, 1/2x, 2/3x and 3/4x)

Maximum Width

This defines the maximum permitted width in pixels. Any images with width higher than the specified maximum would be downsize to it. Any dimension smaller than the maximum would be untouched.

Maximum Height

This defines the maximum permitted height in pixels. Any images with height higher than the specified maximum would be downsize to it. Any dimension smaller would not be touched.

Keep Dimension Ratio Aspect

When this option is selected, the image would be dimension proportionate. If unchecked, the image would all be upsize or downsize to the maximum width and height parameter.

Note : If you check this option, you can keep either maximum height or width as 0 and have the program determine the appropriate dimension.

Resize Percentage

Resize Percentage Used in conjunction with Resizing by Percentage, it allows you to define the output size in relations to the original image size. The options available starts from 25% to 100% with an increment of 5%.

Page Size

This is used when Resizing Method is set to Page Size

TIFF Compression

The program currently G4, G3, G1, LZW, Pack Bits, TIFF JPEG and Uncompressed TIFF compression.

The LZW and TIFF JPEG Compression would yield the highest compression and thus the smallest file size for non-Black and White Images. For Black and White images, using one of the CCITT Fax Compression such as G4, G3 and G1 algorithm would yield a smaller file size. Using G4, G3 and G1 will automatically convert the image to black and white images.

TIFF JPEG is not a commonly support TIFF Compression Algorithm and may not work in all viewers.

TIFF JPEG Quality

This is used in conjunction with the TIFF JPEG Compression to set the image quality. The lower the quality the smaller the file size.

TIFF Color Space

Supports CMYK, RGB, RGB Palette, YCbCr and CIELab Colorspace

PDF Compression

This determines the Compression used in the generation of the PDF File. The current options are Normal, Maximum and Fastest.

PDF Page Orientation

Determine if Portrait or Landscape Orientation would be used.

PDF Encryption Level

This defines the encryption level to secure the PDF File. The options are 40 Bits (Low Level Encryption) and 128 Bits (High Level Encryption). If possible, use the higher encryption level unless it is not permitted in the country of the target audience.

PDF User Password

This password would allow you to password protect the PDF to allow only authorized personnels with the required password to access it.

PDF Owner Password

This password would allow for full access to the document. This will only work if the PDF User Password is also used.

PDF Author Name

Use in Conjunction with the PDF file generation for the Author Properties.

PDF Image Format

This defines the image format that would be used to embed into the PDF file. Batch TIFF Resizer supports Color Images (JPEG and BMP) and Monochrome Images (TIFF G3 and TIFF G4) formats.

PDF JPEG Quality

This determines the JPEG Quality for the embedded JPEG images if the PDF Image Format option is set to JPEG.

PDF Allow Copy

If checked, this will allow the viewer to copy the contents of the PDF File including text and images. If this is unchecked, the viewer would not be able to copy the contents or modify it in any way.

PDF Allow Printing

If checked, this will enable the Print Function in the PDF Viewer otherwise printing would not be permitted.

Keep IPTC Header

If checked, this will retain all IPTC headers in the file if the format remains in TIFF. All settings are lost with PDF as it is not supported.

Dots Per Inch

This determines the output Dots Per Inch settings for TIFF images. DPI is not used with the PDF file.

Image Orientation	The options allows you to convert the pages within the TIFF file from portrait to landscape or vice versa by allowing you to rotate it 90º clockwise or 90º counter-clockwise or 180º or Flip Down or Flip Left.
Image Manipulation	This allows you to apply sharpening to the images.
Color Depth	This option allows you to determine the output image color depths. The supported Color Depth includes :- 1) 1 bit - 2 colors 2) 4 bits - 16 colors 3) 8 bits - 256 colors 4) 24 bits - 16.7 million colors.
Gray Scale	Causes the images to be converted to Grayscale Images.

Captioning Properties

Text Caption	This option allows you to determine the text caption.
Font Name	This option defines the font type to use.
Font Size	This option defines the font size.
Font Style	This option defines the font style. The available options are Regular / Italic / Bold / Bold and Italic
Font Color	This option defines the font color.
Text Drop Shadow	This option allows you to add a drop shadow under the text.
Text Alignment	This option defines where the caption would be added on the page. Setting to None would disable the captioning feature.
Caption At	This option allows to determine if the caption should be added to all pages, first or last page.

Files Proprieties

Target Directory/Folder	This defines the location where processed images would be saved in. If you want the processed image files to be saved in the same directory as the original, use the dropdown box and select '[Source Directory]\' .
Keep Sub-directory Structure	Check this option if you are working with multiple subdirectories at the same time and you want all images stored in the same sub directory structure. By unchecking this, all images would be stored in the same folder. Any images with the same file name would be overwritten with the last file with the same file name.
Merge All as Single File	When this option is checked, all files in the Control Center would be merged as a single Multi-page TIFF or PDF File. The order of merging would be dependent on the order in the Control Center. You may use the Sort Order column to determine the sort order. Click on the header of the Sort Order to sort it based on the column in an Ascending or Descending order.
Convert Multi-Page Tiff to Single Page	With this option checked, all multi-page tiff which are loaded in the control page would be converted to multiple single tiff files. The filename follows the following format :- Original Filename Page XX.tif Note : This option cannot be enabled with the 'Merge All as Single File' option.
Zero Padding	When converting from a Multi-Page TIFF to a Single Page TIFF or JPEG, each of the generated image files would retain the original file name with the page number. The Zero Padding feature allows you to define how much zero padding you want for this page number. Any number length shorter than the Zero Padding length would be padded with '0'. This will allow for ease of sorting in Windows Explorer.
Single Page Filename Structure	This allows you to change the filename of the individual TIFF or JPEG pages. There are several macros which can be used :- {Filename} - The Original Filename {Page} - The Page Number. This will be Zero Padded based on the 'Zero Padding' settings. {SubFolder} - The Original Subfolder name. {YYYY} - Current 4 Digits Year (eg 2007) {YY} - Current 2 Digits Year (eg 07) {MMMM} - Current Month in Full (eg march) {MMM} - Current Month in Short Form (eg mar) {MM} - Current Month in Digits (eg 03) {DDDD} - Current Day in Full (eg Monday) {DDD} - Current Day in Short Form (eg Mon) {DD} - Current Day in Digits (eg 27) * Note 1 : The appropriate file extension would be tagged to the filename automatically. * Note 2 : All Date in Full are in Uppercase * Note 3 : All characters, apart from macros, will be added as is.
Page Sort Order	This is used in conjunction with the {Page} parameter in the Single Page Filename Structure. Typically the 'Ascending' settings should be used, the individual pages in the TIFF images would be processed from the first page to the last with the first page tags with page 1 and so on. Setting this parameter to 'Descending' will tag the last page with page number 1.
Overlay Images to Single Page	With this option, all pages are merged as multiple page layers into a single page.

EPS Properties

Ghost Script Path	Batch TIFF Resizer does not have a built-in facility to import Postscript (PS) or Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) images and relies on Ghostscript in order to support it. If this parameter is left blank, you will not be able to import PS or EPS images. You can download a General Public License (GPL) copy of Ghostscript either from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897&package_id=108733 or our website at http://www.batchimage.com/download/gs857w32.exe By default, Ghostscript GPL v8.57 would be installed in C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.57\bin\ . You can either use gswin32c.exe or gswin32.exe .