Is there an OS X script or app that will quickly join images?

January 3, 2006 8:28 AM

Is there an OS X script or app that will quickly join images?

I want to:

1. join multiple images, either vertically or horizontally
2. save as a new file without (or with very little) re-compression

I'd prefer something quick-and-dirty/drag-and-drop and that does not require Photoshop (though a PS action is ok as a last resort) or any dialog input.

posted by Typographica to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

ImageMagick should do what you are asking handily.

The montage command is what you seek, once you get it installed.

I suggest installing it using DarwinPorts.
posted by tomierna at 8:36 AM on January 3, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks, tomierna. But can I set it to be drag-and-drop? I want pump out several of these files at once, without input.
posted by Typographica at 8:51 AM on January 3, 2006

With a combination of Applescript and its' built-in command-line support, you could probably make an applet.

The ImageMagick binaries accept wild-card inputs and can be trivially scripted with any of the built-in shells in the UNIX side of MacOSX, so it's really just up to your scripting proficiencies, assuming you didn't go the GUI Applet route.
posted by tomierna at 9:26 AM on January 3, 2006

Response by poster: Shame on me for having no scripting proficiency.
posted by Typographica at 10:31 AM on January 3, 2006

I don't see how you could make this drag-and-drop. How would it know what order in which you want the files joined, and what direction?
posted by jjg at 10:31 AM on January 3, 2006

Response by poster: Presets?
posted by Typographica at 3:36 PM on January 3, 2006