Short:        turn EXIF header into thumbnail icon
Author:       birkenfeld@geobiz.de
Uploader:     birkenfeld geobiz de
Type:         util/wb
Version:      2.0
Requires:     image2icon (only for OS3.5), wizard.library, zlib.library, jpeg.library (see www.geobiz.de/ibatch for downloadlinks)
Architecture: m68k-amigaos; ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0

SCREENSHOTS: http://www.geobiz.de/ibatch.html

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i2iGUI / image2icon plugin capsule (for iBatch 1.x)
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i2iGUI enables you to create Icons showing thumbnails of images in
a given directory. Resulting thumbnails can be rendered Amiga OS 3.5 Icons
or OS 4.x compatible DualPNG Icons (full color). If needed, thumbnail Icons
will be cropped or resized in order to have all the same demension. This results
in a perfect alignment on your Workbench. i2iGUI can be used
as standalone or in conjunction with iBatch (therefore as plugin). When used as
Plugin for iBatch, it will be called "image2icon plugin capsule", as it is not just
a "plugin". "Capsules" always utilize third party software. In this case you need
Image2Icon CLI Tool (at least for OS3.5 Icons).

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Features
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- create preview thumbnail icons of a given directory
- crop/resize Icons for better alignment (same width and height)
- true color Dual PNG (OS4) and rendered OS 3.5 Icons
- add a black border around Icon
- or add glow effect
- print image resolution onto thumbnail icon
- determine program to be used when opening image (default tool)
- print EXIF Information into Icon's tooltype field

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Installation
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Standalone without iBatch
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1. Copy i2iGUI drawer anywhere onto your harddisk.
2. check/install wizard.library, zlib.library and jpeg.library to LIBS:
(Downloadlinks available via www.geobiz.de/ibatch)
3. for Amiga OS 3.5 style Icons make sure you have either
a) image2icon shell command in C:   (get it from Aminet: http://aminet.net/util/wb/image2icon.lha)
b) or change image2icon-capsule tooltype in order to point to image2icon executable

As iBatch capsule/plugin
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1. Start iBatch
2. Execute install script
3. check/install wizard.library, zlib.library and jpeg.library to LIBS:
(Downloadlinks available via www.geobiz.de/ibatch)
4. for Amiga OS 3.5 style Icons make sure you have either
a) image2icon shell command in C:   (get it from Aminet: http://aminet.net/util/wb/image2icon.lha)
b) or change image2icon-capsule tooltype in order to point to image2icon executable

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Different ways of starting i2iGUI/image2icon-capsule
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Typically image2icon-capsule will be started through "iBatch" or "workflow-plugin". This enables you to generate
thumbnail Icons after images had been processed with iBatch.

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via Workbench
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Doubleclick on  "image2icon-capsule" and choose the directory where icons should be added.

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via iBatch
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image2icon-capsule is a so called "Afterprocess Plugin" and will only be executed if stated in your "conversion profile":

1) Goto Tab "3) conversion profile" and press "new" in order to define a new conversion profile
2) in "after processing..." section choose "IMB:Plugins/image2icon-capsule" as plugin
3) save your profile and exit
4) press "START" and wait for image2icon-capsule GUI to appear

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via Shell with optional arguments
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> image2icon-capsule outdir

outdir:
the directory where icons should be added.

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