Comments on: Convert Images in Mac OS X: JPG to GIF, PSD to JPG, GIF to JPG, BMP to JPG, PNG to PDF, and more

By: Luis L

Luis L — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:39:57 +0000

You have to hold alt (option) key when you click on the file type to expose hidden types like gif, icns, etc.

By: Ken Williams

Ken Williams — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:21:18 +0000

You can use the ‘sips’ command-line tool, which I personally find easier than firing up Automator. Check out http://straylink.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/os-x-command-line-image-manipulation/ for examples.

To convert a bunch of TIFs to JPGs, I just did something like:

for x (*.tif)
sips -s format jpeg $x –out outdir/$(basename $x .tif).jpg

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:42:59 +0000

Gari, do you have an option for .gif in yours? My older versions of Mac had that extension, but Lion doesn’t seem to. If not, is there a way to add extension options?

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By: Bullesdebleu

Bullesdebleu — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:33:45 +0000

Thanks a LOOOOOOOOOOt, Mac friend! I didn’t know either what Automator was for, you save me time and money and I’m definitely going to dive into this great App! Thanks again!

By: Stephen Sanders

Stephen Sanders — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:11:15 +0000

Would anyone venture to say this app is as good or better in some things than Gimp. I researched it and it looks like there were no issues for OS X 10.6 or later.

By: Gari

Gari — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:56:23 +0000

Re: OS X Lion – yes, use ‘export’ instead of ‘Save As’

By: DanielS

DanielS — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:09:07 +0000

Does it work with Lion too?
I can’t export my png as gif…

By: An

An — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:39:46 +0000

THANK YOU!!! You saved me a LOT of time!!!

By: tomte

tomte — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:44:25 +0000

Great tip, must see if we can add recursion to this.

By: Confused

Confused — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:19:40 +0000

It will not let me save the files. I don’t know what’s going on.

By: Chmedly

Chmedly — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:39:32 +0000

How about a way to batch change to png AND change the resolution of the files? I don’t see that option in the Automator tasks even though it can be done in Preview.

By: Anastatik

Anastatik — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:22:05 +0000

Absolutely fantastic advice!!

5 years a mac user and didn’t have the slightest idea that you can do that!

Many thanks Aske!

By: Aske

Aske — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:08:44 +0000

Run automator.app, it´s in Applications folder. When it asks, select “workflow”.
1. Click “files & folders” on left. From right column drag & drop “ask for finder items” into the left window. Select the folder where your images are, tick “allow multiple selections”.
2. Drag & drop “copy finder items” and select the folder where you want to copy.
3. Select “Photos”, and drag “change type of images”. Select the output format.

Save the workflow for possible future use (File, save as).
Click run, select the photos to be converted. After a period, You have all the images in the output folder, in another format.

http://img43.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=434307207_Untitled_122_398lo.jpg

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