[LUNI] Hello

[Samir Faci]

Perl is a programming language... and yes you need to know it to use it.

API stands for application programming interface... essentially lets
you use ImageMagick using perl in this case.

As far as GUIing it.  The raw power of Linux is mainly in command
line, scripting, and programming (yes.. i know i'm over simplifying
exponentially, but just trying to make the point that most of the
power of linux is behind the pretty gui).  You'll want to learn cli
tools at some point.

--
Samir





On 2/10/07, Tyler Stoffel <tylerius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, not to show off my absolute lack of knowledge, but what is Perl and what
> is API? Do I need to know any code to use them, or can I GUI it? My
> experimentation with command prompt apps has bred nothing but frustration.
>
> Tyler
>
> On 2/10/07, Eric MacAdie <eric at macadie.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have done some rudimentary batch processing with PerlMagick, a perl
> > API for ImageMagick. The PerlMagick page says that it can add IPTC
> > profiles. Granted, ImageMagick is also available on Windows.
> >
> > Eric MacAdie
> >
> > Tyler Stoffel wrote:
> > > There are really two core functions missing from the Gimp, a) batch
> > > processing, which I never use anyway, but someone with a
> > > hundreds-of-photos-a-day workflow, ie a wedding shooter, would find it
> > > very
> > > useful; and b) an IPTC editor. IPTC is a text sidecar protocol that
> > > allows
> > > you to embed a caption into the jpeg. The Gimp has its own version of
> > > info
> > > embedding, but it is unable to be read by Photoshop, Photo Mechanic,
> > > and the
> > > other proprietary software used by the papers that buy my photos. But,
> > > according to the Gimp's home page, IPTC protocol embedding is in the
> > > works.
> > > As for now, some clients allow me to send the captions as .doc
> > > attachments,
> > > or in the body of an email (I email all my work to the buyers) I do
> > > have one
> > > client that insists on IPTC captions (the Sun Times News Group), so I
> > > use my
> > > girlfriend's Photoshop on her HP laptop (WinXP) to embed captions for
> > > that
> > > one client.
> > >
> > > Tyler Stoffel
> > >
> > > On 2/8/07, Demetri Mouratis <dmourati at cm.math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hey Tyler,
> > >>
> > >> Welcome to the list.  I liked hearing about how you use the Gimp
> > instead
> > >> of Photoshop.  I'm neither a photog nor a imaging processing guy but I
> > >> have been trying to convince friends who are both that Linux/Gimp can
> > do
> > >> what they need.  They usually scoff and point to missing features in
> > the
> > >> Gimp.  I'm sure you would know if core functionality you needed was
> > >> missing and would gripe too.
> > >>
> > >> -D
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