[magick-users] Adding an image preview to the profile

[Seth Price]

BTW, I was able to get it to work using ExifTool.
http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/index.html

Command:
exiftool '-ThumbnailImage<=thumb.jpg' large_image.jpg



On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Scott Spearman wrote:

> I'm not certain about this, but I suspect when you view it in  
> windows it's
> actually writing the thumbnail into a file called "Thumbs.db" in  
> the current
> folder.  Try delete it and see if it rebuilds all the icons on your  
> next
> view.
>
> I'm not sure how mac does it- I know it used to be done with the  
> resource
> fork, I believe, but I'm not sure how that's handled now.
>
> This is made more complicated because some formats (PSD for  
> example) DO
> support an internal "preview" image, and most don't.
>
> Scott Spearman
>
>
>
> Programmer Analyst - Pikeville Medical Center
>
> Scott.Spearman at pikevillehospital.org
>
> (606) 218-4660
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:magick-users-bounces at imagemagick.org] On Behalf Of Seth Price
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:16 PM
> To: ImageMagick User List
> Subject: [magick-users] Adding an image preview to the profile
>
> I'm working with some large files (14400x14400px) and I would like to
> add preview data to the files. Example: I view the image's icon in my
> OS (Mac or Win), and the OS helpfully attempts to generate a preview
> icon (this takes a while).
>
> How can I use ImageMagick to embed a preview image in the file so the
> OS wastes less time? I'm fairly sure I've seen something like this
> done before (like with digital camera pics). What's the best way to
> do this to PNG, TIFF, and JPEG files?
> Thanks,
> Seth
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