[magick-users] creating small thumbnails very fast

[Anthony Thyssen]

duc.sequere.aut.de.via.decede at imagemagick.org on  wrote...
| > How can i speed up this process?
| 
| Download ImageMagick 6.4.1-8, the latest ImageMagick release.  Use this
| command:
| 
|   convert -size 80x80 124324main_122706main_hurricane_emily1.jpg \
|     -thumbnail 80x80 thumb.jpg
| 
For more info see
   http://imagemagick.org/Usage/thumbnails/#creation

It is suggested for better quality to use at least double the -size
setting given, so that IM can merge colors properly to improve the
overall look.

The -size setting is used as a 'hint' to the JPEG decoding library to
only read and create an image that is at least the size given, or
slightly larger.  More than likely it will create an image that is
approximataly a power of 2, so most likely  a 128x128 image will be
created for a 80x80 size hint.

  Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
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