How to invert colors in multiple images using Gimp in terminal?












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I need to convert multiple .png images from black (and dark grey) to white (and light grey). I have found that I eed to use gimp plugin "plug-in-vinvert" but I can not figure out how to use it. I have tried something like



gimp -b '(plug-in-vinvert "INT32" "filename.png" "/resultsFolder/")'


and many other combinations but with no success.






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    I need to convert multiple .png images from black (and dark grey) to white (and light grey). I have found that I eed to use gimp plugin "plug-in-vinvert" but I can not figure out how to use it. I have tried something like



    gimp -b '(plug-in-vinvert "INT32" "filename.png" "/resultsFolder/")'


    and many other combinations but with no success.






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      I need to convert multiple .png images from black (and dark grey) to white (and light grey). I have found that I eed to use gimp plugin "plug-in-vinvert" but I can not figure out how to use it. I have tried something like



      gimp -b '(plug-in-vinvert "INT32" "filename.png" "/resultsFolder/")'


      and many other combinations but with no success.






      command-line gimp png







      share|improve this question














      I need to convert multiple .png images from black (and dark grey) to white (and light grey). I have found that I eed to use gimp plugin "plug-in-vinvert" but I can not figure out how to use it. I have tried something like



      gimp -b '(plug-in-vinvert "INT32" "filename.png" "/resultsFolder/")'


      and many other combinations but with no success.






      command-line gimp png




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          Why gimp? Try imagemagick package. It's a great command line image processor.
          In your case you can use it like:



          convert -negate src.png dst.png





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          • It works, except it converts only one file.

            – Juraj.Lorinc
            Oct 26 '14 at 16:53






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            Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

            – OhmSpectator
            Oct 26 '14 at 17:06













          • I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

            – Juraj.Lorinc
            Oct 27 '14 at 9:16











          • Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

            – OhmSpectator
            Oct 27 '14 at 11:45






          • 1





            I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

            – Juraj.Lorinc
            Oct 28 '14 at 22:38





















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          Try this GIMP plugin for performing a routine on multiple images simultaneously: "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin" http://registry.gimp.org/node/26259



          Download and extract the package, open a terminal inside the resulting folder, and run:



          make && make install


          Then start Gimp, go to File - Batch Image Manipulation, in order to start the plugin. There you can add the multiple images.



          enter image description here



          As the question asks for inverting colors, add the corresponding manipulation set: Add - Other GIMP procedure, search for 'invert' and you will find 'gimp-invert'



          enter image description here



          OK, and before 'Apply' you can set the output folder which by default is ~/.



          Hope that helps. Have fun GIMPing!






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            To convert a batch of images, the fastest and shortest way I know is to use the following ImageMagick command:



            mogrify -negate *.jpg


            N.B. Change image format accordingly and make sure you have a copy of the original images)






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              Why gimp? Try imagemagick package. It's a great command line image processor.
              In your case you can use it like:



              convert -negate src.png dst.png





              share|improve this answer


























              • It works, except it converts only one file.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 26 '14 at 16:53






              • 1





                Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 26 '14 at 17:06













              • I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 27 '14 at 9:16











              • Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 27 '14 at 11:45






              • 1





                I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 28 '14 at 22:38


















              16














              Why gimp? Try imagemagick package. It's a great command line image processor.
              In your case you can use it like:



              convert -negate src.png dst.png





              share|improve this answer


























              • It works, except it converts only one file.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 26 '14 at 16:53






              • 1





                Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 26 '14 at 17:06













              • I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 27 '14 at 9:16











              • Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 27 '14 at 11:45






              • 1





                I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 28 '14 at 22:38
















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              Why gimp? Try imagemagick package. It's a great command line image processor.
              In your case you can use it like:



              convert -negate src.png dst.png





              share|improve this answer















              Why gimp? Try imagemagick package. It's a great command line image processor.
              In your case you can use it like:



              convert -negate src.png dst.png






              share|improve this answer














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              • It works, except it converts only one file.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 26 '14 at 16:53






              • 1





                Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 26 '14 at 17:06













              • I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 27 '14 at 9:16











              • Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 27 '14 at 11:45






              • 1





                I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 28 '14 at 22:38





















              • It works, except it converts only one file.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 26 '14 at 16:53






              • 1





                Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 26 '14 at 17:06













              • I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 27 '14 at 9:16











              • Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

                – OhmSpectator
                Oct 27 '14 at 11:45






              • 1





                I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

                – Juraj.Lorinc
                Oct 28 '14 at 22:38



















              It works, except it converts only one file.

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 26 '14 at 16:53





              It works, except it converts only one file.

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 26 '14 at 16:53




              1




              1





              Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

              – OhmSpectator
              Oct 26 '14 at 17:06







              Add loop: for i in `ls *.jpg`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

              – OhmSpectator
              Oct 26 '14 at 17:06















              I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 27 '14 at 9:16





              I have tried your code, but it is not working for me. I guess I am doing some stupid mistake, because I am quite new with Linux. I paste your code directly into terminal and when i press enter, all I get is ">".

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 27 '14 at 9:16













              Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

              – OhmSpectator
              Oct 27 '14 at 11:45





              Are you sure you have copied the whole string? From for to done? BTW, there is a mistake in the string: not *.jpg, but *.png. So the right one: for i in `ls *.png`; do convert ${i%.*}.png ${i%.*}-inverted.png; done

              – OhmSpectator
              Oct 27 '14 at 11:45




              1




              1





              I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 28 '14 at 22:38







              I was not working because I have copied it without the "done". You have there one small error, but the working code is for i in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${i%.*}.png results/${i%.*}.png; done I have just added -negate and changed the code to place the inverted images into "results" folder.

              – Juraj.Lorinc
              Oct 28 '14 at 22:38















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              Try this GIMP plugin for performing a routine on multiple images simultaneously: "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin" http://registry.gimp.org/node/26259



              Download and extract the package, open a terminal inside the resulting folder, and run:



              make && make install


              Then start Gimp, go to File - Batch Image Manipulation, in order to start the plugin. There you can add the multiple images.



              enter image description here



              As the question asks for inverting colors, add the corresponding manipulation set: Add - Other GIMP procedure, search for 'invert' and you will find 'gimp-invert'



              enter image description here



              OK, and before 'Apply' you can set the output folder which by default is ~/.



              Hope that helps. Have fun GIMPing!






              share|improve this answer






























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                Try this GIMP plugin for performing a routine on multiple images simultaneously: "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin" http://registry.gimp.org/node/26259



                Download and extract the package, open a terminal inside the resulting folder, and run:



                make && make install


                Then start Gimp, go to File - Batch Image Manipulation, in order to start the plugin. There you can add the multiple images.



                enter image description here



                As the question asks for inverting colors, add the corresponding manipulation set: Add - Other GIMP procedure, search for 'invert' and you will find 'gimp-invert'



                enter image description here



                OK, and before 'Apply' you can set the output folder which by default is ~/.



                Hope that helps. Have fun GIMPing!






                share|improve this answer




























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                  Try this GIMP plugin for performing a routine on multiple images simultaneously: "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin" http://registry.gimp.org/node/26259



                  Download and extract the package, open a terminal inside the resulting folder, and run:



                  make && make install


                  Then start Gimp, go to File - Batch Image Manipulation, in order to start the plugin. There you can add the multiple images.



                  enter image description here



                  As the question asks for inverting colors, add the corresponding manipulation set: Add - Other GIMP procedure, search for 'invert' and you will find 'gimp-invert'



                  enter image description here



                  OK, and before 'Apply' you can set the output folder which by default is ~/.



                  Hope that helps. Have fun GIMPing!






                  share|improve this answer















                  Try this GIMP plugin for performing a routine on multiple images simultaneously: "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin" http://registry.gimp.org/node/26259



                  Download and extract the package, open a terminal inside the resulting folder, and run:



                  make && make install


                  Then start Gimp, go to File - Batch Image Manipulation, in order to start the plugin. There you can add the multiple images.



                  enter image description here



                  As the question asks for inverting colors, add the corresponding manipulation set: Add - Other GIMP procedure, search for 'invert' and you will find 'gimp-invert'



                  enter image description here



                  OK, and before 'Apply' you can set the output folder which by default is ~/.



                  Hope that helps. Have fun GIMPing!







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                      To convert a batch of images, the fastest and shortest way I know is to use the following ImageMagick command:



                      mogrify -negate *.jpg


                      N.B. Change image format accordingly and make sure you have a copy of the original images)






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                        To convert a batch of images, the fastest and shortest way I know is to use the following ImageMagick command:



                        mogrify -negate *.jpg


                        N.B. Change image format accordingly and make sure you have a copy of the original images)






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                          To convert a batch of images, the fastest and shortest way I know is to use the following ImageMagick command:



                          mogrify -negate *.jpg


                          N.B. Change image format accordingly and make sure you have a copy of the original images)






                          share|improve this answer













                          To convert a batch of images, the fastest and shortest way I know is to use the following ImageMagick command:



                          mogrify -negate *.jpg


                          N.B. Change image format accordingly and make sure you have a copy of the original images)







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