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The only solution I can think of to this problem is maybe something
involving Paint Shop Pro 2.x or 3.x, wherein you can define your own
image-transform filters using a matrix of the properties of an image PSP
can modify.
Now, any custom ("user-defined" is how PSP refers to them) filter can be
applied to either all of the image or part of it; to automate this
processing of the 100+ images to any degree you'd have to apply your
filter to all of each image and this doesn't quite sound like what you
want to do. As far as I can remember, even in PSP 3, which includes
painting-type tools, the filter definitions don't extend beyond its
image-transform filters. You'd really need a macro language for that, I
think.
PSP has the ability to batch-convert from one image format to another, but
not to apply more sophisticated tweaking before, during or after
conversion. Tieing the batch-conversion process to its user-defined
filters woudl be a good evolutionary step for this particular package.
There are any number of other image-transform/conversion tools that can
batch-convert images files between formats (Graphics Workshop comes to
mind), including one I can remember that worked from the DOS command
prompt, using command-line parameters. Seems like nobody in shareware, at
least, has taken the next step of batch-ifying more sophisticated tweaking
of multiple image files...I wonder if it'll ever happen?
> I am having repro problems with screen captures. Perhaps someone can
> help me. The graphics print fine out of our HP 4SI. They have a dark
> background. When they are copied the image "muddies" to the point that
> some areas are unreadable.
...<snippage>
> I can use a flood fill to quickly remove the dark background but
> enclosed areas (the inside of the letter O for example) retains the
> dark background. I can use a color replacer tool to modify this, but,
> because I have in excess of 100 graphics this would require a lot of
> time to fix each graphic. The next time I will change the desktop
> colors to avert this problem. In the interim, do any of you know how
> to batch convert these graphics by possibly altering the color pallet
> of the images?
