Batch convert to Sepia?

[Lex-Mike]

Is there a way to batch convert a large number of scans to sepia?

Thanks in advance!

(I did a search of the forum for sepia, as well as IV's help file- no hits)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

You can apply colour adjustments as a batch process, so it is just a question of working out what adjustments will give the Sepia effect that you want.

Shift G to adjust colours, and make a note of the RGB adjustments needed.

Open the Advanced Batch dialogue and enter the values there.

[Lex-Mike]

How do I know what values to adjust? The settings for RGB are always zero when I check.

The sepia values should be fairly standard, no?

[Skippybox]

The sepia values should be fairly standard, no?

Not really, since sepia is an effect, not a color. It is a range of yellow and brown tones. Different software will produce different results and choice. It is up to you to decide what shade you want.

I have done a semi-calculated approximation for you, but you should adjust it to your needs. This is by no means accurate.

Saturation: -255
Color balance-R: +42
Color balance-G: +10
Color balance-B: -40

[Skippybox]

FastStone Image Viewer or FastStone Photo Resizer can batch images to sepia.

[Lex-Mike]

Thanks!

Thank you very much!! I'll try it today.

Best Regards

[Skippybox]

What will you try? I wrote about two different things to try. Be specific!

[Lex-Mike]

I am trying Faststone, without much success.

Irfanview and Faststone both view the images just fine, but Faststone gives the error "unknown format" when I try to convert 24 (very large 100mb) jpgs to sepia.

I'll keep trying. Meanwhile, I used Irfanview to manually convert the images one at a time.

I'll try the settings next.

Thanks for everything!

[Skippybox]

Could try XnView.