Y-Convert

Y-Convert is an intelligent image robot (batch processor) with the main purpose to downscale large pictures (eg. from a DigiCam) for web presentations.
Additionally you can tune your pictures using some filters, create thumbnails and HTML indexes.

Features:

• add files or directories(!) using drag & drop
• process mulitple directories at the same time
• scale pictures using presets or custom sizes
• image quality of scaled pictures is automatically enhanced
  in dependence of the amount of scaling done to them!
• tune your pictures using filters like sharpness, gamma, RGB correction
• create thumbnails
• create linked HTML-"slides" (containers) for your images
• create HTML indexes
• all HTML files are created by using your own templates
  Be warned, this is nothing for beginners!
  You need good HTML knowledge and at least a basic understanding
  of StyleSheets. Of course, an example is included.
• when processing/indexing files from multiple directories,
  individual indexes per folder plus a master index are created

If you are in the graphics business you really should give Y-Convert a try!!


Credits:

Since I don't have any idea of reading and writing graphic file formats at all, Y-Convert does only the required calculations for the parameters and provides a nice interface. The "dirty" job of processing the files one by one is done by Pierre Gougelet's Nconvert, a console utility that comes as part of his free XNview package. Y-Convert would not have been possible without Pierre's work, so thank you for making this masterpiece available for free!

And I must not forget PKware who provided the VDSconv.dll (a free extension to my VDS compiler), which is used to gather some information from the source images Y-Convert needs for it's calculations.


Known issues:

1. This is an early Beta. Expect the unexpected and report it to me!
2. Because Nconvert is a console (DOS) utility, processing images using Y-Convert may be slower than using "pure" Windows programs. However, once you've seen the output quality it creates under control of Y-Convert you will gladly pay that price.


Last Update: March 2001

- Fixed a bug that could create invalid HTML-indexes
- added a switch to make Y-Convert recurse into subdirectories
- added a switch to check for duplicate files in the file list