Legacy ImageMagick Discussions Archive

How can I convert multiple files and save them to a new directory with the same name? I'm talking hundreds of files. Here is the gist of what I am trying to do: convert *.tiff -alpha transparent c:\differentDirectory\*.tiff I know the syntax above is incorrect, but how do I correct it? Or is that ...

For anyone interested, we found a way to do it. Here is the command line way:

convert test.tif -alpha transparent -clip-path #1 -alpha opaque test2.tif

Thanks for the suggested link. I checked it out, but it isn't in line with what we are trying to accomplish. We are hoping to use a clipping path and then save the image onto a transparent background.

Our company has several tif images of products which need transparent backgrounds. We cannot simply make white transparent because white may be in the product. What would be the "command line" way of taking a tif image and making its background transparent? To be more specific, can we use a clipping ...