Batch Label / Annotating Images

[robocop]

I have a directory and several sub-directories below the main directory with thousands of images.

I would like to apply a simple text label to all the images at once.

The Annotating Images / Labeling an Image command works perfectly as I have tested it on a few of my images:
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/#annotating

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convert dragon.gif   -background Khaki  label:'Faerie Dragon' \
          -gravity Center -append    anno_label.jpg

I would just like to know how can I do it all at once in batch since the label will be the same for all images

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

[fmw42]

create your label as an transparent background image, then use mogrify to apply it to every image in a given folder. Note it does not do subfolders.

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/#mogrify
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/basics ... fy_compose

Otherwise, you need to create a script to loop over every directory and every subdirectory and apply the label. With the above, you have to repeat the mogrify only for each distinct subdirectory.

[robocop]

Thanks fmw42 for your advise.

I'll go ahead and make the the label as a transparent background image and use the mogrify command.

Cheers

[fmw42]

Thanks fmw42 for your advise.

I'll go ahead and make the the label as a transparent background image and use the mogrify command.

Cheers

I recommend that you use the -path option to another empty directory to be sure you do not overwrite your originals with bad processing or errors