Convert any file type to .tiff while using highest quality settings.

[josephs]

Hi all,

What would be a simple way to convert any image type, without knowing the type (jpg, png, etc..) to .tiff and maintaining the highest quality settings possible from the original file. I will know path of the single image to be converted, but not the image type.

Im using MS DOS with ImageMagick-6.9.3-Q16-HDRI. But I am not to concerned about specific format. I can usually figure that out if I know the right command structure.

Im assuming it will involve mogrify and -format. Not sure how to proceed.

I appreciate if some can lead me in right direction,

Joseph

[snibgo]

For a single image:

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convert in.ext out.tiff

... where in.ext is a filename that exists.

[fmw42]

Even if the filename has no .suffix, IM can usually figure it out from the header information.

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convert filename out.tiff

[josephs]

Thanks for the help! Without knowing the .suffix, I was able to successfully use:

convert in.* out.tiff

[snibgo]

convert in.* out.tiff

This will take all the files in the current directory that match the pattern in.*, and make one file called out.tiff that contains multiple images. If your files have unique names before the dot, that won't be a problem.