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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2005Stripping Pshop Icon & Preview
I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to open then and do a save-as? Thx.  Signature"It's beyond my ken... and my Barbie, and all of my action figures." In article <2005012602084916807%exceptionsTakeThisOutDude@earthlinknet>, > I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview > take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to > open then and do a save-as? Thx. There's a Classic Mac utility called GIF Prep 1.0 which strips the resource fork off of any file dropped on it. Unfortunately it doesn't work (at least for me) in Classic -- it hangs and must be force-quit -- but if your computer can boot up in OS 9 (or earlier down to 7.0) it will work. BoxTop Software can no longer be found but GIF Prep can be downloaded from <ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/gif-prep-101. hqx> and perhaps elsewhere. David SignatureDavid Ryeburn ryeburn@sfu.caz To send e-mail, use "ca" instead of "caz". > In article > <2005012602084916807%exceptionsTakeThisOutDude@earthlinknet>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > and perhaps elsewhere. Why would you want to do this in Classic? Obviously, there are similar utilities for MacOS X. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9105 just to name one. SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ In article <2005012602084916807%exceptionsTakeThisOutDude@earthlinknet>, > I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview > take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to > open then and do a save-as? Thx. If you are using Photoshop CS to create these jpegs, you can use ImageReady (from the Photoshop "Save for Web" menu) to save them without icons or previews. SignatureIf you *really* need to e-mail me, send it to: usenet at hughesvideo dot com > I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview > take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to > open then and do a save-as? Thx. If you're not afraid of the command line, you can consider this: The cp command ignores the file's resource fork. The Finder icon lives on the resource fork. So if you do this: cp file_with_icon.jpg file_without_icon.jpg ...you'll strip the file of its icon (and its whole resource fork). You can also use command line tools like exifiron (though exifiron probably isn't installed on your Mac). exifiron removes thumbnail images embedded in the jpeg file's exif data for further space saving. You can also tell Photoshop not to put icons on image files in the first place, in the 'Saving Files' preferences. Signature"I hear the rumors on the internets." -- George W. Bush >> I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview >> take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > You can also tell Photoshop not to put icons on image files in the first > place, in the 'Saving Files' preferences. Perfect! Thanks. But is the preview in the resource fork....? We'll find out in a sec. Waitaminute...the Finder getInfo shows a different size, but the shell shows the same size. Is the Preview stored in the DS-Store? I thought it was a Pshop thing...? Weird. Signature"It's beyond my ken... and my Barbie, and all of my action figures." > >> I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview > >> take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Perfect! Thanks. But is the preview in the resource fork....? We'll find > out in a sec. The Finder preview is in the resource fork. There is very likely other thumbnail preview included in the JPEG file itself, in the data fork. That's why I suggested exifiron. It knows how to trim that preview out. > Waitaminute...the Finder getInfo shows a different size, but the shell > shows the same size. Is the Preview stored in the DS-Store? I thought it > was a Pshop thing...? Weird. ls doesn't know about resource forks, which is why it shows you the same size when you type ls. >> I just noticed how much space the Photoshop-applied icon and preview >> take up. Is there a way to strip these off of jpegs without having to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > You can also tell Photoshop not to put icons on image files in the first > place, in the 'Saving Files' preferences. Oh, duh. The shell is showing the data fork...dah-hee. Now I gotta export all my iPhoto, cp them (or try this GrimRipper CM, and then exifiron. That's gotta be like half a gig.... Thanks gang Signature"It's beyond my ken... and my Barbie, and all of my action figures." |
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