RightSize 1.0 build: 9470 released: 2009-03-19

checks gif, png and jpg images to see if they are within specified size bounds.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#RIGHTSIZE

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/W7x86/W7-64/OSX/Linux/Solaris/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "use folder names" option.
To run as an application,type:
java -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.
To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -ea -jar com/mindprod/rightsize/rightsize.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

RightSize checks that .png, .jpg, .jpeg  and .gif files are
the size you expect. By that I mean the size of the images
in pixels, not the size of the files themselves. In
particular, you might use it to check that all your PAD
icons are precisely 32x32, or to find all the very large or
very small images in your collection. It will also check
that files are consistent, e.g. that you have not stored a
gif file with a png extension. You can check single files,
lists of files and even multiple directory trees.

To check a single image file is between 32x32 and 64x64 inclusive , type:

  java -jar C:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar 32 32 64 64  lemon.png

You can also list several files on the command line:

  java -jar C:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar  32 32 64 64 pear.jpg C:\mydir\peach.gif

you can check an entire directory of files:

  java -jar C:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar  32 32 64 64 .

Sorry no wildcards, just . , and ..

DON'T USE WILDCARDS unless you deeply understand how they
work. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/wildcard.html. Windows
expands them, not RightSize, and feeds them to RightSize (or any other program)
as a giant list of all the directories and files in the
current directory. RightSize will thus tend  process all the files
in your directories, when you just meant to process the files in
the current directory.

The -s switch makes all subsequent directories searched
recursively to include all their subdirectories.

e.g.  to check that all files in the directory tree in the size range 16x32 and 128x100

  java -jar C:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar 16 32 128 100  E:\mindprod

If you have the jar extension set up as executable, you can
abbreviate:

  C:\com\mindprod\rightsize\rightsize.jar 16 32 128 100 .

If you have Jet that will collapse further to:

  rightsize.exe 16 32 128 100 .
  
It tells you only about the files out of range.
  
If all you want to do is get a list of how big each image is, just ask for 
limits: 9999 9999 9999 9999 and every image will fail and tell you its 
size.  

There is a companion utility called cropper that bulk crops images to a 
desired size.  

Why the bowl of porridge icon?  It is reference to the
children's story Goldilocks and three bears. She tasted the
three bowls of porridge, one was too hot, one too cold and
one just right.  RightSize makes sure images are "just
right" too.


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Version History:

 1.0 2009-03-19 initial release

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