Examples
I don’t want to preserve folder hierarchy when exporting.
Add and check the Remove folder structure
action if not already (Add Action... → Remove folder structure
).
How do I rename the images to form a sequence of numbers, e.g. “image001”, “image002”, …?
Click on the text entry next to Name
and choose image001
, or type image[001]
in the entry.
I want to adjust brightness in the images. Can this be done?
Yes! You may apply any GIMP filter or plug-in:
- Select
Add Action... → Add Custom Action...
- Find
gimp-drawable-brightness-contrast
in the action browser. - Adjust the options as desired.
- Select
Add
to add the action.
How can I insert watermarks?
You can think of watermarks as foreground, i.e. a layer added on top of your images.
For Batch Convert and Export Images:
- Add the
Insert foreground
action and specify an image file serving as the foreground. - (optional) You can adjust how the foreground is merged by setting the merge type in the
Merge foreground
action that was added automatically.
For Export Layers and Edit Layers:
- In GIMP, assign a color tag to the layer(s) you want to consider foreground (right-click on a layer →
Color Tags
→ choose your color). - Add the
Insert foreground
action and adjust the color tag as necessary. - (optional) For Export Layers, if you want the foreground to be offset to the current layer rather than the image canvas, place this action after
Resize to layer size
by dragging it ontoResize to layer size
. - (optional) You can adjust how the foreground is merged by setting the merge type in the
Merge foreground
action that was added automatically.
I need every image to have the same background.
You can follow the same steps as in the example above, except that you add the Insert background
action (and adjust Merge background
as needed).
How can I add borders to an image?
- Add the
Resize canvas
action. - Set
How to resize
toResize from edges (add borders)
if not already. - Adjust the
Amount
(border thickness). - If you want the border to have a particular color, check
Fill added space with color
and adjustColor for added space
as desired.
I want to create a single multipage PDF file.
While multipage PDF export is already possible in GIMP without any third-party plug-ins, Batcher allows you to apply custom actions before the export or export each folder/group layer as separate PDFs.
- Select or type
pdf
as the file extension. - Press the
Options...
button and select an option inPerform export:
. To export a single image, selectAs a single image
. - If you selected
As a single image
, adjustImage filename pattern
as seen fit. - For Export Layers, you may want to uncheck the
Resize to layer size
action to use the image size (since PDF pages have the same dimensions), otherwise you might obtain unexpected results.
I want to be able to export to multiple file formats at once.
You can achieve this by adding the Also export as...
(or Export
) action.
Each time you add this action, adjust the file extension, file format options and other settings as needed.
I want to apply action(s) on image files (such as scaling), but I also want to export them using their original file format.
- Press the
Options...
button and checkUse original file extension
. - Add and adjust your desired actions.
I want to export all layers using the image size, not the layer size.
Uncheck the Resize to layer size
action if it exists.
I want to export only visible layers.
Check the Visible
condition (or add one if not already via Add Condition... → Visible
).
I want to export only visible layers. However, I also want to exclude those that have invisible parent group layers.
- Check the
Visible
condition (or add one if not already). - Edit the
Visible
condition (press the icon to the right of the condition name). In the dialog, click onMore options
and then checkAlso apply to parent folders
.
My layers contain a ‘.’. All characters after the ‘.’ are replaced with the file extension. How do I prevent this?
In the text entry next to Name
, choose Full layer name
or type [layer name, %e]
.
This ensures that the resulting image name will be e.g. some.layer.png
instead of some.png
(the default behavior).
How do I export only group layers at the top level?
- Uncheck the
Layers
condition. - Add the
Group layers
condition. - Add the
Top-level
condition.
How do I reverse the order of the exported images/layers?
In the text entry next to Name
, you can type e.g. image[000, %d]
.
This results in the exported image/layer names having a descending number.