Batch convert png to jpeg with custom background

How to batch convert pngs to jpegs, but using custom background ? Is there any action or plugin for that ?

Image Processor in conjunction with an Action (that places and positions a background for example) should suffice.

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PNGs showing up with white backgrounds

Hello.
This is very odd as this has never happened to any of my other files that use the same buttons. My pngs that are saved with transparent backgrounds are now showing up with white backgrounds. They also only show up with white backgrounds when you do one of the following:
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Has anyone else ever had a similar experience and/or figured out a solution? I have searched the discussion board for similiar experiences...I found one...http://forums.adobe.com/thread/86092. I'm going to play around with "interlace" in Photoshop so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I have also ensured my graphics are smaller than the background--one graphic is an 8kb file and the other is a 13kb file and my background is 112 kb.
Any solutions and/or thoughts are greatly appreciated.

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https://msujaws.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/blinded-by-the-light-an-improved-image-viewing-experience-in-firefox/

How to read and write Png and jpeg with Alpha

Hi
I have trouble reading and writeing PNG and JPEGs that have an alpha channel (for transparency).
Reading works, if i use Toolkit.getImage() method, but works NOT if i use ImageIO.read() method.
Writing does NOT work using ImageIO.write()method. Instead i got a "java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unsupported write variant!"
See Test class and commandline output below:
/****************START*****************************/
package de.multivisual.bodo.test;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
public class AlphaChannelTest implements ImageObserver {
Toolkit toolkit;
Image img;
public AlphaChannelTest() {
    super();
    toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
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      AlphaChannelTest.class.getResource(
        "/de/multivisual/bodo/test/" + "alphatest.png");
    img = toolkit.getImage(url);
    try {
      ImageInputStream imageInput =
        ImageIO.createImageInputStream(url.openStream());
      Iterator it = ImageIO.getImageReaders(imageInput);
      ImageReader reader = null;
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        reader = (ImageReader) it.next();
        System.out.println(reader.toString());
      reader.setInput(imageInput);
      ImageReadParam param = reader.getDefaultReadParam();
      BufferedImage bimg = reader.read(0, param);
      SampleModel samMod = bimg.getSampleModel();
      ColorModel colMod =       bimg.getColorModel();
      String[] propNames = bimg.getPropertyNames();
      IIOMetadata meta = reader.getImageMetadata(0);
      System.err.println("\n*****test image that was read using new Jdk 1.4 ImageIO.read() method");
      alphaTest(bimg);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      //e.printStackTrace();
    if (img != null)
      toolkit.prepareImage(img, -1, -1, this);
    try {
      synchronized (this) {
        System.out.println("wait");
        this.wait();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    System.out.println("end");
public void alphaTest(BufferedImage bi) {
    Raster raster = bi.getData();
    float[] sample = null;
    System.out.println("raster :");
    for (int y = 0; y < raster.getHeight(); y++) {
      for (int x = 0; x < raster.getWidth(); x++) {
        sample = raster.getPixel(x, y, sample);
        System.out.print("(");
        for (int i = 0; i < sample.length; i++) {
          System.out.print(":" + sample);
System.out.print(")");
System.out.println();
Raster araster = bi.getAlphaRaster();
if (araster == null){
     System.err.println("there is no Alpha channel!!!!!!!!!");
     return ;
} else {
     System.out.println("Alpha channel found !");
float[] asample = null;
System.out.println("raster alpha:");
for (int y = 0; y < araster.getHeight(); y++) {
for (int x = 0; x < araster.getWidth(); x++) {
asample = araster.getPixel(x, y, asample);
for (int i = 0; i < asample.length; i++) {
System.out.print(" " + asample[i]);
System.out.println();
String format ="PNG";
System.out.println("##########Test Writing using new JDK1.4.1 ImageIO:");
Iterator writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(format);
ImageWriter writer = (ImageWriter) writers.next();
ImageWriteParam param = writer.getDefaultWriteParam();
ImageTypeSpecifier imTy = param.getDestinationType();
ImageTypeSpecifier imTySp =
ImageTypeSpecifier.createFromRenderedImage(bi);
param.setDestinationType(imTySp);
File f = new File("c:/tmp/myimage."+format);
try {
ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(f);
writer.setOutput(ios);
writer.writeInsert(0, new IIOImage(bi, null, null), param);
} catch (Exception e) {
     System.err.println("could not write "+format+" file with alpha channel !");
e.printStackTrace();
public boolean imageUpdate(
Image img,
int infoflags,
int x,
int y,
int width,
int height) {
if ((toolkit.checkImage(img, -1, -1, null)
& (ImageObserver.HEIGHT | ImageObserver.WIDTH | ImageObserver.ALLBITS))
== 35) {
int iw = img.getWidth(this);
int ih = img.getHeight(this);
BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(iw, ih, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
Graphics2D big = bi.createGraphics();
big.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
System.err.println("+++++test image that was read using old Toolkti.getImage method");
alphaTest(bi);
synchronized (this) {
this.notifyAll();
return false;
return true; // image is not yet completely loaded into memory
public static void main(String[] args) {
//     BufferedImage image = new
// BufferedImage();
new AlphaChannelTest();
/*************************END********************/
The commandline looks like this:
[i]
com.sun.imageio.plugins.png.PNGImageReader@d1fa5
*****test image that was read using new Jdk 1.4 ImageIO.read() method
raster :
there is no Alpha channel!!!!!!!!!
wait
+++++test image that was read using old Toolkti.getImage method
raster :
Alpha channel found !
raster alpha:
##########Test Writing using new JDK1.4.1 ImageIO:
could not write PNG file with alpha channel !
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unsupported write variant!
     at javax.imageio.ImageWriter.unsupported(ImageWriter.java:600)
     at javax.imageio.ImageWriter.writeInsert(ImageWriter.java:973)
     at de.multivisual.bodo.test.AlphaChannelTest.alphaTest(AlphaChannelTest.java:113)
     at de.multivisual.bodo.test.AlphaChannelTest.imageUpdate(AlphaChannelTest.java:135)
     at sun.awt.image.ImageWatched.newInfo(ImageWatched.java:55)
     at sun.awt.image.ImageRepresentation.imageComplete(ImageRepresentation.java:636)
     at sun.awt.image.ImageDecoder.imageComplete(ImageDecoder.java:135)
     at sun.awt.image.PNGImageDecoder.produceImage(PNGImageDecoder.java:511)
     at sun.awt.image.InputStreamImageSource.doFetch(InputStreamImageSource.java:257)
     at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.fetchloop(ImageFetcher.java:168)
     at sun.awt.image.ImageFetcher.run(ImageFetcher.java:136)
end

in between i found out that the my png and jpeg test images did not have an alpha channel, since the tool i used to create them, did not write the alpha channel to disk.
if i use png with alpha channel, then the read works correktly with ImageIO.read()
however the read problem still remains for gifs and the write does not work for gifs and neither for pngs.
whether jpegs can be read with alphachannel i don't know since i don't have a tool to create jpeg with alpha channel. (at least gimp and corel9 are not able to )
and it is not possible to write the previous read png with alpha channel back as and jpeg with alpha channel

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I'm sure there is other software for what you are looking for. This is the reason I asked what is your current device so I can see what I can find out for you. I did a google seach and found this results
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One more thing, is it easy to change that script so that the output is put in a subfolder called "PDFs" (the folder would go in wherever the .pages file was)?
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Any idea how I would convert a large number of jpeg's to png files in Photoshop CC?

You could do it like this: http://www.santoshgs.com/blog/189/how-to-batch-convert-png-to-jpeg-using-photoshop-cs2/
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folder with 10 images in jpg format, 5600px by 5600px. Simple jpg to png batch.
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ImageMagick is also free and open source. It is a command line tool, and easy to use for conversions.Will also work on a mac. But it is much slower than IrfanView, a tad faster than PS.
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http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/batch-convert-image-formats-imagemagick/

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