How to perform lossless JPG rotation?

If I rotate a JPG 90/180/270 degrees in Preview or iPhoto or Aperture, will it be a lossless rotation? If not, are there plugins or third party apps that can?

g-pod:
iPhoto does lossless rotate. You can check it out by rotating a photo and then dragging it to the desktop. Check the size in the Finder and drag it into an open Safari window do confirm that it has been rotated. Safari does not read the orientation tag so it's a good test.
Happy New Year
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Lossless JPG rotation with Preview?

If I rotate a JPG in Preview, will it be a lossless rotation?

I had my question answered here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6233761
Thanks for directing me to that part of the forum.

[Solved] Lossless JPG Cropping?

I'm looking for a simple tool to crop and flip/rotate jpg or jpeg images losslessly.
Most probably some sort of jpegtran frontend.
It can be command line, but a simple gui would be nice.
Another feature I want would be overwriting the original.
jpegtran itself would require 3 commands for every image: it doesn't get the logic right when I crop AND flip, so I need to do that in 2 commands, and then i need to force move the new file back onto the original.
I have investigated this, and came up with (and discarded):
- cropgui and cropgtk (I cannot enter a fixed ratio. It's very hard to drag the selection pixel-precise, and it changes by a few pixels every time I move it. It doesn't have flip/rotate. It doesn't overwrite originals)
- ljcrop (would seem to suit my needs but hopelessly outdated? I actually managed to find the file here but it's not running, missing the Tcl Img package)
- viewnior is simple and has all the functions but i cannot get any information on how it performs cropping/flipping/rotating and whether it is lossless)
I have tried a few more, mostly from this list.
Last edited by ondoho (2014-04-26 19:19:50)

emeres wrote:What about running Jpegcrop with wine or any other of the windows software listed? (that list is long) Works fine for me, however it is an another frontend for jpegtran.
Appreciated, but i'm not installing wine for that.
anyhow, i have done some reading on lossless jpeg crop/rotate, and there are some limitations that are set by jpeg's compression itself.
this kind of brings down my whole idea, because i need to crop areas of the exact same dimension out of many different jpg images, and that exactly is not possible losslessly. at least not pixel-precise.
otherwise, cropgui is a great tool.
emeres wrote:By the way, how do you determine there is lossless cropping? Technically you would have to compare bytes of the original and cropped section.
i trust the documentation.
also, if the saved cropped files size is larger than the original, or i get an extra dialog asking what quality i want to use, my guess is it's not lossless.
i'm marking this solved now. should have probably done that earlier.

How to perform a classic Mac OS search in Tiger

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
For testing I created these files
For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
Here is the list of files:
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
Here is the list of files again:
.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
bash-copy/
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-folder__green/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
{color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
*Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
*Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
{color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
*Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
*Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
*You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup-inside-bash.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
Here is what I did:
I installed the spotless application.
http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
Limitations:
Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
Using the special features nulls out the search.
The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
Related tips:
• More hints by Baltwo
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
•Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
• FindAnyFile
"Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
• Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
mac $
• You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
man find
man grep
for cryptic details.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
• findfile
"Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
Here is where to find: findfile.
http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
Robert
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on July 31,2009 by rccharles.
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In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
For testing I created these files
For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
Here is the list of files:
!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
Here is the list of files again:
.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
bash-copy/
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
bash-folder__green/
    ping_command_as_Give.html
Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
{color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
*Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
*Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
{color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
*Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
*Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
*You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup-inside-bash.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
Here is what I did:
I installed the spotless application.
http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
bash-backup.html
bash-batChmod.html
bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
bash-copy    {folder}
bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
ping_command-bash-copy.html
Limitations:
Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
Using the special features nulls out the search.
The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
Related tips:
• More hints by Baltwo
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
•Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
• FindAnyFile
"Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
• Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
mac $
• You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
man find
man grep
for cryptic details.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
• findfile
"Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
Here is where to find: findfile.
http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
Robert
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on July 31,2009 by rccharles.
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CS3 crash when opening JPG (rotated in Irfanview)

I just recently bought a new computer, so I thought I could at last use Photoshop CS3, but apparently it does not like jpg's that are rotated (with lossless jpg conversion) in Irfanview.
Until this point every file works, even those jpg's which are not rotated.
The error report can be seen here: http://oranse.kapsi.fi/cs3error.txt
Are there any suggestions for a solution or workaround?
[EDIT]
OK, I can now open the images via Camera RAW.
But I still consider this as an issue, although not a severe one, because I intend to shoot everything on RAW from now on. But there are still tons of old photos on JPG to be postprocessed.

That isn't necessarily a solution since "lossless" operations on jpegs is
something of a misnomer. All it means is that they are not recompressed. To
quote the Irfanview help file:
"Note: Lossless JPG operations like flip or rotate work only if the image
height is a multiple of 16 (JPG specification). If this is not the case,
unused image lines will be removed.
Note: Your original JPG file will be changed/overwritten!"
As far as I can tell, the same applies in all programs offering jpeg
lossless transformations.
Trez

How can Automator or Applescript rotate 500,000 images in folders and subfolders.

Hi Everyone,
I have very specific question.
I've got 500,000 images that sit in 98 subfolders. Some of the subfolders contain 25,000 images.
Now my question: is there any script/automator workflow that I can use?
I was trying to create a workflow:
1. Ask for Finder Items
2. Get Folder Contents (tick repeat for each subfolder found)
3. Rotate images
It works OK, but only for these folders where there is less than 4,096 files:
I normally receive following error message:
'Rotate images failed - 1 error
too many arguments (12019) -- limit is 4096'
Is there any way to increase this limit or create completely different apple script?
I really hope that someone will help me with this one.
By the way my OS is Mountain Lion
Thank you

well, there are a couple of possibilities here:
system events is quitting (it will do that on its own after a few minutes of inactivity) and he script is getting confused when it has to restart
the file 00353391301.JPG is not a valid image file (corrupt data, or an unsupported file format with the wrong extension, or the wrong type of file entirely, or something like that).
so, covering the bases, try this revision:
set folderToProcess to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to process"
set folderPath to quoted form of POSIX path of folderToProcess
-- 13 is a spotlight constant for images that I can't find documented anywhere (I got it by saving a spotlight image search in the Finder and examining it in a text editor). FYI.
set fileList to paragraphs of (do shell script "mdfind -onlyin " & folderPath & " '_kMDItemGroupId == 13'")
tell application "Image Events"
-- tell image event not to quit itself
          set quit delay to 0
          repeat with thisImageFile in fileList
                    try
-- open the image file
                              set openedFile to open thisImageFile
                              tell openedFile
-- you didn't specify which way or how much you wanted to rotate. this rotates them 90° clockwise
                                        rotate to angle 90
-- save back to same file
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                    on error errstr
-- image events had an error - dislpay alert, then skip this file
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on displayError(thisImageFile, errstr)
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Hello guys
I am very new to BIP, and recently I am learning to create new templates using XML files..
I am trying to create a report that has Account Amount, Amount Net Amount, PM_Amount and a New field say "X"
For Account Amount it is what it is, but for Net Amount it is "Account Amount/40%", for PM_Amount it is "Net Amount x (Account Amount/30)" and for field X it is "(Net Amount + PM_Amount)/column A" where column A is another data field in the XML file but it should not be included in the template report..
Could anyone help me with how to perform such kind of calculations in BIP Template builder? In OBIEE, it is very easy that I can just use column formula, but in BIP I still haven't figure out the way yet..
PLease advice
Thanks

Thanks for the reply..
I looked at the link you provided already, what I wanna know is how to exactly apply the expression in my calculation. In other words, I know that Column C = "Column A div Column B", but in BIP form property, how do I actually substitue "column A" with the actual column..
I wish I could post the XML, but it is huge, it contains 6 data sets and more than 100 columns. I only need 15 columns on my template.
On the form property of each measures, in the "advance tab", I see codes like <?accountamount?>. Now I wanna have a new column said "PM_Amt" which should be "(accountamount div %40) x column B". So I just randomly select another column said "payment". I rename it to "PM_AMT" and on its "advanced tab" it is still <?payment?>. So right there, if I wanna replace that code with a new one that does "(accountamount div %40) x column B" calculation, how would I do it? What would be the syntax including how to propertly refer to the right column field as part of the expression?
And do I have to always use xdofx between <>? how would I know?
Please advice if you understood what I am trying to say
Much thanks
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Hi.
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I am using the following code:
DECLARE
l_transaction_type_id NUMBER := 83;
l_transaction_action_id NUMBER := 41;
l_transaction_source_type_id NUMBER := 13;
l_org_id NUMBER := 1884;
l_txn_header_id NUMBER;
l_txn_if_id1 NUMBER;
l_txn_if_id2 NUMBER;
l_txn_if_id3 NUMBER;
l_parent_id NUMBER;
l_sysdate DATE;
l_item_id NUMBER :=287996;
l_user_id NUMBER;
l_distribution_account_id NUMBER;
l_exp_date DATE;
BEGIN
--For Lot Merge, there should be only one resultant lot.
--The transaction_quantity populated in MTI/MTLI should be the entire
--quantity that is available to transact for the org/sub/item/locator/LPN in
--that particular lot number.
--Get transaction_header_id for all the MTIs
SELECT APPS.mtl_material_transactions_s.NEXTVAL
INTO l_txn_header_id
FROM sys.dual;
--Get transaction_interface_id of resultant record
SELECT APPS.mtl_material_transactions_s.NEXTVAL
INTO l_txn_if_id1
FROM sys.dual;
l_parent_id := l_txn_if_id1;
l_sysdate := SYSDATE;
l_user_id := -1; --substitute with a valid user_id
l_distribution_account_id := NULL; --needed for lot translate
l_exp_date := NULL; --set if required
--Populate the MTI record for resultant record
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE
transaction_interface_id,
transaction_header_id,
Source_Code,
Source_Line_Id,
Source_Header_Id,
Process_flag,
Transaction_Mode,
Lock_Flag,
Inventory_Item_Id,
revision,
Organization_id,
Subinventory_Code,
Locator_Id,
Transaction_Type_Id,
Transaction_Source_Type_Id,
Transaction_Action_Id,
Transaction_Quantity,
Transaction_UOM,
Primary_Quantity,
Transaction_Date,
Last_Update_Date,
Last_Updated_By,
Creation_Date,
Created_By,
distribution_account_id,
parent_id,
transaction_batch_id,
transaction_batch_seq,
lpn_id,
transfer_lpn_id
VALUES
l_txn_if_id1, --transaction_header_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_interface_id
'INV', --source_code
-1, --source_header_id
-1, --source_line_id
1, --process_flag
3, --transaction_mode
2, --lock_flag
l_item_id, --inventory_item_id
null, --revision
l_org_id, --organization_id
'EACH', --subinventory_code
1198, --locator_id
l_transaction_type_id, --transaction_type_id
l_transaction_source_type_id, --transaction_source_type_id
l_transaction_action_Id, --l_transaction_action_id
100000, --transaction_quantity
'EA', --transaction_uom
100000, --primary_quantity
l_sysdate, --Transaction_Date
l_sysdate, --Last_Update_Date
l_user_id, --Last_Updated_by
l_sysdate, --Creation_Date
l_user_id, --Created_by
l_distribution_account_id, --distribution_account_id
l_parent_id, --parent_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_batch_id
2, --transaction_batch_seq
NULL, --lpn_id (for source MTI)
NULL --transfer_lpn_id (for resultant MTIs)
--Insert MTLI corresponding to the resultant MTI record
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE(
transaction_interface_id
, Source_Code
, Source_Line_Id
, Process_Flag
, Last_Update_Date
, Last_Updated_By
, Creation_Date
, Created_By
, Lot_Number
, lot_expiration_date
, Transaction_Quantity
, Primary_Quantity
VALUES (
l_txn_if_id1 --transaction_interface_id
, 'INV' --Source_Code
, -1 --Source_Line_Id
, 'Y' --Process_Flag
, l_sysdate --Last_Update_Date
, l_user_id --Last_Updated_by
, l_sysdate --Creation_date
, l_user_id --Created_By
, 'Q0000.1' --Lot_Number
, l_exp_date --Lot_Expiration_Date
, 100000 --transaction_quantity
, 100000 --primary_quantity
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE
transaction_interface_id,
transaction_header_id,
Source_Code,
Source_Line_Id,
Source_Header_Id,
Process_flag,
Transaction_Mode,
Lock_Flag,
Inventory_Item_Id,
revision,
Organization_id,
Subinventory_Code,
Locator_Id,
Transaction_Type_Id,
Transaction_Source_Type_Id,
Transaction_Action_Id,
Transaction_Quantity,
Transaction_UOM,
Primary_Quantity,
Transaction_Date,
Last_Update_Date,
Last_Updated_By,
Creation_Date,
Created_By,
distribution_account_id,
parent_id,
transaction_batch_id,
transaction_batch_seq,
lpn_id,
transfer_lpn_id
VALUES
l_txn_if_id1, --transaction_header_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_interface_id
'INV', --source_code
-1, --source_header_id
-1, --source_line_id
1, --process_flag
3, --transaction_mode
2, --lock_flag
l_item_id, --inventory_item_id
null, --revision
l_org_id, --organization_id
'EACH', --subinventory_code
1198, --locator_id
l_transaction_type_id, --transaction_type_id
l_transaction_source_type_id, --transaction_source_type_id
l_transaction_action_Id, --l_transaction_action_id
100000, --transaction_quantity
'EA', --transaction_uom
100000, --primary_quantity
l_sysdate, --Transaction_Date
l_sysdate, --Last_Update_Date
l_user_id, --Last_Updated_by
l_sysdate, --Creation_Date
l_user_id, --Created_by
l_distribution_account_id, --distribution_account_id
l_parent_id, --parent_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_batch_id
3, --transaction_batch_seq
NULL, --lpn_id (for source MTI)
NULL --transfer_lpn_id (for resultant MTIs)
--Insert MTLI corresponding to the resultant MTI record
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE(
transaction_interface_id
, Source_Code
, Source_Line_Id
, Process_Flag
, Last_Update_Date
, Last_Updated_By
, Creation_Date
, Created_By
, Lot_Number
, lot_expiration_date
, Transaction_Quantity
, Primary_Quantity
VALUES (
l_txn_if_id1 --transaction_interface_id
, 'INV' --Source_Code
, -1 --Source_Line_Id
, 'Y' --Process_Flag
, l_sysdate --Last_Update_Date
, l_user_id --Last_Updated_by
, l_sysdate --Creation_date
, l_user_id --Created_By
, 'Q0000.1' --Lot_Number
, l_exp_date --Lot_Expiration_Date
, 100000 --transaction_quantity
, 100000 --primary_quantity
--Get transaction_interface_id of Source record-1
SELECT APPS.mtl_material_transactions_s.NEXTVAL
INTO l_txn_if_id2
FROM sys.dual;
--Populate the MTI record for Source record-1
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE
transaction_interface_id,
transaction_header_id,
Source_Code,
Source_Line_Id,
Source_Header_Id,
Process_flag,
Transaction_Mode,
Lock_Flag,
Inventory_Item_Id,
revision,
Organization_id,
Subinventory_Code,
Locator_Id,
Transaction_Type_Id,
Transaction_Source_Type_Id,
Transaction_Action_Id,
Transaction_Quantity,
Transaction_UOM,
Primary_Quantity,
Transaction_Date,
Last_Update_Date,
Last_Updated_By,
Creation_Date,
Created_By,
distribution_account_id,
parent_id,
transaction_batch_id,
transaction_batch_seq,
lpn_id,
transfer_lpn_id
VALUES
l_txn_if_id2, --transaction_header_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_interface_id
'INV', --source_code
-1, --source_header_id
-1, --source_line_id
1, --process_flag
3, --transaction_mode
2, --lock_flag
l_item_id, --inventory_item_id
null, --revision
l_org_id, --organization_id
'EACH', --subinventory_code
1198, --locator_id
l_transaction_type_id, --transaction_type_id
l_transaction_source_type_id, --transaction_source_type_id
l_transaction_action_Id, --transaction_action_id
-200000, --transaction_quantity
'EA', --transaction_uom
-200000, --primary_quantity
l_sysdate, --Transaction_Date
l_sysdate, --Last_Update_Date
l_user_id, --Last_Updated_by
l_sysdate, --Creation_Date
l_user_id, --Created_by
l_distribution_account_id, --distribution_account_id
l_parent_id, --parent_id
l_txn_header_id, --transaction_batch_id
1, --transaction_batch_seq
NULL, --lpn_id (for source MTI)
NULL --transfer_lpn_id (for resultant MTIs)
--Insert MTLI corresponding to the Source record-1
INSERT INTO MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE(
transaction_interface_id
, Source_Code
, Source_Line_Id
, Process_Flag
, Last_Update_Date
, Last_Updated_By
, Creation_Date
, Created_By
, Lot_Number
, lot_expiration_date
, Transaction_Quantity
, Primary_Quantity
VALUES (
l_txn_if_id2 --transaction_interface_id
, 'INV' --Source_Code
, -1 --Source_Line_Id
, 'Y' --Process_Flag
, l_sysdate --Last_Update_Date
, l_user_id --Last_Updated_by
, l_sysdate --Creation_date
, l_user_id --Created_By
, 'Q0000' --Lot_Number
, l_exp_date --Lot_Expiration_Date
, -200000 --transaction_quantity
, -200000 --primary_quantity
END;

the first MTI record should be the source record ...ie. it should have transaction quantity as negative.
new set of MTI records should have positive transaction quantities.
Also ensure that sum of transaction quantities for the set should be 0...
What is the error that you are getting?
Thanks,
Hrishi.

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Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" at the bottom of this post to say “Thanks” for helping!
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