PP and auto size tile photo using imagemagick for a4 size printing

Readme.md

Usage

ppauto inputfilename

Requirements

Imagemagick

Sample

Input File

Output File

ppauto.sh

#!/bin/bash
#--------------------------------------
# A4 size image full of PP and auto size photo tiles
# Usage: ppauto input_file
# 
# Requires: imagemagick 
usage() {
	echo "Usage: ppauto input_file"
}

input_file=$1
output_file="ppauto_$input_file"

if [ -f "$input_file" ] 
then	
	# a single  row of pp size photo
	montage -density 300 -tile 5x0 -geometry 366x450\^+5+10 $input_file +clone +clone +clone +clone "temp_pp_row$input_file";
	# full grid of PP size photoes
	montage -density 300 -tile 0x7 -geometry +0+0 "temp_pp_row$input_file" +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone "temp_final_pp_grid$input_file";
	# a column of auto size photo
	montage -density 300 -tile 0x9 -geometry 295x331\^+7+14 $input_file +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone +clone "temp_final_auto_grid$input_file";
	# merge full PP grid and the column auto
	convert "temp_final_pp_grid$input_file" "temp_final_auto_grid$input_file" +append $output_file;

	rm "temp_pp_row$input_file" "temp_final_pp_grid$input_file" "temp_final_auto_grid$input_file";
else
	usage
	echo "Couldn't find file $input_file";
fi