I've notice several people here are familiar with the ImageMagick tools. Could someone help me with a quick question? Could you tell me, using Gimp or one of the ImageMagick tools, how to add a drop-shadow to a jpeg image (preferably by command line) where the dimensions of the image remain the same plus the shadow?

(width-orig-image + shadow-width) * (height-orig-image + shadow-height) = new-image-width * new-image-height.

Thanks,

-Debra

On 6/27/2002, on gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu, Michael J. Hammel wrote: >>This assumes an image with only one layer to start with. >>
>>1. Add an alpha channel to your layer. >>2. Add a new layer below your current one. Make it the color you want for >> the background.
>>3. Resize your original layer down by X pixels in both width and height. >> "X" is the offset you'll use for the drop shadow, which will default to 15 >> pixels (as you'll see later).
>>4. With your original layer selected, choose Script-Fu->Shadow->Drop Shadow >> from the Canvas menus.
>>5. Make the offset match the "X" value from step 3. Make sure "Allow >> Resizing" is *not* set.
>>
>>The drop shadow will be created below your original layer but above the >>background. You may want reposition your original layer. You can do that >>using the Layers->Align Layers option.

I appreciate your effort to explain this. It is helpful info but misses the intent of my request. That was my fault as I didn't explain it very well. I wanted to preserve the dimensions of the original image; just increasing the size with the addition of the shadow. Another member of this list provided me with a Perl script that makes use of ImageMagick and other tools that enabled me to add a drop shadow to 40 jpeg images in an hour.

-Debra