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I have a bunch of 1800x1800 pictures. I need to individually put each image onto a 2200x2200 canvas and then save/export it. Is there a way I can batch this?

To further explain, I need to add a 400 pixel white trim to each side of each picture. Right now I'm using gimp and I'm making a new canvas that's 2200x2200 and adding the picture as a layer and then exporting, and then repeating for each one.

Is there a way that I can automate this or do this multiple pictures at once?

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  • Some batch image processing in GIMP can be done with a plugin called BIMP (Batch Image Manipulation Plugin). Check it out alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp - I'm not entirely sure of all it's capabilities but worth a look.
    – Billy Kerr
    Aug 10, 2022 at 10:45

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With ImageMagick, as simple as

convert Source.png -bordercolor blue -border 400 Target.png 

if needed you can define different H/V borders:

convert Source.png -bordercolor blue -border 200x100 Target.png 

Depending on IM version, convert can also be magick or magick convert

If you want to update the original images then use

[magick] mogrify -bordercolor blue -border 100 Image.png

This form makes it simple to update several images in one command(*):

[magick] mogrify -bordercolor teal -border 100 Image*.png

(*) One can also use wildcards with [magick] convert but the syntax to generate the proper output name is a bit contrived. But you can also of course make a loop in a shell script instead.

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I used Meitu app, which supports batch processing to make photos at the same size.

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