There are two ways of starting MassConv: using the coomand-line version or using the GUI one.
For information on using the command-line version please consult README.txt.
The GUI version is quite easy to use and self-explaing. Just run MassConv_Starter.exe and specify the required arguments. The tree structure on the left is the directory that will be converted and the one on the right specifies the target directory where the output files will be created. If You wish, a filter file could be selected and the button "Run Filter File Editor" starts the MassConv Editor that helps You create Your own custom sequences of filters to be applied on the processed images.
For more info on filters take a look here.
MassConv converts files to Bitmaps, TIFFs(uncompressed), PNGs and JPEGs. PNG and JPEG support compression. To customize the quality(compression) levels of the formats, the PNG.ini and JPEG.ini files must be edited.
There is only one option for PNG files:
PNG_COMPRESSION_LEVEL(0); You could change the value in the brackets to a different
compression level 0-9, where 9 is the strongest one(worst quality, smallest filesize).
For JPEG files available options are:
JPEG_QUALITY(100); Values: 0-100. Defines output quality, 100 is the best, but files are bigger.
JPEG_OPTIMIZED_ENCODING(1); Values:1-0. Enable or disable the generation of optimal Huffmann coding tables.
JPEG_SMOOTHING_FACTOR(0); Values: 0-100. 0 turns it off. Defines the smoothing factor.
Specific Input format:
If the "Specify Input Format" button is checked, in the editbox below could be written the only file
extension to be processed. Otherwise MassConv processes all the files it can open.
Example:
If in the edit box we specify ".bmp" only the files with that extension from the source directory will be converted to the destination one.
The MassConv Starter at start-up:
The MassConv Starter with some example input: