Author Topic: Release: Arti (Aspect Ratio Tool for Images) (Read 55,561 times)

skwire · « **on:** February 10, 2015, 05:56 AM »

Title	Arti (Aspect Ratio Tool for Images)
Description	Small application that lists aspect ratios for images. Exact ratios are listed in addition to a nearest match ratio based on a configurable preset list.
Supported OS	Windows 7. Probably works, but not tested, on Windows XP/Vista/8/10
Website:	http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=arti
History	Changelog
Download	Arti.zip
Screenshot

Introduction
There really isn't much more to be said than the description above. This app was written on request from a photographer and its main focus is to quickly view the aspect ratio of images loaded into its interface. There are columns for exact ratio (determined by straight math) and nearest preset match which can help to see the nearest aspect ratio for files that aren't pixel perfect. The software comes preloaded with a large list of aspect ratios but this is entirely configurable. Of course, the more aspect ratios, the more accurate the nearest preset match is going to be.

Features

Load images via the menu, toolbar, or simply by dragging and dropping files or folders.
Standard listview interface (column widths and order are saved)
Export to CSV function
Always on top button

Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder. Run Arti.exe to start the application. Add some images and behold.

tomos · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2015, 09:42 AM »

Interesting

and on the off-chance that you're not sure of your monitor's ratio,
you can use brahman's Screen Calculator: Monitor, Mobile & Notebook PPI and Screen Size Spreadsheet.

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2015, 10:22 AM »

Very nice

mouser · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2015, 02:40 PM »

Written up on ghacks today: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/10/display-image-aspect-ratio-information-with-arti/

tomos · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2015, 03:39 PM »

Quote

In case you are wondering, the formula to calculate the new height of an image based on the existing aspect ratio is height / width * new width.

hmm, I dont understand what they say at the end of the ghacks article ^

I think this below is fairly obvious - and doing something different to the above (?).
If I want to, say, crop one side of the image to make it fit the nearest ratio, using one of the examples from the OP:
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Width: 3,000 [A] Height: 1993

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to crop the height (to get 3:2 ratio), I'd divide B by 2; then multiply by 3 to get the correct pixel height (new value for A).
1993/2 = 996.5
996.5*3 = 2989.5 (new height/new value for A)

mouser · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2015, 04:19 PM »

The instruction:

Quote

In case you are wondering, the formula to calculate the new height of an image based on the existing aspect ratio is height / width * new width.

Is valid.

We can see this (and other related formulas) with some algebra:

For a given height (h) and width (w), we might express the aspect ratio as h/w.

Now imagine we want to construct a new image of height (h2) and width (w2).

If we want these two images to have the same aspect ratio, we can express this by saying that:
h2/w2 = h/w

we can do some simple algebra of multiplying both sides by same values to yield new expressions:
h2 = (h/w)*w2
or
w2 = (w/h)*h2

tomos · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2015, 05:50 PM »

thanks mouser -
wasn't sure what it was for, understand now

ScreenManiac · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2015, 11:22 AM »

Nice tool.

It were nice to have thumbnails, but that's probably not easy to implement.
What would help also, however, were a bigger font size (optional).

Any way to pass a directory to it via command line? Maybe even with a filter-parameter to show image files only?

skwire · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2015, 06:39 PM »

Quote from: ScreenManiac on February 18, 2015, 11:22 AM

Nice tool.

Thank you.

Quote from: ScreenManiac on February 18, 2015, 11:22 AM

It were nice to have thumbnails, but that's probably not easy to implement.

I thought about this when I was writing it and maybe a second window that would display the image would work.

Quote from: ScreenManiac on February 18, 2015, 11:22 AM

What would help also, however, were a bigger font size (optional).

Added in the latest version.

Quote from: ScreenManiac on February 18, 2015, 11:22 AM

Any way to pass a directory to it via command line? Maybe even with a filter-parameter to show image files only?

Basic commandline handling has been added as well. The app should already restrict files to only the following extensions: jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif, png, tiff, & ico

Website | Download v1.0.2 - 2015-02-18 + Added customisable list font. (Thanks, ScreenManiac) + Added basic commandline handling for file and folders. (Thanks, ScreenManiac) + Added "Create SendTo menu shortcut" option in the Options tab.

ScreenManiac · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2015, 08:42 AM »

Thank you. Now it works like a charm, custom font, passing files or folders, auto-filtered

I really appreciate it. Not to mention your quick response and speedy implementation.

One more nice-to-have were a STOP button to stop the scanning of large subfolders. Or even better, an option to not scan subfolders at all. Passing a folder with many subs slows down Arti considerably ATM.

skwire · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2015, 12:59 AM »

Website | Download v1.0.3 - 2015-02-20 + While a scan is in progress, the menu bar will reduce to a single Cancel menu with a Cancel option. You can also cancel by pressing the Escape key while a scan is in progress. (Thanks, ScreenManiac) + Added an option to enable/disable recursive scanning. (Thanks, ScreenManiac)

ScreenManiac · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2015, 08:14 AM »

GREAT.

and thank you very much.
Works flawless. It keeps the already scanned entries upon Cancel, it remembers the recursive option -

Sebagrin · « **Reply #12 on:** October 02, 2018, 10:15 PM »

Great software!! Kudos!!

I have a folder with 12,000 pictures.. when I run Arti it does a great job for 1,200 pictures aprox and then it crashes

Is there any way to make it work for more pictures?

Thanks a lot!

Seba

KodeZwerg · « **Reply #13 on:** October 02, 2018, 10:40 PM »

could you provide some more information, ie: screenshot of error, what where you doing when i occur, os version etc, as more info you give, as faster developer can react.

regards,

KodeZwerg.

welcome to forum!

Sebagrin · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2018, 07:04 PM »

ARti v1.0.3 build1

I'm using windows 10

There's a screenshot attached

can you help me?

Thank you!

skwire · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2018, 07:06 PM »

Quote from: Sebagrin on October 02, 2018, 10:15 PM

I have a folder with 12,000 pictures.. when I run Arti it does a great job for 1,200 pictures aprox and then it crashes

Is there any way to make it work for more pictures?

There's no image number limit in ARTI. I've tested it with several thousand images, and it seems to work fine for me. Here's a screenshot:

Now, that said, can you tell if it's crashing on the same image every time? If you can't, can you experiment a bit with smaller groups of images and try to narrow down if it's crashing on a particular image?

Sebagrin · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2018, 01:09 AM »

Yes it seems to be always crashing in the same image.. I’ll try to check that!

Curt · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2018, 04:52 PM »

The problem could of course be the filenames. I wonder if Arti has been "Unicoded"? It didn't work in my setup with merely twenty jpg pictures.

Curt · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2018, 08:41 PM »

deleted. Sorry, I really thought I were elsewhere...

skwire · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2018, 09:24 PM »

Quote from: Curt on October 09, 2018, 04:52 PM

The problem could of course be the filenames. I wonder if Arti has been "Unicoded"?

Arti is fully Unicode capable:

Quote from: Curt on October 09, 2018, 04:52 PM

It didn't work in my setup with merely twenty jpg pictures.

Are those images generic enough that you could send them to me so I can test with them?

Curt · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:19 PM »

My comment was about different subjects, but I didn't bother explain. The file names were all numbers, so I knew that wasn't the problem in my case. I also knew that no picture of mine ever came from Bing, so even though I have no idea why Bing potential could be a problem, I didn't try to understand that problem. The actual twenty pictures here are standard jpg pics from He Qi's site:

I have no words for how stupid this "attach" -system can make me feel. Where is my container?

HeQi20.zip (6.1 MB)

skwire · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2018, 10:53 PM »

Quote from: Curt on October 12, 2018, 10:19 PM

The actual twenty pictures here are standard jpg pics from He Qi's site:

I download all 84 images from that site and had no problems loading them into Arti

:

Curt · « **Reply #22 on:** October 13, 2018, 07:47 PM »

^weird. Something is rotten in the Kingdom of Denmark