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Concatenate Massive Amount of Images with Similar Names

I have many, many pictures that I try to concatenate together.

They all follow a similar naming convention.

  • $Child_HF2_5.png
  • $Child_HF2_5_ISO.png
  • $Child_HF2_5_POSE.png
  • $Child_HF2_6.png
  • $Child_HF2_6_ISO.png
  • $Child_HF2_6_POSE.png
  • $Dwarf_TD_Female_3.png
  • $Dwarf_TD_Female_3_ISO.png
  • $Dwarf_TD_Female_3_POSE.png

I want to concatenate vertically images with similar names together. They also all have the same size.

Ex:

  • $Child_HF2_5.png +
  • $Child_HF2_5_ISO.png +
  • $Child_HF2_5_POSE.png

to form a new picture named $Child_HF2_5_FULL.png

What software would you recommend me to use to do such a thing and how hard would it be?

Solution

  • I think that ImageMagick could be a great choice. It shouldn't be too difficult, for example you can try this command:

    montage $Child_HF2_5*.png -tile 1x3 -geometry +0+0 $Child_HF2_5_FULL.png

    In this sample command I had 3 images, so I used -tile 1x3; if you have n images you'll have to use -tile 1xn

    input:

    $Child_HF2_5.png $Child_HF2_5_ISO.png $Child_HF2_5_POSE.png

    output:

    $Child_HF2_5_FULL.png