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jpegtran — Perform lossless transformation of JPEG files. More information: <https://manned.org/jpegtran>.

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Problem

How to use the jpegtran command: Perform lossless transformation of JPEG files. More information: <https://manned.org/jpegtran>.

Solution

jpegtran — Perform lossless transformation of JPEG files. More information: <https://manned.org/jpegtran>.

Mirror an image horizontally or vertically:

jpegtran {{[-f|-flip]}} {{horizontal|vertical}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Rotate an image 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise:

jpegtran {{[-ro|-rotate]}} {{90|180|270}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Transpose the image across the upper-left to lower right axis:

jpegtran -transpose {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Transverse the image across the upper right to lower left axis:

jpegtran -transverse {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Convert the image to grayscale:

jpegtran {{[-g|-grayscale]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Crop the image to a rectangular region of width W and height H from the upper-left corner, saving the output to a specific file:

jpegtran -crop {{W}}x{{H}} -outfile {{path/to/output.jpg}} {{path/to/image.jpg}}

Crop the image to a rectangular region of width W and height H, starting at point X and Y from the upper-left corner:

jpegtran -crop {{W}}x{{H}}+{{X}}+{{Y}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Code Snippets

Mirror an image horizontally or vertically

jpegtran {{[-f|-flip]}} {{horizontal|vertical}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Rotate an image 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise

jpegtran {{[-ro|-rotate]}} {{90|180|270}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Transpose the image across the upper-left to lower right axis

jpegtran -transpose {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Transverse the image across the upper right to lower left axis

jpegtran -transverse {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

Convert the image to grayscale

jpegtran {{[-g|-grayscale]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}

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