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I'm working on a set of photos that I want to enhance automatically. I used an action that I created by my self using the levels option of PS. Yet every single photo has its own histogram so when I perform the action on a whole folder the results are not pretty much convincing.

I am wondering if there is any tool that allows you to enhance automatically a directory of photos and taking in consideration the properties of each one.

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You can use ImageMagick with the auto-level or level flags.

convert input.jpg -auto-level output.jpg
convert input.jpg -level 1%,99% output.jpg

On Linux or Mac, you can use a bash control structure to perform the operation on multiple image files.

for f in *.jpg ; do
   convert "$f" -level 1%,99% "${f%.jpg}-level.jpg"
done

For Windows, you can install a bash shell, like Cygwin or Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Anyone who knows the native cmd or PowerShell commands for Windows, feel free to edit to add.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for your answer. I tried the first command line it works perfectly yet the bash script doesn't work it gives this error : ' ./enhance_photos ./enhance_photos: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf1504cocoasubrtf830: command not found ./enhance_photos: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token }' ./enhance_photos: line 2: {\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;\f1\fnil\fcharset0 HelveticaNeue;}' ' \$\endgroup\$
    – zakaria mouqcit
    Commented Oct 3, 2018 at 14:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ It looks like you typed the script in a word processor (references to rtf). You need to use a text editor. Not familiar enough with Mac to know what editor to use. \$\endgroup\$
    – xiota
    Commented Oct 3, 2018 at 18:33
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yes you're right. I may use atom and see if ti's going to work. Thanks for your assistance. \$\endgroup\$
    – zakaria mouqcit
    Commented Oct 4, 2018 at 7:42
  • \$\begingroup\$ I used atom and the bash script is executed. Yet it gives me this error : convert: unable to open image '.jpg': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/3489. convert: no images defined `-level.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3288. I execute the bash script this way : ./enhance_photos. If you have an idea why it doesn't recognize the photos inside the folder, it would be great. \$\endgroup\$
    – zakaria mouqcit
    Commented Oct 4, 2018 at 7:50

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