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Handy processing tools

Handy processing tools

Sep 13, 2023

The following commonly-used tools can be applied to various projects. The pages nested below this one contain detailed workflows and scripts using some of these tools. These workflows can be applied or adapted to meet many collection needs

  • FFmpeg: command line audiovisual file manipulation and conversion

  • ImageMagick: command line image file manipulation and conversion

    • On Windows, add the ImageMagick program directory to system path during installation to make command line operations easier

  • GraphicsMagick: fork of ImageMagick, similar functionality

  • OpenRefine: (available via UTL software center) bulk metadata processing, manipulation, and templating

  • Ubuntu WSL: Ubuntu Linux command line environment that runs within Windows

  • Python: (available via UTL software center) popular scripting language with a huge number of libraries and applications

    • Anaconda: (available via UTL software center) easy to install Python distribution and package manager. Comes with Spyder, a useful Python development environment

    • Library Carpentry and Coding for Librarians: helpful lessons for learning Python, with library applications as examples

  • Project Jupyter: interactive development environment to create and run code; originally developed for Python, can be used with other languages as well

  • Total Commander: (available via UTL software center) robust file manager for Windows, with checksum creation and validation functionality

  • TeraCopy: (available via UTL software center) copies and verifies files to ensure the copy is identical to original

  • Adobe Bridge: digital asset management software with many bulk file manipulation tools. Free to use with an Adobe ID

  • Adobe Lightroom Classic: bulk image management and manipulation software with useful bulk editing features. Requires an Adobe ID & a paid license

    • Prior to 2017, this software was simply known as "Lightroom". In 2017, Adobe released a mobile-focused "Lightroom" and renamed the desktop version of the software "Lightroom Classic".

  • Notepad++: (available via UTL software center)  powerful and lightweight text editor for Windows

  • Pandoc: universal markup format converter