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jpegtran

Perform lossless transformation of JPEG files. More information: https://manned.org/jpegtran.
  • Mirror an image horizontally or vertically:
    jpegtran -flip {{horizontal|vertical}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} > {{path/to/output.jpg}}
  • Rotate an image 90, 180 or 270 degrees clockwise:
    jpegtran -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 -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}}

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