On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:48:48PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

[...]

> gimp could probably do it, but I get lost in endless menu's.

You can batch gimp and then use one of its embedded languages
(script-fu, python, there might be more). But I never tried.
> 
> imagemagick won't run from the cli, from the pulldowns, its file selector is
> not controllable to navigate to the file [...]

The CLI image "transformer" of the ImageMagick suite is called
"convert". It has an extensive man page. Here [1] [2] you might
draw some inspiration on what you can do.

> libreoffice loaded it, replaced the putrid yellow with black, and then
> printed me a copy on photo paper, a copy I can actually read!
> 
> Mark it problem solved.

Nice if it floats your boat. The upside of Magick is that once
you've figured out the magic (heh) incantation, it's hands-off.

I'm kinda a lazy guy.

Cheers
-- 
t

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