Lens

Convert images on the fly

4 followers

Convert images on the fly

4 followers

Lens is a simple image converter for macOS. Just drop an image, or a bunch of them, and convert them to another format in a moment.

Launch tags:Mac•Design Tools•Productivity

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Mock Magic

Thanks for this minimalistic app! Any plans for adding quick-actions to support the context menu on an image?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@simonblok the "open with" feature is already there :)

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5yr ago

Mock Magic

@lepikhinb1 ah, didn't noticed it! Tried it on a HEIC-file, but that's seems not possible? Works on jpg-files though!

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5yr ago

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Maker

@simonblok it went a bit harder than I thought it would be. But I'm definitely gonna add the possibility soon.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@simonblok HEIC support is available with latest update 🙂

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5yr ago

@lepikhinb1 Really simple, and beautifully executed. I love the simplicity. Great job! Just tried Lens on a bunch of transparent PNG files to convert to JPG. The transparency was converted to black, is there a way to change the colour that transparency is converted to?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@craigcpaterson Yeah, the app still needs some work to get done. I do also plan to work on image optimization as well. Thanks for the feedback!

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5yr ago

@lepikhinb1 That’s great news. Thanks for creating such a great little utility.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@craigcpaterson Just shipped a quick update, now it makes the background white by default. You can either download it from a website, or launch an app and wait for the update notification to appear.

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5yr ago

@lepikhinb1 perfect, thank you so much for addressing that so quickly. Really appreciate it.

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5yr ago

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Maker

Hey PH! Lens maker is here. Lens is a fun project that was born from a single tweet. It might sound ridiculous, but there was no simple image converter for macOS. So I decided to make this little app and write about acquiring ideas from existing tools. Lens is only available for Mac because I love that native macOS feeling. I wanted it to be as light as possible, with no extra knobs or something. Just drop a file, or a bunch of them, and get the desired result. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. The idea behind the app is that there's plenty of supercharged apps we use daily, that lacking the UI. Some of them wouldn't ever need it, but I bet that some would. You can read the whole story in my blog. https://lepikhin.com/posts/3-ide... I hope you enjoy it

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5yr ago

Osaurus

@lepikhinb1 "I wanted it to be as light as possible, with no extra knobs or something" — and yet it's 100MB to download? Also, I found a much easier way to achieve this by creating Automator workflows and then dropping them into ~/Library/Services, which makes them available via option-click. It doesn't get much more native than that?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@chrismessina You're right, I only meant the UI. The idea was pretty spontaneous, you can read about it in my blog post, and the Automator thing is applicable to the approach. I mean, I'm still ok with using lots of CLI tools, but someone isn't. Also the only tool I'm that familiar with for building desktop apps is Electron. So yeah, 100mb is the smallest I could do :)

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5yr ago

@chrismessina Care to share JPG converter? Need to batch convert HEIC for upload.

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5yr ago

@lepikhinb1 @chrismessina I love using the Quick Actions. If you have Pixelmator Pro installed, you can even add the ML super resolution action to enlarge images.

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5yr ago

Swarm by Foursquare

@lepikhinb Well done! I saw the same tweet and am working on my own version of this but you raced first to market... Now I got to get mine out too...

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5yr ago

I love this and I already have some ideas: 1. Can you make this app to be always on the top of all apps? So when I open finder, it doesn't hide it. (idk if this is possible) 2. At first I didn't realize that the app opened, it is so small and the background should be something more vivid (check ImageOptim app) 3. For me it was not obvious, what to push to start the process and where the converted files would be placed. I suggest that the default path would be the same as the source folder. 4. For later: Add image optimization as well. Cheers!

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5yr ago