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 I used the Imagemagick <​tt>​mogrify</​tt>​ command to bulk resize all the images. This command resizes all images to a maximum size of 1280x1024, but does not resize them if they are already smaller than that. I used the Imagemagick <​tt>​mogrify</​tt>​ command to bulk resize all the images. This command resizes all images to a maximum size of 1280x1024, but does not resize them if they are already smaller than that.
  
- mogrify -resize 1280x1024\>​ images/*+  ​mogrify -resize 1280x1024\>​ images/*
  
 ==Rename files sequentially== ==Rename files sequentially==
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 The following Perl script renames all the files sequentially. This makes it easier to include them in the Latex script. See [http://​stackoverflow.com/​questions/​3211595/​renaming-files-in-a-folder-to-sequential-numbers this Stackoverflow question] for more details. The following Perl script renames all the files sequentially. This makes it easier to include them in the Latex script. See [http://​stackoverflow.com/​questions/​3211595/​renaming-files-in-a-folder-to-sequential-numbers this Stackoverflow question] for more details.
  
-<​pre>​ +  ​#​!/​usr/​bin/​perl
-#​!/​usr/​bin/​perl+
  
-use strict; +  ​use strict; 
-use warnings;+  use warnings;
  
-use File::Temp qw/​tempfile/;​+  ​use File::Temp qw/​tempfile/;​
  
-my $dir = $ARGV[0] +  ​my $dir = $ARGV[0] 
-    or die "​Please specify directory as first argument";​+      or die "​Please specify directory as first argument";​
  
-opendir(my $dh, $dir) or die "​can'​t opendir $dir: $!";+  ​opendir(my $dh, $dir) or die "​can'​t opendir $dir: $!";
  
-# First rename any files that are already numeric +  ​# First rename any files that are already numeric 
-while (my @files = grep { /​^[0-9]+(\..*)?​$/​ } readdir($dh)) +  while (my @files = grep { /​^[0-9]+(\..*)?​$/​ } readdir($dh)) 
-+  
-    for my $old (@files) { +      for my $old (@files) { 
-        my $ext = $old =~ /​(\.[^.]+)$/​ ? $1 : '';​ +          my $ext = $old =~ /​(\.[^.]+)$/​ ? $1 : '';​ 
-        my ($fh, $new) = tempfile(DIR => $dir, SUFFIX => $ext); +          my ($fh, $new) = tempfile(DIR => $dir, SUFFIX => $ext); 
-        close $fh; +          close $fh; 
-        rename "​$dir/​$old",​ $new; +          rename "​$dir/​$old",​ $new; 
-    +      
-}+  }
  
-rewinddir $dh; +  ​rewinddir $dh; 
-my $i; +  my $i; 
-while (my $file = readdir($dh)) +  while (my $file = readdir($dh)) 
-+  
-    next if $file =~ /​\A\.\.?​\z/;​ +      next if $file =~ /​\A\.\.?​\z/;​ 
-    my $ext = $file =~ /​(\.[^.]+)$/​ ? $1 : '';​ +      my $ext = $file =~ /​(\.[^.]+)$/​ ? $1 : '';​ 
-    rename "​$dir/​$file",​ sprintf("​%s/​%s%s",​ $dir, ++$i, $ext);  +      rename "​$dir/​$file",​ sprintf("​%s/​%s%s",​ $dir, ++$i, $ext);  
-} +  }
-</​pre>​+
  
 Save the above script and run: Save the above script and run:
  
- ./rename.pl images+  ​./rename.pl images
  
 You should now have all your images as 1.jpg, 2.jpg and so on. You should now have all your images as 1.jpg, 2.jpg and so on.
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 Save the following Latex script as <​tt>​slides.tex</​tt>​. Comments being with a <​tt>​%</​tt>​. Save the following Latex script as <​tt>​slides.tex</​tt>​. Comments being with a <​tt>​%</​tt>​.
  
-<​pre>​ +  ​\documentclass{beamer} 
-\documentclass{beamer} +  \usepackage[size=a4]{beamerposter} 
-\usepackage[size=a4]{beamerposter} +  \usepackage{pdfpages}
-\usepackage{pdfpages}+
  
-\usefonttheme{professionalfonts} % using non standard fonts for beamer +  ​\usefonttheme{professionalfonts} % using non standard fonts for beamer 
-\usefonttheme{serif} % default family is serif +  \usefonttheme{serif} % default family is serif 
-\usepackage{fontspec} +  \usepackage{fontspec} 
-\usepackage{pgffor} +  \usepackage{pgffor} 
-\setmainfont{Source Sans Pro Light}+  \setmainfont{Source Sans Pro Light}
  
-\usepackage{graphicx}+  ​\usepackage{graphicx}
  
-\begin{document}+  ​\begin{document}
  
-% Uncomment the following to insert a title image without header and footer text +  ​% Uncomment the following to insert a title image without header and footer text 
-%    \begin{frame} +  %    \begin{frame} 
-%    \transduration{1.5} +  %    \transduration{1.5} 
-%    \transglitter +  %    \transglitter 
-%    \begin{figure} +  %    \begin{figure} 
-%        \includegraphics[height=20cm]{another-image-file} +  %        \includegraphics[height=20cm]{another-image-file} 
-%    \end{figure} +  %    \end{figure} 
-%    \end{frame}+  %    \end{frame}
  
-\foreach \n in {1,​...,​11}{ +  ​\foreach \n in {1,​...,​11}{ 
-    \begin{frame} +      \begin{frame} 
-    \transduration{1.5} % Duration between slides +      \transduration{1.5} % Duration between slides 
-    \transglitter % Transition effect +      \transglitter % Transition effect 
-%    \includegraphics{logo}\hspace{2cm} % Optional: add a logo at the top of each slide +  %    \includegraphics{logo}\hspace{2cm} % Optional: add a logo at the top of each slide 
-    {\LARGE\textbf{Here is a header for each page}}\newline +      {\LARGE\textbf{Here is a header for each page}}\newline 
-    \begin{figure} +      \begin{figure} 
-        \includegraphics[height=14cm]{images/​\n} +          \includegraphics[height=14cm]{images/​\n} 
-    \end{figure} +      \end{figure} 
-    Here is some small footer text +      Here is some small footer text 
-    \end{frame} +      \end{frame} 
-}+  }
  
-\end{document} +  ​\end{document}
-</​pre>​+
  
 Run the script. <​tt>​xelatex</​tt>​ is used so that fonts can be used: Run the script. <​tt>​xelatex</​tt>​ is used so that fonts can be used:
  
- xelatex slides.tex+  ​xelatex slides.tex
  
 This will produce <​tt>​slides.pdf</​tt>​. This file can be opened with Adobe Acrobat and shown in full screen to see the slideshow with transitions. As much as I dislike the proprietary Adobe viewer, it does show the slideshow well, which not many other PDF viewers seem to support. This will produce <​tt>​slides.pdf</​tt>​. This file can be opened with Adobe Acrobat and shown in full screen to see the slideshow with transitions. As much as I dislike the proprietary Adobe viewer, it does show the slideshow well, which not many other PDF viewers seem to support.
  
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