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+# convert-images-for-web
+I'm a photographer. I regularly need to save jpegs for web. This is a python script that works on Mac and Windows that uses ImageMagick to save images for web.
+
+# How to use
+
+### Requirements
+
+1. Install Python 3
+2. Delete `DELETE-ME.txt` from both the full-res-files and web-files folders.
+3. Put your full resolutions images into full-res-files
+
+### Running
+
+1. Run `convert.py` - This convert files into the web-files folder.
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