Thermal Camera Photo Converter

This tool converts standard images into a format compatible with cheap thermal paper cameras that save/print photos.
These cameras are very picky with file specs, so this script automatically adjusts external images to be accepted and shown in the camera.

• Converts any .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp to the exact specs required by the camera:
  • Resolution: 2048×1152 pixels
  • Format: JPEG (RGB, 24 bits, no EXIF metadata)
  • Naming: sequential PHO00000.JPG, PHO00001.JPG, ...
• Auto-rotation for portrait images to better fit landscape format.
• Resizes and adds white padding when needed, to avoid stretching.
• Works with upscale too (small images are enlarged).
• Input folder: originals/
• Output: files are placed directly in the root folder (e.g., D:\PHOTO) ready for the camera SD card.

📁 PHOTO

• FormatConverter.py
• 📁 originals # put your source images here
• PHO00000.JPG # converted files, ready for the camera
• PHO00001.JPG
• ...

1. Install Python 3 and Pillow:

2. Place the script (FormatConverter.py) inside your PHOTO folder (same root used by the camera).

3. Create a subfolder called originals/ and put your images there.

4. Run the script: python FormatConverter.py

📌 Notes

The camera usually refuses files that:

• Have EXIF metadata
• Don’t match the expected resolution
• Use a different naming scheme
• This script ensures all requirements are met.
• Default background color is white, but you can change it to black (line 6 of the script).

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)