Graphics Utility Needed

I am a VB programmer but need someone to help write a small utility that would make life so much easier for me.

I have about 1,000 small images in BMP format with a white background. Each one has alot of extra background around it. I need a program that can take an image and trim off any extra background until there is any color other than white in the row/column of the pixels.

For example, if you have an image that is 400 x 400 pixels in size and you place a small red circle image in the middle or anywhere, I want a program that will keep cutting off each row/column until each 4 sides is close to the image. Then save the image. It would be even better if i can load a list of image filenames from a text file, let the program load one, make the changes, save the image again and go to the next. Just a little nice enhancement!

To do this with my paint shop pro program, it will take me forever for 1,000 images!

Please email me if you are interested and what you would charge. I'm on a tight budget right now.

Thanks!

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