Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?

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Author: Kristian Erik Hermansen
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Subject: Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?
On Jan 22, 2008 1:02 PM, Josef Lowder <> wrote:
> What is the best and most efficient way to convert a high-res
> 2.5-meg pdf to a high-res jpg without losing (too much) image quality?
>
> I tried the 'convert' utility, but the result is poor quality.
> Perhaps there are convert utility options that that might yield
> a better result, but I don't know what they are or how to use them.


Did you try the -quality option? PDFs are compressed, so converting
to a large JPG will expand the size. Worst case scenario, print it
out, and scan it back in JPG format with xsane :-P
--
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"Know something about everything and everything about something."
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