Also, in my opinion, if your flattening the image to a jpeg it does you
no good to go through a complex conversion process since you will lose
all the layers, fonts, and details anyway.
Another cheep trick is to print it directly to a jpg.
But seriously, it comes out great pasting it from your screen into gimp,
cropping to size, and scaling it down as a jpg.
http://projects.cornerstonehome.com/bryan/most.jpg
-----Original Message-----
From:
plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[
mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
Josef Lowder
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:37 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?
.
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:49, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote
> On Jan 22, 2008 2:42 PM, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
> > But as a result of your suggestion, I checked man convert
> > and then googled the 'net but have not been able to find a
> > syntax example for the use of the -quality option.
>
> I think...
> $ convert -quality 100 file.pdf file.jpg
Tried that and got the same (unsatisfactory) result as when I used
just convert file.pdf file.jpg. The resulting image has inverted
colors kind of like a negative. So I tried doing it to file.png
instead of to .jpg and that produced the correct colors but very
poor resolution.
== Someone else suggested:
> http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping/
> http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/sam2p/
>
> a2ping is often included with TeTeX, but I haven't used sam2p.
$ sudo aptitude install texlive-base-bin sam2p
I'm using Mandriva and do not find either 'aptitude' or 'texlive'
or 'sam2p' or 'xsane' on my system.
Hummm. Now what?
I know my source pdf file is very high res because when I zoom
it up to 400%, every detail is very precise and crisp. The image
I am trying to convert is a book cover design that can be seen
at this link:
http://www.MostEssential.com/most.pdf
I need to convert this to a jpg so I can get a high-res photo
print of this file.
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
%20result%20as%20when%20I%20used%20%0A>%20just%20convert%20file.pdf%20file.jpg.%20%20The%20resulting%20image%20has%20inverted%0A>%20colors%20kind%20of%20like%20a%20negative.%20%20So%20I%20tried%20doing%20it%20to%20file.png%20%0A>%20instead%20of%20to%20.jpg%20and%20that%20produced%20the%20correct%20colors%20but%20very%20%0A>%20poor%20resolution.%20%0A>%20%0A>%20==%20Someone%20else%20suggested:%0A>%20>%20http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping/%0A>%20>%20http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/sam2p/%0A>%20>%0A>%20>%20a2ping%20is%20often%20included%20with%20TeTeX,%20but%20I%20haven't%20used%20sam2p.%0A>%20%0A>%20%24%20sudo%20aptitude%20install%20texlive-base-bin%20sam2p%20%0A>%20%0A>%20I'm%20using%20Mandriva%20and%20do%20not%20find%20either%20'aptitude'%20or%20'texlive'%20%0A>%20or%20'sam2p'%20or%20'xsane'%20on%20my%20system.%20%0A>%20%0A>%20Hummm.%20%20Now%20what?%20%0A>%20%0A>%20I%20know%20my%20source%20pdf%20file%20is%20very%20high%20res%20because%20when%20I%20zoom%20%0A>%20it%20up%20to%20400%,%20every%20detail%20is%20very%20precise%20and%20crisp.%20%20The%20image%20%0A>%20I%20am%20trying%20to%20convert%20is%20a%20book%20cover%20design%20that%20can%20be%20seen%20%0A>%20at%20this%20link:%20http://www.MostEssential.com/most.pdf%0A>%20%0A>%20I%20need%20to%20convert%20this%20to%20a%20jpg%20so%20I%20can%20get%20a%20high-res%20photo%0A>%20print%20of%20this%20file.%0A>%20%0A>%20%0A>%20---------------------------------------------------%0A>%20PLUG-discuss%20mailing%20list%20-%20PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us%0A>%20To%20subscribe,%20unsubscribe,%20or%20to%20change%20your%20mail%20settings:%0A>%20http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss%0A>%20%0A>%20---------------------------------------------------%0A>%20PLUG-discuss%20mailing%20list%20-%20PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us%0A>%20To%20subscribe,%20unsubscribe,%20or%20to%20change%20your%20mail%20settings:%0A>%20http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss%0A>%20%0A>%20 "Reply to this message")
(text/plain)