annotation with gimp

[Michael]

So then... import the PDF, add a new layer, and annotate on the new layer.
Then export that as a PDF?

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
wrote:

> Is it my imagination, or has this discussion taken place in the absense
> of a definition of the word "annotate?" Is a stylus necessary? Is the
> material to be annotated already a PDF? For what purpose is it being
> "annotated", does it go in a browser, and are there extra points for
> the annotations to be animated (run a procedure or change colors when
> hovered or clicked)?
>
> Gimp's perfectly capable of adding text and lines and the like to any
> jpg/png/bmp, and Gimp's capable of importing a page of a PDF. From
> there, marking it up is just a matter of creating a layer on top of the
> original image, perhaps a layer that's somewhat transparent, and doing
> your work there. The only problem with using Gimp to alter is the
> problem with Gimp in general: Slow and a lot of work.
>
> Personally, I use Inkscape for alteration. Layers, objects that can
> be moved around without hurting the original. Plus, for extra credit,
> you can "annotate" it in Inkscape to the point where hovering or
> clicking or leaving an image part can run a procedure.
>
> The one problem with Inkscape is that sometimes, when viewed with
> certain viewers, the text you type in can expand to overwrite your
> balloons. This can be fixed by converting text to curves, although
> obviously I suggest this only at the end of the project.
>
> Inkscape has all the transparency and layer chops to do this job
> efficiently and well, and is a great choice when you want to add vector
> graphic content (which is easy) to existing raster graphic content.
>
> Directly altering PDF files is a lot like making a program change by
> messing with the object code instead of changing the source code. It
> can be quick and easy, but do it long enough and you're going to run
> into unescapable trouble.
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:21:05 -0700
> Ed <plug at 0x1b.com> wrote:
>
> > To annotate a PDF look at Xounal
> > http://xournal.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Try using okular, KDE's PDF viewer, to annotate PDFs.  I won't do
> > > it in gimp.  It not really the tool for the job.
> > >
> > > Brian Cluff
> > >
> > > On 10/10/2017 11:39 PM, Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > anyone know of a good tutorial for annotating a picture and a pdf
> > > with gimp? please reply-all
> > > --
> > > :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>
> SteveT
>
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