RBW wrote: > [Snip] >>.. >> These progs have a zillion options, maybe there's something else that >> could do additional magick magic? >> >> http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php >> file://localhost/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.2.2.0/www/convert.html >>..
> OK this is interesting... doing this: > convert -density 600% Pg13of13.pdf -quality 100% -resize 25% > Pg13of13-test.jpg > > Gets you a good quality JPG but the output is a fraction of the letter > size that you started with. You can scale this in the GIMP and the > quality remains good. With some fiddling (maybe a lot of fiddling) with > the command line above I think I may be able to skip the scan step > altogether where the PDF to be modified is a downloaded file. > > (Note: this command uses a lot of CPU time, in the range of 95%, and in > a couple instances where I had a lot of other things open the other apps > exited or this "convert" process segfaulted. Nothing broke however...) High cpu usage probably means resampling or something like that. If you end up with wrong size, you're probably wasting time doing something you don't want/need anyway. Looks like *the* specific set of golden options remains to be discovered. > > For me the goal is to work on docs my way ( the Linux way) and the > WinDoze person I am interacting with doesn't ever have a clue anything > other than M$ went on which means no discussions about things in which > they have no knowledge or interest (i.e I'm no longer entertained with > justifying my use of Linux in response to their questions in defense of > their use of M$ apps... ;^P ). My guess is that anything other than drawing and interactive special-effects *probably* can be done via command-line progs like imagemagick (and/or scripting within gimp) -- if only (often a big IF, eh?) one can figure out the right command and options. Let us know what you finally get to work for your needs. ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
