Re: [Gimp-user] resolution, size when extracting from pdf vs. imagemagick

2015-07-07 Thread Joel Rees
2015/07/07 16:07 Pat David patda...@gmail.com: The pdf can be exported at any resolution you ask. It's the reason you can specify which density you want on import. For some reason, I was expecting that dialog to offer the actual resolution of the encapsulated jpeg image as a default. Would be

Re: [Gimp-user] resolution, size when extracting from pdf vs. imagemagick

2015-07-07 Thread Pat David
The pdf can be exported at any resolution you ask. It's the reason you can specify which density you want on import. (Imagemagick has a couple of options for handling this: http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=8707). What happens when you set the import density higher in

Re: [Gimp-user] resolution, size when extracting from pdf vs. imagemagick

2015-07-07 Thread Christian Mandel
For this use case, I would suggest using the pdfimages program (from xpdf I guess) (with the -j option to preserve embedded jpg) to extract the original images. The import in gimp will always render the pdf, what will always scale the original image, unless you hit the exact resoultion/size.