ImageMagik PDF manipulation rotate, thumbnail, problems

[Gary Stainburn]

On Tuesday 04 December 2012 12:01:57 Tethys wrote:
> Use the right tool for the job, which in this case isn't ImageMagick:
>
> 	pdftk $1 cat 1-endS output $2
>
> In general, ImageMagick is rarely the right option anyway. Here, pdftk
> is better for manipulating pdf files, and netpbm is usually better for
> images. I'd be using pdftoppm to create the thumbnails, for example
> (although it would need a small script to convert them to a more suitable
> format afterwards -- either png or jpg).
>
> Tet

Thanks for this Tet, works a treat.

Also doesn't balloon the file size like convert did.

Gary
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Gary Stainburn
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