Automated PDF to Image Conversion

[thegisguy]

I've been working on automating a project at work. The one thing I can't get around so far is converting a PDF to an image format (Jpg, png, I don't much care) without opening Arcobat and manually converting them.

I know there has to be a way to automate it. The thing is it has to be open source OR use Acrobat or distiller.

I can write the batch script I just need a command line solution.

Any ideas?

 

[Crusty]

IIRC Acrobat supports automation through ActiveX or DDE which will get you what you need.

 

[sourceninja]

It could also be quickly automated via imagemagick, ghostscript, and php.

Or if you had a mac, applescript (using preview's save as function to safe as jpeg or whatever)

 

[drebo]

Imagemagick and ghostscript will get you want you need. Don't even need PHP as imagemagick has a fairly robust command line toolset.

 

[sourceninja]

true, i was thinking php because windows doesn't have a good scripting language in it's shell (batch is just horrid to work with)

 

[thegisguy]

I looked into Imagemagick early on in my quest and ruled them out for some reason I can't think of now. I'll take another look at it, that is exactly the type of thing I was looking for. Thanks so much to everyone.