[SOLVED] Question about software that creates a pdf

edbarx · 03-02-2012, 06:02 AM

Is there any program (CLI or GUI) which can convert a series of pictures named like *01.jpg, *02.jpg, *03.jpg,... into one single pdf file whose page numbers are in the same order as the images in the image list?

Thanks.

Cultist · 03-02-2012, 06:08 AM

You could add one picture per page to an OO.org/LibreOffice document and create a PDF out of that. End result would be the same.

edbarx · 03-02-2012, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cultist

You could add one picture per page to an OO.org/LibreOffice document and create a PDF out of that. End result would be the same.

Thanks for your reply, but what you suggested takes more time doing a repetitive task that can be easily done automatically by a computer program.

A simple CLI program would be great.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-02-2012, 09:51 AM

You can use imagemagick to convert the images to pdf. Then you can use ghostscript to concatenate them, or other ways are listed here:
http://cmc.site11.com/?p=1945

edbarx · 03-04-2012, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

You can use imagemagick to convert the images to pdf. Then you can use ghostscript to concatenate them, or other ways are listed here:
http://cmc.site11.com/?p=1945

Thanks for your reply.

I copied all image files to be converted into one pdf file to an empty directory and used the magical command:

Code:

convert *.jpg my-complete-book.pdf

The result was a beautifully finished "book" containing all the images.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-04-2012, 06:51 AM

I didn't know just convert could do it.

edbarx · 03-04-2012, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

I didn't know just convert could do it.

Your post was instrumental in helping me to find the solution because convert is packaged in imagemagick.

Thanks.