digital-art-composition-book/Notes/Convert PDF Coloring Pages.md

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tags:
  - note
created_at: "2023-02-17"
source: "KemoNine Blog"
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## Important Note

Krita can natively import PDFs with each page as a layer. You can simply open the PDF within Krita and then cut/copy/paste each later into a new image as appropriate or work with them as a single image.

The above approch with Krita can be significantly easier and less fiddly than the below.

## The original blog post...

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If you have access to `imagemagick` you can quickly convert a PDF coloring page(s) to grayscale PNG using the below procedure and notes.

## Notes {#notes}

-   The `pdfimages` command below will get you a dpi listing for each page in the PDF that has an image, use that value instead of `300` in the below, **if** it is present.
-   The `-type Grayscale` parameter can be removed if you need color output.
- If the below fails Adobe has an online converter at: https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/convert-pdf.html


## Conversion {#conversion}

1.  Install `imagemagick`
2.  `pdfimages -list shipspage1.pdf`
3.  ``for file in `ls *.pdf`; do convert -density 300 -type Grayscale ${file} ${file}.png; done``


## Resources {#resources}

-   <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50006770/how-to-get-dpi-of-a-pdf-file>
-   <https://jdhao.github.io/2019/11/20/convert_pdf_to_image_imagemagick/>
-   <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2869908/convert-pdf-to-png-using-imagemagick>
-   <https://legacy.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=11279>
import existing vault 2024-09-14 15:25:13 +00:00			`---`
			`tags:`
			`- note`
			`created_at: "2023-02-17"`
			`source: "KemoNine Blog"`
			`---`

update readme and documentation to be more detailed, better organized and more 2024-09-17 16:07:07 +00:00			`---`

add note about krita being able to natively import pdf files 2024-09-15 18:43:12 +00:00			`## Important Note`

			`Krita can natively import PDFs with each page as a layer. You can simply open the PDF within Krita and then cut/copy/paste each later into a new image as appropriate or work with them as a single image.`

			`The above approch with Krita can be significantly easier and less fiddly than the below.`

			`## The original blog post...`

update readme and documentation to be more detailed, better organized and more 2024-09-17 16:07:07 +00:00			`---`
import existing vault 2024-09-14 15:25:13 +00:00
update readme and documentation to be more detailed, better organized and more 2024-09-17 16:07:07 +00:00			If you have access to `imagemagick` you can quickly convert a PDF coloring page(s) to grayscale PNG using the below procedure and notes.
import existing vault 2024-09-14 15:25:13 +00:00
			`## Notes {#notes}`

			- The `pdfimages` command below will get you a dpi listing for each page in the PDF that has an image, use that value instead of `300` in the below, if it is present.
			- The `-type Grayscale` parameter can be removed if you need color output.
			`- If the below fails Adobe has an online converter at: https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/convert-pdf.html`


			`## Conversion {#conversion}`

			1. Install `imagemagick`
			2. `pdfimages -list shipspage1.pdf`
			3. ``for file in `ls *.pdf`; do convert -density 300 -type Grayscale ${file} ${file}.png; done``


			`## Resources {#resources}`

			`- <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50006770/how-to-get-dpi-of-a-pdf-file>`
			`- <https://jdhao.github.io/2019/11/20/convert_pdf_to_image_imagemagick/>`
			`- <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2869908/convert-pdf-to-png-using-imagemagick>`
			`- <https://legacy.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=11279>`