2009/4/17 Ltcddata <ltcdd...@davids-website.com>: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:22:08 +0100 > Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:26:39AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:50:44PM -0600, Modulok wrote: >> > > I'm looking for recommendations for a BSD-friendly, PDF authoring >> > > tool (Not a viewer, see below.) >> > > >> > > I have an image of a signature that I need to put into a PDF >> > > document. I converted the original, un-signed PDF document to a >> > > raster PNG, then used GIMP to place a photograph of the signature >> > > where I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using >> > > ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now >> > > HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb >> > > to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. >> > >> > Convert the PNG to a JPEG file with the gimp, then use jpeg2ps from >> > the graphics/jpeg2ps-a4 or graphics/jpeg2ps-letter port to convert >> > it to PostScript. Finally, use epstopdf from print/teTeX-base or >> > ps2pdf from print/ghostscript8 to convert to PDF. >> >> hard to get good quality because the result is likely to be a raster >> image. Technically I'd do this with ImageMagick's composite - overlaps >> one image over another, but the output pdf will be a poor quality >> raster image and, yes, significantly bigger in size. >> > > Don't know if I am missing the point here but why not use open office > to create your pdf file with its export as PDF feature?
I would imagine it would give a large output file; a stated goal of the OP is to give a small output. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
