Min Xu wrote: >On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:12:42PM -0500, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > >>Gregory Pittman wrote: >> >> >>>Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>At the moment, I think the best way to import certain pages from a pdf >>>>is to make use of pdftk. >>>>One of the many things it can do is break a pdf into single pages. >>>>It would go like this: >>>> >>>> pdftk mydoc.pdf burst >>>> >>>>Then these separate pages can be imported into Scribus. >>>> >>>>pdftk can be found here: http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ >>>>I have SUSE 10.0, it's included in the distro as well. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>If it works without resolution loss, it might be one of the answers to >>>the problem, and maybe something Min Xu should look into. I'll check it out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Hallelujah! Our prayers are answered! >>Seems to work well; takes it a while to grind out the results, but the >>results look good -- I couldn't tell any difference from the source >>file, and I might add that it's not destructive, you still have your >>source file. >>I have FC4, and it was available via 'yum install pdftk' -- not sure >>which repository, but since I only use updates, extras, and livna, it is >>readily available. >>This may obviate the need for Craig to tackle PDF import. As Eric >>Raymond has said, one of the advantages of Linux is that you don't have >>to have monster applications that do it all, you can often use a >>collection of utilities to more efficiently get your work done. >>According to yum, the RPM for pdftk is only 848K, and it has many other >>capabilities. >> >>Maybe Min Xu will pick up on this tonight. >> >> > >Hey, I am picking it up earlier than tonight. > >Thanks to Sjoerd and Gregory for invaluable help. I did some more >tests. The results did get improved. > >(pdftk is really a cool program too!) > >First, here is a screenshot of acroread where there is no resolution >lose (I think). > >http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~xu/tmp/imported.jpg > >This file is generated by selecting "import eps/ps" from the file menu >in scribus. (but I think the font looks strange.) > >Next, I took the suggestion from Greg and loadImage() from single >page pdf files. > >http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~xu/tmp/loadImage-pdf.jpg > >The results looked better than yesterday, where I loadImage() from single >page ps file. > >http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~xu/tmp/test.gif > >The resultion did get higher, but so did the file. The resulting pdf >grew from 6MB to 13MB. > >Can someone really explain what's the difference between import and >loadImage()? > >Thanks again! > >-Min >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > I agree. I have been aware of pdftk for about a year and I find it indispensable for handling pdf. The syntax is sometimes baffling but you folks have obviously mastered it.
Bart Alberti
