Great news: the Imagik approach worked perfectly and it was, in fact, very simple to implement! The next Managana version will feature PDF import! Some results here, with different PDF dentities:
http://www.managana.org/editor/?community=gettingstarteddoc www.managana.org/editor/?community=managanaitsshowtime 2013/2/24 Wayne Studley <[email protected]> > With regard this view PDF topic that's been bounded about of late - I'd > last year built a flex app that would parse/decode PDF's and convert the > various objects into their various objects - with some limitations I should > add. > > PDFx were preferable inputs but the results were pretty good - decoding > fonts (only the characters within the PDF), text (all ok), images > (gifs/jpgs ok but png's were limited to non-alpha channelled). All the > binaries could be written to output files (such as the images - regardless > of input-format, fonts - although you'd need licensing agreements for the > latter - needless to say). > > Vector graphics were also resolved but I'd had a good few problems > resolving RGB>CMYK>RGB colour corrections (somewhat resolved but using > native .net components - bit of a bugger as I prefer PHP/MySQL - and > generally open-source code bases - you'll all be glad to hear). > > If anyone would like to positively contribute to the effort (I'd had to > give up due to 'proper' responsibilities - but I'm keen to get this > behemoth working full-time!) I'd be happy to open up the source - it ain't > pretty but it works to a degree… > > The majority of the work is down to decoding/decrypting various types of > Adobe's PDF methods - and it is a beast to overcome (countless hours on PDF > discussion sites and binary/bytearray info site (Thibault Imbert of > AlivePDF deserves a shout here for fantastic inspiration a good few years > ago)) << am I allowed to double-brace comments on a coding forum? > > I'd have to ask for open-source updates (I don't want anybody to take this > and run with it) and as I've not openly sourced anything before - can > anyone on the Apache team let me know a good route to go down so as to > ensure that my previous work would be collaborated on as opposed to… reaped? > > I'll look forward to any feedback? > > Wayne > > > > > On 24 Feb 2013, at 22:16, "Lucas Junqueira / Ciclope" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > HI, I did some checking on PurePDF and it sounds very promising, but for > > creating PDF, not for reading and parsing it into pictures - there are > some > > key limitations... However the idea of ImageMagik is nice, and since I'll > > use it for a desktop AIR application for Windows, the solution is > > excellent. Tryied it here and worked just fine - (I had to install > > GhostScript too to make it work). > > > > Thank you! > > -- Lucas Junqueira [email protected] / (31)2555-0635 / (31)9133-6635 Ateliê Ciclope de arte e publicação digital
