Batch Processing of PDF files to JPG

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Oct 25, 2010
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i’m having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round 15000px height maybe

I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part is ok

I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it’s still not that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it’s 600 times i have to type in 700 px in the height box.

Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders, the actions also have a problem: they don’t save it in the same folder as from where i opened them.

is there any way out of this ?

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Equator
Oct 25, 2010
On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Equator wrote:
i’m having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round 15000px height maybe

I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part is ok

I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it’s still not that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it’s 600 times i have to type in 700 px in the height box.

Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders, the actions also have a problem: they don’t save it in the same folder as from where i opened them.

is there any way out of this ?

someone told me to automate batch but it’s not really the solution to take because of the following solution:
But it doesn’t apply for pdf files does it ?

And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 – 7 minutes

(sized round height 15000px)

there’s like 600 large pdfs to convert !

I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards

Cos there’s the thumbnailing that come afterwards
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Equator
Oct 26, 2010
On Oct 25, 7:01 pm, Equator wrote:
On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Equator wrote:

i’m having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round 15000px height maybe

I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part is ok

I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it’s still not that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it’s 600 times i have to type in 700 px in the height box.

Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders, the actions also have a problem: they don’t save it in the same folder as from where i opened them.

is there any way out of this ?

someone told me to automate batch but it’s not really the solution to take because of the following solution:
But it doesn’t apply for pdf files does it ?

And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 – 7 minutes
(sized round height 15000px)

there’s like 600 large pdfs to convert !

I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards
Cos there’s the thumbnailing that come afterwards

All Right
I was being asked to open the files in acrobat and export them in jpeg formats (file > export > jpg, with options etc…) Pretty Good Solution that was
Now those were pdf files containing images, not pdfs
So when I opened my pdfs, found out they were opening up in separate windows, which is normal
So I combined them, since the export function would only apply for one image, which would imply I would have to export 600 times ! The export worked marvellously, with jpg export functions asking me lots of lovely things, ah yeah

except that the file names were overwritten 🙁 i.e. Test Page 1, Test Page 2 Test Page 3

no cant do sir

any other way ?

A friend of mine at work mentioned that applying an action to open up the pdf files (they are on high resolutions, so they take time to open up), then continuing the other parts of the image processing (ie flatten image – eliminates the transparent parts of the vector image, set image height to 700px, save, close) would be a piece of cake..

All that is perfect except that i cannot find a way, in my actions on photoshop, to suppress that window on opening pdf..
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Equator
Oct 26, 2010
On Oct 25, 7:01 pm, Equator wrote:
On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Equator wrote:

i’m having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round 15000px height maybe

I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part is ok

I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it’s still not that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it’s 600 times i have to type in 700 px in the height box.

Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders, the actions also have a problem: they don’t save it in the same folder as from where i opened them.

is there any way out of this ?

someone told me to automate batch but it’s not really the solution to take because of the following solution:
But it doesn’t apply for pdf files does it ?

And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 – 7 minutes
(sized round height 15000px)

there’s like 600 large pdfs to convert !

I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards
Cos there’s the thumbnailing that come afterwards

All Right, Pretty Good Solution that was, to open up acrobat Pro, export images > jpg

Now those were pdf files containing images, not pdfs. So when I opened my pdfs, found out they were opening up in separate windows, which is normal.

So I combined them, since the export function would only apply for one image, which would imply I would have to export 600 times !

The export worked marvellously, with jpg export functions asking me lots of lovely things, ah yeah

except that the file names were overwritten 🙁 i.e. Test Page 1, Test Page 2 Test Page 3

no cant do sir

any other way ?

A friend of mine at work mentioned that applying an action to open up the pdf files (they are on high resolutions, so they take time to open up), then continuing the other parts of the image processing (ie flatten image – eliminates the transparent parts of the vector image, set image height to 700px, save, close) would be a piece of cake..

All that is perfect except that i cannot find a way, in my actions on photoshop, to suppress that window on opening pdf..
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Equator
Oct 28, 2010
On Oct 26, 8:56 pm, Equator wrote:
On Oct 25, 7:01 pm, Equator wrote:

On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Equator wrote:

i’m having this aweful issue of PFG to JPG conversions

Now the files are in pdf format and their sizes are quite large, round 15000px height maybe

I only want my jpg files to be 700px high, for this once my pdf files have been opened in photoshop, i created an action for this, that part is ok

I tried batch conversion, using actions as well, but it’s still not that automatic because the pdf window still pops up every time a new pdf is being opened on photoshop asking me for how high i want my pdf file. so if i have 600 pdfs (i do!) it’s 600 times i have to type in 700 px in the height box.

Plus the pdf files have been partitioned into folders and subfolders, the actions also have a problem: they don’t save it in the same folder as from where i opened them.

is there any way out of this ?

someone told me to automate batch but it’s not really the solution to take because of the following solution:
But it doesn’t apply for pdf files does it ?

And opening the pdf from its original size takes like 5 – 7 minutes

(sized round height 15000px)

there’s like 600 large pdfs to convert !

I was looking for a way in the batch processing (or some other way) to initially open the pdf file in 700px for instance and, the batch processing flattens the jpg, saves it, and closes the file afterwards

Cos there’s the thumbnailing that come afterwards

All Right, Pretty Good Solution that was, to open up acrobat Pro, export images > jpg

Now those were pdf files containing images, not pdfs. So when I opened my pdfs, found out they were opening up in separate windows, which is normal.

So I combined them, since the export function would only apply for one image, which would imply I would have to export 600 times !
The export worked marvellously, with jpg export functions asking me lots of lovely things, ah yeah

except that the file names were overwritten 🙁 i.e. Test Page 1, Test Page 2 Test Page 3

no cant do sir

any other way ?

A friend of mine at work mentioned that applying an action to open up the pdf files (they are on high resolutions, so they take time to open up), then continuing the other parts of the image processing (ie flatten image – eliminates the transparent parts of the vector image, set image height to 700px, save, close) would be a piece of cake..
All that is perfect except that i cannot find a way, in my actions on photoshop, to suppress that window on opening pdf..

ive also placed more info and posted a thread on google groups (it takes time for response here ! ) quite a bunch of powerful replies but still not the final positive one

groups.google.com/group/alt.graphics.photoshop/browse_thread /thread/ e68554988e1a01a9#

there were mentions of merging the pdf files all into one and creating the jpg conversion but the problem lies in the files renamings

i have the impression that it’s a bug in photoshop, right ? maybe im wrong now

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