[Gimp-user] Open PDF at the right width and height

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to convert PDF to image with batch processing.
> But I didn't find a way to choose pixel-width and pixel-height during
> the
> opening of the PDF, as in interactive mode (window "import PDF").
>
> Instead of that, Gimp automatically opens the PDF at 100% size AND 100
> dpi.
>
> For example :
> My PDF is 7,84 x 11,69 inch, not rasterized and fully losless
> resizable.
> As Gimp assumes that the PDF is at 100 dpi, the resulting image
> (opened with
> "gimp_file_load") is 784 x 1169 pixels.
>
> It's too low, because the PDF contains mainly small texts, not
> readable at 784 x
> 1169.
>
> And the idea to use "gimp_image_scale" to increase the image size is
> not
> relevant.
> It makes heavier images but not more readable.
> Once the image is rasterized, even with a good interpolation, you
> can't no more
> increase the readability.
>
> The plugin "file-pdf-load" neither have width/height or dpi
> parameters, so it
> converts the PDF at the same small resolution (768 x 1169).
>
> Could you help me to create large images from PDF by batch processing
> ?
>
> Thank you - APL

Did you ask this question on one of the Gimp forums recently, seems familiar.

However.

Do not use Gimp, use ImageMagick.

magick -density 300 infile.pdf -quality 100 outfile.png

and wrap that in a bash or batch file depending on OS.

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