How to convert PDF from two slides per page into one slide per page?
You need to +repage
before and after the cropping operation.
convert -quality 100 -density 300 orig.pdf +repage -crop 1x2@ +repage t6.pdf
From the Imagemagick site you can read
It might be necessary to +repage the image prior to cropping the image to ensure the crop coordinate frame is relocated to the upper-left corner of the visible image. Similarly you may want to use +repage after cropping to remove the page offset that will be left behind. This is especially true when you are going to write to an image format such as PNG that supports an image offset.
As noticed from the OP this conversion from a vectorial pdf
can be lossless.
The introduction of the option -density 300
will give a resolution maybe acceptable for our purpose that we will pay with an increased size of the file.
It can be increased e.g.to 600 DPI or more if needed.
If the file contains slides (e.g. from a powerpoint), included as images inside the PDF file it's possible to extract these with pdftoppm
and include them in a new pdf file.
pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter
pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.
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andrybak
BSc in computer science. Currently work as Senior Software Developer.
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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andrybak over 1 year
I have a presentation in pdf file with two slides per page.
I want a presentation in pdf file with one slide per page.
I tried using ImageMagick:
convert -crop 1x2@ orig.pdf t2.pdf
It divided the slides, but didn't crop them. In new file slides had whitespace on half of the page. I added
+repage
:convert -crop 1x2@ orig.pdf +repage t6.pdf
It only worked on every second slide. Odd numbered slides still had the white space.
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andrybak about 9 yearsThis creates pdf with low resolution. How do I keep the quality of the original?
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Hastur about 9 yearsAnd this is another question! BTW It was your command line not mine :-) Do not worry, add
-density 300
to the command line it should fix the problem with the resolution but you will pay it in term of file size (it will be an heavier file).