JPEG into PDF
- Thread starter kafka47
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With the full version of Adobe Acrobat you can import them straight into a PDF. Otherwise you can import them into some other tool (e.g. MS Word), with one image per page, and then print them to a PDF printer driver (the www.pdf995.com website has a good free driver). Complications may arise if you want to full-bleed them - but MS Word may allow you to do that when printing to an Acrobat printer driver.
Maladominus
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Also one more alterate route to know about....
MacOSX currently has built-in integration of PDF in the entire operating system. That means any MacOSX computer can convert almost any file (text, images, RTF, MSWord, whatever), and "print it into a PDF file".
This ability is free. However, I do not think this ability allows for things like publishing multi-document (or multi-files) into a big PDF booklet. You'd still require Adobe Acrobat for that.
If you have a friend that uses MacOSX.... ahem... this is one free way to make PDFs without spending that $300 that Adobe is asking you to spend for the full functionality of Acrobat.
I'm aware a lot of the Traveller players still use Macs, especially even GDW and MWM used to depend on them to typeset and publish most of the old Traveller products, if I recall.
The reason I mention this is because I found a lot of MacOSX users do not even KNOW that their system is capable of the print-to-PDF functionality. They're like "Oh I never knew it could do that!"
MacOSX currently has built-in integration of PDF in the entire operating system. That means any MacOSX computer can convert almost any file (text, images, RTF, MSWord, whatever), and "print it into a PDF file".
This ability is free. However, I do not think this ability allows for things like publishing multi-document (or multi-files) into a big PDF booklet. You'd still require Adobe Acrobat for that.
If you have a friend that uses MacOSX.... ahem... this is one free way to make PDFs without spending that $300 that Adobe is asking you to spend for the full functionality of Acrobat.
I'm aware a lot of the Traveller players still use Macs, especially even GDW and MWM used to depend on them to typeset and publish most of the old Traveller products, if I recall.
The reason I mention this is because I found a lot of MacOSX users do not even KNOW that their system is capable of the print-to-PDF functionality. They're like "Oh I never knew it could do that!"
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Another vote for PDF995.
I found when I imported the JPEG images into Word that they fell substantially short of the 11 inches, despite resizing them in photoshop. Is there something else I am missing. Note these are big files, something in order of 2-3 MB each. Will word be able to hold that capacity?
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
In Word, double click on the picture and resize it. Don't forget to set the page margins to 0.
If it's a one time thing, you can use a trial version of Canvas from ACD Systems. Canvas is my must have graphics tool for my professional work. Placing JPEG files onto a page and then saving the document out as a PDF is child's play in Canvas.
If you do download a trial version, it'll work for 15-30 days (I forget how long).
Start with a "Publication" type document.
You'll want to use the "Place" command to put a JPEG file. You can then resize and move the image as needed.
Then, you'll just "Save As" to PDF format.
Ron
If you do download a trial version, it'll work for 15-30 days (I forget how long).
Start with a "Publication" type document.
You'll want to use the "Place" command to put a JPEG file. You can then resize and move the image as needed.
Then, you'll just "Save As" to PDF format.
Ron
daltoncalford
SOC-12
Hey Kafka47,
Through them onto cd, drop them with me and I can put them into pdf format for you and send it your way.
best regards
Dalton
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
ACDSee is probably simpler than Canvas for this.
Spinward Scout
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Actually, Photoshop should be able to save as a .pdf. It is an Adobe product afterall. You might want to do a Save for Web first and knock the byte size down.
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