Problem with antialias when converting PDF to Images

[LittleKI]

Hi,

i use this command line

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convert -density 300x300 -units pixelsperinch input.pdf -background white -alpha background -alpha off -compress zip +adjoin output.tiff

to convert PDF into Images. This works good for teh most files. But there is a problem with antialias (i think). When i zoom in the output image i see that the letters in the tiff image don't have so straight edges as in the pdf file. here is a example, the left is the pdf, the right the tiff: Datei von filehorst.de laden (The website is in german in my browser, i hope there is a english version when the system language is set to english).

as i could read here http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/antialiasing/ antialias should be enable by default.

[snibgo]

Anti-aliasing is implemented in alpha, which you turn off, so you remove anti-aliasing. Try this:

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convert in.pdf -background White -layers flatten out.png

[LittleKI]

This creates one tiff file with all sites of the pdf document in that one tiff.

[snibgo]

Then use "+adjoin".

[LittleKI]

Result is the same with +adjoin

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convert -density 200x200 -units pixelsperinch input.pdf -background White -layers flatten -compress zip +adjoin output.tiff

But alos without '-alpha off' the result isn't very good when i zoom in the output tiff. For that i tried this command line

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convert -density 200x200 -units pixelsperinch input.pdf -compress zip +adjoin output.tiff

and this

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convert -density 200x200 -units pixelsperinch input.pdf -antialias -compress zip +adjoin output.tiff

[snibgo]

What version of IM are you using? What version of Ghostscript? Please post a link to input.pdf.

[LittleKI]

i've tested this with this free eBook: http://freebooks.pupilgarage.com/FreeBo ... bookid=201

My IM-Version is

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8:6.8.9.9-7ubunt

and Ghostscript is

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9.18~dfsg~0-0ubu

[snibgo]

Does this do what you want:

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convert -density 200 -units pixelsperinch -background White A_Christmas_Carol_NT.pdf -compress Zip +adjoin acc.tiff

[LittleKI]

The same bad results.