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hi, sorry for my poor english

i wanna simply convert my pdf first pages in jpg (resized 50%)
this is the code:
convert abc.pdf[0] -resize 50% abc.jpg

all works, but in this way i see black background (and a black border around my page too) and i can't see the black text in the jpg!
how can i set white background and no border?

you probably need to post a link to your pdf file so others can see what is happening. Also what version of IM are you using and on what platform.

sorry the version is the last one 6.7.3 (on windows 7 x64), i working in local

http://www.nabbaitalia.it/imagemagick/a ... oteico.pdf

You have a file that does not conform to Adobe's standard. When I run the following I get the following error messages, though an image is produced. However, as you say it is black and the text cannot be read.


convert -density 288 apportoproteico.pdf[0] -resize 25% apportoproteico.jpg
**** Warning: xref subsection header has extra characters.
**** Warning: An error occurred while reading an XREF table.
**** The file has been damaged. This may have been caused
**** by a problem while converting or transfering the file.
**** Ghostscript will attempt to recover the data.

**** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
**** The file was produced by:
**** >>>> Microsoft? Office Word 2007 <<<<
**** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
**** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
**** specification.


Apparently, Ghostscript, which IM uses for PDF files, cannot properly correct the pdf file.

yep you're right
i opened that pdf in photoshop and save the first page, the script works fine.

But i can't do this for all my documents, there's too much.
I remember an old version of imagemagick works on these file (in this thread i worked with same files).

This seems to work even though I still get those error messages.


convert apportoproteico.pdf[0] PDF:- | convert - apportoproteico.jpg

thanks a lot, but i read too late
i just finished to resize 80 documents in photoshop (40 batch with the actions and 40 password protected (no copy) with a window screenshot!)

bye and thanks again