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What is the order of precedence with commands for convert? If I use the following command:

convert -density 216 filename.pdf -resize 900 -sharpen 2 -resample 72 filename.jpg

is the order resize, sharpen then resample (left to right)?

Options are processed in order left to right. See http://magick.imagemagick.org/script/co ... essing.php for a discussion. about command line processing.

magick wrote:Options are processed in order left to right. See http://magick.imagemagick.org/script/co ... essing.php for a discussion. about command line processing.

Thanks thats what I figured. So in this command line:

convert -density 216 filename.pdf -resize 900 -sharpen 2 -resample 72 filename.jpg

Would I get better results if I put the -resize 900 before the .pdf file? What I am trying to do is end up with the best looking 300 pixel wide jpg that is text, coming from a pdf file.

You still need to read in the image BEFORE resizing it!!!!


The -density is not a operator, it just saves the value for later use, in this case when reading in the image. the resize is an operator and gets applied immediately after the image is read in.