PDF slides imported into FCP

[Greg Ball]

I have mac pro intel. Fcp 7.0.3 Osx 10.6.8

[Mark Suszko]

Same setup here; don’t know why mine works and yours doesn’t.

Do you have GIMP installed? From a web forum:

When you open a PDF into GIMP you can request it open in layers.
Then you can increase the canvas size to accommodate all the layers. Most of the time this is a height requirement.
Then you turn off the view for all but the last page using the eyeball icon button on each layer.
Then click on the ‘Move’ tool and slide the page to the bottom.
Then click on the eyeball icon to view the next to last page.
Then, again, using the ‘Move’ tool slide that page above the bottom one.
Then do the same for the rest of the pages.
Save the file as XCF format, GIMP’s native format.
Then when you are done with alignment, print to PDF.

Now, I am experiencing with GIMP on Ubuntu Linux that if I print it any which way somehow CUPS prints in the zoom size (for me, 33.3%) that is result of the above steps rather than at 100% even though the GIMP output is 100%. I check the canvas size, image size and print size and all are correct. I am not understanding why CUPS is doing this. So, I have to increase the print zoom/scale size (usually to 200%) accordingly in order for it to print properly. I suppose I am missing some adjustment in this process but this does work.

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August 31, 2012 – 14:50 — buddhaflow
MUCH easier way.
Wait wait wait! Hold the horses! There is a MUCH easier way to save multi page PDF via GIMP, hat tip to Patrick Nagel.

1) Reverse order of layers (page one is bottom layer)
2) Save as .mng
3) On command line, ‘convert file.mng file.pdf’

You need ImageMagick installed of course, or GraphicsMagick I think in Windows.

Done! So easy! 😀

[Ryan Holmes]

Use Automator to do this. Real fast and easy.

Create a new workflow. Then add these three commands in this order (use the search box in Automator to quickly find these commands):

(1) Ask for Finder Items (allows you to select your PDF file on your system)
(2) Render PDF Pages as Images (converts the PDF pages to the format/resolution of your choice)
(3) Move Finder Items (allows you to specify where you want to save the final output)

When you’re done using the workflow save it. I guarantee you it’ll come in handy again and again! 😀

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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[Dave Farrants]

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/48768/pdf-to-jpg

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