Comments on: Convert Images to Combined PDF http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/ Better Living Through Macintosh Scripting Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-155316 Matt Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:33:29 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-155316 <p>Rhet, is there some way to stretch the images so they fit the page?</p> Rhet, is there some way to stretch the images so they fit the page?

]]> By: Rhet Turnbull http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-155268 Rhet Turnbull Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:28:42 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-155268 <p>Peter, Preview is not scriptable so I don't believe your suggestion would work. I certainly do wish that Preview was scriptable. The Preview Automator actions also do not allow one to export to PDF (at least on Tiger, I don't know about Leopard).</p> Peter, Preview is not scriptable so I don’t believe your suggestion would work. I certainly do wish that Preview was scriptable. The Preview Automator actions also do not allow one to export to PDF (at least on Tiger, I don’t know about Leopard).

]]> By: Peter Breis http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-152115 Peter Breis Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:10:45 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-152115 <p>Could this be changed to simply batch convert .eps and .ps files using Preview because Preview creates much smaller pdf files with <i>Mac OS X 10.5.3 Quartz PDFContext</i> than the regular unix </i>pstopdf<i> function?</p> <p>Ideally the workflow would mirror a selected set of nested folders into a separate but identical set of nested folders containing the converted .pdf versions of the files.</p> <p>This would be of enormous value to designers who need to convert large numbers of clipart collections from, the OSX unfriendly, .eps versions.</p> Could this be changed to simply batch convert .eps and .ps files using Preview because Preview creates much smaller pdf files with Mac OS X 10.5.3 Quartz PDFContext than the regular unix pstopdf function?

Ideally the workflow would mirror a selected set of nested folders into a separate but identical set of nested folders containing the converted .pdf versions of the files.

This would be of enormous value to designers who need to convert large numbers of clipart collections from, the OSX unfriendly, .eps versions.

]]> By: Chris http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-135831 Chris Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:56:51 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-135831 <p>awesome, I tried doing that. Thanks a lot for posting the workflow!!!</p> awesome, I tried doing that. Thanks a lot for posting the workflow!!!

]]> By: Kristofer http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-94470 Kristofer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:27:12 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-94470 <p>Ignore my previous post. It turns out the default Preview app automator action also dumps the resulting tmp file into /private/tmp. So all my attempts at securing this are come to naught. Maybe I'll look at the python script that underlies it.</p> Ignore my previous post. It turns out the default Preview app automator action also dumps the resulting tmp file into /private/tmp. So all my attempts at securing this are come to naught. Maybe I’ll look at the python script that underlies it.

]]> By: Kristofer http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-94468 Kristofer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:31:53 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-94468 <p>This is really beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to do this. One little suggestion is that there is a security issue with dumping these files to /private/tmp -- especially since they don't get cleaned up by the script. It would be better to put the temporary files in /private/tmp/UID or perhaps a hidden folder in the home directory (which can then be tossed).</p> This is really beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to do this. One little suggestion is that there is a security issue with dumping these files to /private/tmp — especially since they don’t get cleaned up by the script. It would be better to put the temporary files in /private/tmp/UID or perhaps a hidden folder in the home directory (which can then be tossed).

]]> By: Byron Doyle http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-86734 Byron Doyle Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:17:14 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-86734 <p>Thank you thank you thank you... I've been looking for a way to bookify some image collections I have and this is definitely the most elegant way to do it.</p> Thank you thank you thank you… I’ve been looking for a way to bookify some image collections I have and this is definitely the most elegant way to do it.

]]> By: Justin Chapman http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-84218 Justin Chapman Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:41:50 +0000 http://automatorworld.com/archives/convert-images-to-combined-pdf/#comment-84218 <p>Rhet, many thanks for this, I've been trying to get a workflow to work with little success, and yours just does! I use it for archiving scanned documents. I scan a bunch of pages in order as Jpegs and run your script. I altered the "sort by" to creation date in descending order as this ensures the pages are in the order I scanned them in.</p> Rhet, many thanks for this, I’ve been trying to get a workflow to work with little success, and yours just does! I use it for archiving scanned documents. I scan a bunch of pages in order as Jpegs and run your script. I altered the “sort by” to creation date in descending order as this ensures the pages are in the order I scanned them in.

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