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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: Danny on July 09, 2013, 04:57:29 pm
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What is the procedure to change a downloaded file to another format? Tks.... :+}
Reason I ask is I have used Inkscape procedures to be able to make the cut out
area a light gray and the cut line red. Fill and Stroke thing. I have a file that I
downloaded which is a PDF file and I CANNOT go thru the procedures to do this.
What is a PDF FILE?
What is a JPG FILE? Thank Yas again.... Danny :+}
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A PDF file is in a Portable Document Format created by Adobe for controlling the content of a document. When you get an image in a PDF and open it in Adobe Acrobat, you can go to Edit->Take A Snapshot and it will let you outline and copy a section of the file. You can then Paste it into GIMP to edit it, use Save as... to save it it as a jpg or gif file, then load it into Inkscape to play with. Save from Inkscape as SVG
PDF = Portable Document Format
JPG = JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group - a compressed photo format.
BMP = Bitmap, an uncompressed photo format.
GIF = Graphics Interchange Format.
SVG = Scalable Vector Graphic
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Danny, you have mail :)
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dany
if you go here http://online.rapidresizer.com/convert-pdf-to-image.php
you can convert the pdf to a jpg image then import to inkscape trace the bit map and you can change the colour at will
thats how I do it anyway
another way is to print the pdf, then scan it back in and it will save as a jpg
Dave
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Great response to the question
Thank you all
Fab4
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I APPRECIATE all the comments and SUCCESS.... I now know 100% more about
this procedure than I did yesterday. Great bunch of Scrolling Friends here. Danny :+}