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by stephan0h
2011-11-02T01:26:59-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne
Replies: 6
Views: 13877

Re: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne

thanks for clearifying!
regards,
stephan
by stephan0h
2011-11-01T05:12:14-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne
Replies: 6
Views: 13877

Re: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne

perhaps see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/files/#massive as you may be running out out memory

Thanks for pointing me there. I was now successful using:

convert -limit area 8192 -limit memory 8192 -density 300 khm6.pdf khm6.jpg

It finished in less than 10 minutes! Great!

I also tried the ...
by stephan0h
2011-11-01T04:15:39-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne
Replies: 6
Views: 13877

Re: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne

magick wrote:Try converting the first page:
  • convert 'image.pdf[0]' image.jpg
Thanks for the hint - but this pdf consists only of one page ;-)
by stephan0h
2011-10-30T13:33:45-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne
Replies: 6
Views: 13877

convert huge pdf to jpeg -> ultraslow performacne

Hi,
I'm using imagemagick's convert-command for converting pdf-files to jpeg.

My machine runs on linux, it has 4GB RAM and a core dual processor.

Now I've got a quite big pdf which I want to convert: 180*180 cm with 300 dpi. I want to convert this to a jpeg file of approximately 20000*20000 pixels ...