Converting a PDF to a series of images with Python

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Jaearess picture Jaearess · Dec 1, 2008 · Viewed 41.1k times · Source

I'm attempting to use Python to convert a multi-page PDF into a series of JPEGs. I can split the PDF up into individual pages easily enough with available tools, but I haven't been able to find anything that can covert PDFs to images.

PIL does not work, as it can't read PDFs. The two options I've found are using either GhostScript or ImageMagick through the shell. This is not a viable option for me, since this program needs to be cross-platform, and I can't be sure either of those programs will be available on the machines it will be installed and used on.

Are there any Python libraries out there that can do this?

Answer

Adam Rosenfield picture Adam Rosenfield · Dec 1, 2008

ImageMagick has Python bindings.

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