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Make a pdf look scanned using ImageMagick
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# use ImageMagick convert | |
# the order is important. the density argument applies to input.pdf and resize and rotate to output.pdf | |
convert -density 90 input.pdf -rotate 0.5 -attenuate 0.2 +noise Multiplicative -colorspace Gray output.pdf |
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Thank you!
I used zenity to add graphical input and output prompts:
convert -density 150 "$(zenity --file-selection --title="Select Input File" --file-filter=*[PpDdFf])" -rotate "$([ $((RANDOM % 2)) -eq 1 ] && echo -)0.$(($RANDOM % 4 + 5))" -attenuate 0.4 +noise Multiplicative -attenuate 0.03 +noise Multiplicative -sharpen 0x1.0 -colorspace Gray "$(zenity --file-selection --save --title="Select Output File" --filename ".pdf")"
Can also be found here as a .desktop file, so the script can be started from the starter on Linux machines:
https://gist.github.com/fewaltix/c1437171d16671741aafe146751dbf9f
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thank you! I have used some of these commands to build https://oakpdf.com which not only applies scanner effect, but also allows to insert an image of signature or draw a signature.
My observations regarding
-density
parameter: 200 is good enough in most cases, while 300 gives ultimate quality - but the build time get catastrophically slow..