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erineland/made-pdf-look-scanned.sh

Created August 28, 2018 13:00
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[macOS] A Bash script to use the imagemagick library to make a PDF file look like it has been scanned!
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made-pdf-look-scanned.sh
#!/bin/bash
brew upgrade imagemagick
convert -density 200 $1 -rotate 0.3 +noise Multiplicative -format pdf -quality 85 -compress JPEG -colorspace gray $2
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To use (Only on MacOS):

  • Make the script executable via 'chmod +x made-pdf-look-scanned.sh'
  • Invoke the script passing in the input file pathname and the output file pathname
    • ./made-pdf-look-scanned.sh input.pdf output.pdf
  • Enjoy!

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