From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 16:17:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45240106566B for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFB88FC24 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LuqkN-0004zG-VX for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:00 +0000 Received: from pool-70-21-17-13.res.east.verizon.net ([70.21.17.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:16:59 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-70-21-17-13.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:16:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:17:45 -0400 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <64c038660904161950i623bbaf2q47ebf7ccc8dd97eb@mail.gmail.com> <20090417052639.GA49635@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090417132208.GA31198@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090417154728.1a6a9d24@davids-website.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-21-17-13.res.east.verizon.net User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Sender: news Subject: Re: PDF Authoring tool, suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:04 -0000 Ltcddata wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:22:08 +0100 > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:26:39AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:50:44PM -0600, Modulok wrote: >> > > I'm looking for recommendations for a BSD-friendly, PDF authoring >> > > tool (Not a viewer, see below.) >> > > >> > > I have an image of a signature that I need to put into a PDF >> > > document. I converted the original, un-signed PDF document to a >> > > raster PNG, then used GIMP to place a photograph of the signature >> > > where I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using >> > > ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now >> > > HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb >> > > to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. [snip] > > Don't know if I am missing the point here but why not use open office > to create your pdf file with its export as PDF feature? Unless something has changed very recently OpenOffice.org doesn't import .pdf's that already exist, which the OP indicates he needs in order to edit a pre-existing file. Inkscape, after a certain version number, has recently begun to be able to import .pdf. I used it only once to do something like what the OP described but have not used it extensively. -Mike