02-25-2021, 07:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2021, 09:05 PM by SavedByTheLamb.)
Hi,
I need to scan a massive load of textbooks, and am trying to figure out the best way to do it.
I have made some test scans to JPEG, 300dpi, Colour. Which look kind of OK, pixilated obviously when zoomed in.
But I imported those same JPEGs to GIMP, and exported as a PDF, and it made them look a load better, smoother.
The 4 JPEGS are 1.95 MB together
But the PDF from GIMP is 13.2 MB
I gather this might have something to do with GIMP converting the JPEGs into Bitmap (is it?).
I just tried scanning one of the pages at 300 dpi BMP and it looks all pixilated like the JPEG's do.
I want the nice smooth PDF but without the much bigger file size. Is that possible?...
Cheers
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I need to scan a massive load of textbooks, and am trying to figure out the best way to do it.
I have made some test scans to JPEG, 300dpi, Colour. Which look kind of OK, pixilated obviously when zoomed in.
But I imported those same JPEGs to GIMP, and exported as a PDF, and it made them look a load better, smoother.
The 4 JPEGS are 1.95 MB together
But the PDF from GIMP is 13.2 MB
I gather this might have something to do with GIMP converting the JPEGs into Bitmap (is it?).
I just tried scanning one of the pages at 300 dpi BMP and it looks all pixilated like the JPEG's do.
I want the nice smooth PDF but without the much bigger file size. Is that possible?...
Cheers
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