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+# photos2pdf - Create PDF from Series of Photos
+
+## Description
+
+Optimized for the processing of ad-hoc photos of flipcharts and whiteboards,
+this converter utility scans a given directory for each file with the `.jpg`
+filename extension, post-processes it (stretching contrast and trimming content
+to the actual drawings. From the resulting pictures a PDF is generated, one
+picture per page.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+This utility requires the following tools to be installed:
+
+```shell
+apt install imagemagick pdfjam pdftk
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+```shell
+git clone https://tk-sls.de/git/tk-sls.de/photos2pdf.git
+cd photos2pdf
+sudo make install
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Given a directory `some_directory` containing one or more JPEG pictures (the
+filenames have to end with `.jpg`):
+
+```shell
+photos2pdf --result-filename output.pdf some_directory
+```
+
+The utility offers some options that control the aspects of the conversion;
+use the `--help` option for usage instructions.
+
+## Author and Copyright
+
+©2023 Tilman Kranz <(t.kranz@tk-sls.de)[mailto:t.kranz@tk-sls.de]>
+
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 #!/bin/bash
+# photos2pdf - Convert Flipchart/Whiteboard Photos to PDF
+##
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
 
 ##
-# Configuration
+# Configuration Defaults
 
 # Before morphology analysis, reduce image dimensions by this factor
 simplify=2