photos2pdf/README.md
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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:

apt install imagemagick pdfjam pdftk

Installation

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):

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.

©2023 Tilman Kranz <(t.kranz@tk-sls.de)[mailto:t.kranz@tk-sls.de]>