How to create multiple page PDF from multiple jpg images?

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How to create multiple page PDF from multiple jpg images?

I have three jpeg images with pixel dimensions 1008 x 1464. I wish to create a PDF file with one image per page. Apparently Preview previously performed this function, and this functionality was deliberately removed by the time of Mac OS X 10.6.

I use Mac OS X 10.6.8. I have combined the images via Gimp into one jpeg image of size 1008 x 4392, but it would be better if I could create a PDF file. I have been unable to figure out how to do this via GraphicConverter, which trial version constantly displays the 30 second "buy me" window before loading -- annoying: I once accidentally opened it, and it would not let me close the application until the "buy me" window finished...

I have been able to create a PDF file through the action of "printing" (cf. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2607684), but that reduces the image size and creates a white margin around the images (as if printing on a sheet of paper), which I wish to avoid.

Thank you for your time and help! 🙂

Message was edited by: ethereality -- added another "workaround" attempt

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.4GHzIntelCore2Duo;4GB 1067MHzDDR3

Posted on Oct 6, 2011 10:22 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 6, 2011 11:25 AM in response to ethereality

Another method to try.

Copy (drag and drop works for this) the images into a TextEdit document. Then use the Export as PDF option in TextEdit's File menu to create the PDF.

You can also use Pages for that, which would allow you to insert a page break between each image. Use Pages's Export functionin its File menu to create the PDF.

In either case, if you want to annotate the pictures, by giving them names or other text info, do so before generating the PDF.

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Oct 31, 2011 6:16 AM in response to Don Archibald

I drag and dropped from Finder into TextEdit, and it only copied the file path as text. From what software would I drag the images into TextEdit?

Previously I tried using Pages as another recommended, but printing, I think I did, saving as PDF, creates that white space "you're printing on paper" margins -- I just tried doing it again (Finder to Pages drag/drop) yet it seems an inadequate means: It puts all three images onto one page, and doesn't expand to another page when I align the images (so they "run off the page"). Perhaps I would need to enter a ton of blank lines to create two pages of spaces, but that seems silly: This OS ought to have a proper way of doing it, rather than a 'workaround' awkward approach.

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Oct 31, 2011 12:28 PM in response to ethereality

I drag and dropped from Finder into TextEdit, and it only copied the file path as text. From what software would I drag the images into TextEdit?

First, set the TextEdit document to Rich Text Format - you can do that via the Format menu in TextEdit. This will allow the inclusion of pictures.

Then you can either -

• Drag an image file into the TextEdit window, and a preview-sized image will be inserted. If this is too small for your purposes -

• Open the image file in Preview (or an image editor, if you choose), size the image to your liking, press Command-A (Select All) and the press Command-C (Copy) - doing this will place a copy of the image on the Clipboard. Then switch focus to the TextEdit document and press Command-V (Paste). This will place a large-size image of the file.

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Answer 4

Oct 31, 2011 12:52 PM in response to ethereality

You can do this in Preview, just start with an empty PDF document and drag the JPEGs into it.

Alternatively, you can use Automator. Specifically the "New PDF from Images" action in Automator does does what you are looking for.

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