PDFTron Systems, a leading software developer specializing in PDF, SVG, and PostScript technologies, today announced the release of a new major version of PDFTron PDF2Image v.3, a stand-alone command-line application designed to convert PDF documents to various raster image file formats. PDF2Image can currently export to PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, and RAW, while providing a wide range of options to control the output image size and quality.
The new version of PDF2Image features a brand new, completely redesigned, high-performance, rendering engine and support for Linux® and Mac OSX® platforms. The new release also supports documents secured with 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption and Crypt filters.
Other enhancements include bug fixes and other improvements, such as automatic repair of files with broken cross reference tables and a new configuration file for frequently used options.
Key Features of PDF2Image:
- Convert PDF to PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, and RAW.
- Support for Unicode and all PDF font formats.
- Batch conversion.
- Options to control image rendering quality and compression.
- Render specific page subsets and page ranges, including different page regions.
- Options to control annotation and forms rendering.
- Rasterize high resolution images as tiles or stripes with user defined clip regions.
PDF2Image is ideal for batch processing, thumbnail generation, archiving, as well as server-based, on-demand conversion of PDF documents to various raster image formats. For full details on PDF2Image, please visit https://www.pdftron.com/pdf2image.
Availability of PDFTron PDF2Image
An evaluation version of the PDF2Image Command-line application is available for download at:
https://www.pdftron.com/downloads.html. All files converted using the demo version will contain a watermark.
CPU Licenses of PDF2Image are available for US$250 per CPU, and can be purchased directly online at: https://www.pdftron.com/store.html.
About PDFTron Systems
PDFTron Systems are experts in PDF (Portable Document Format), SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and PostScript. Our mission is to empower our customers with useful and innovative tools that can streamline their graphics workflows. As the makers of PDFNet, PDF PageMaster, PDFSecure, CosEdit, PDF2SVG and PDF2Image, PDFTron Systems provides high-quality, competitively priced developer libraries and components to clients in various industries worldwide. PDFTron Systems’ services include consulting, planning, design, and development of customer specific solutions. For more information, please visit https://www.pdftron.com.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on March 6, 2006
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