PDF Question

[zane samples]

So I have been running Roll20 runs of many PFS scenarios and it is very smooth and easy to set up since I can just copy and paste the maps from the pdf's no problem. However, I recently tried to do the same thing with a pdf of an adventure path (one that doesn't have interactive maps available), and it simply will not work. Same version of adobe reader for both. Any help would be appreciated!

[DM Papa.DRB]

What I do is use SomePDF Image Extractor to extract the PDF images as .jpg files and use those.

Two warnings;
1) Careful on the installation, it wants to install lost of other "stuff", make sure you uncheck all that.
2) Everything that is an image is extracted. Top scroll border, bottom scroll border, backgrounds, etc. Ending up with perhaps 20 map images you may get over 200 total images, but they are easily deleted.

-- david

[Andrew Betts]

Nitro PDF reader is also really good for extracting images from PDFs.

[zane samples]

Papa.DRB,

This program was recommended to me previously, and when I tried it only the first 5 pages were extracted. Does it require purchase to extract the entire PDF?

Andrew,

I just tried using Nitro, and am getting this.

"The PDF file could not be converted due to internal security preventing content extraction."

I can still snapshot the maps, but the images will have all of the text, secret doors, etc.

I am very confused as to why it works with the PFS scenario PDF's but not AP's......

[DM Papa.DRB]

zane samples wrote:

Papa.DRB,

This program was recommended to me previously, and when I tried it only the first 5 pages were extracted. Does it require purchase to extract the entire PDF?

Not unless it is a new feature. I am version 1.5 and I get all the images for each chapter that I extract.

-- david

[Cintra Bristol]

I use Nitro on many Paizo PDFs and have no problem with the extraction. I've tried using it on PDFs from a couple of other companies and gotten the error you mentioned - "The PDF file could not be converted due to internal security preventing content extraction."

Just to confirm - is it a Paizo AP or another publishing company's?

[DM Papa.DRB]

Which AP, and chapter are you trying to extract?

-- david

[Vic Wertz]

I'd suggest perhaps re-downloading your PDF.

[Avatar-1]

SomePDF 1.5 is without a doubt the best way to get images out of a PDF.

Yes it extracts every image includes borders, the cover, etc, but it's not hard to delete those afterwards.

[LazarX]

I just started having this problem with Nitro... including on files that had worked before.