PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage and bitonal content

[sbarlow]

Hi, I'm having an issue when converting from a PDF with B&W image content to a multipage TIFF

After using the PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage method , and using TiffSaveAsMultiPageFile(MultiPageID, ImagefileName, TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO)

the tiff pages are always LZW compressed, instead of what I was hoping for, CCITT4

Does the output from PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage always do this, and is there a workaround

Thanks,

Scott

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Public Function PDFtoTIFF(ByVal FileName As String) As String
            Dim MultiPageID As Integer = 0
            Try
                'this is just a call to a method to create a unique file name
                Dim ImagefileName As String = CreateNewFileName("tif")
                'PDF to converted
                Dim InputPDFID As Integer = GDP.PdfReaderLoadFromFile(FileName)
                Dim pageCount As Integer = GDP.PdfReaderGetPageCount(InputPDFID)
                Dim cStat As GdPictureStatus = GdPictureStatus.OK
                For nImageCount As Integer = 1 To pageCount
                    If GDP.PdfReaderSelectPage(InputPDFID, nImageCount) = True Then
                        Dim ImageID As Integer = GDP.PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage(InputPDFID, 300, True)
                        If ImageID <> 0 Then
                            If nImageCount = 1 Then
                                MultiPageID = ImageID
                                Debug.Print(GDP.IsBitonal(ImageID).ToString)
                                Debug.Print(GDP.GetBitDepth(ImageID).ToString)
                                cStat = GDP.TiffSaveAsMultiPageFile(MultiPageID, ImagefileName, TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO)
                                Application.DoEvents()
                            Else
                                Debug.Print(GDP.IsBitonal(ImageID).ToString)
                                Debug.Print(GDP.GetBitDepth(ImageID).ToString)
                                cStat = GDP.TiffAddToMultiPageFile(MultiPageID, ImageID)
                                Application.DoEvents()
                                GDP.ReleaseGdPictureImage(ImageID)
                            End If
                        End If
                        If cStat <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then
                            Throw New ApplicationException("Conversion failed")
                        End If
                    Else
                        Throw New ApplicationException("Conversion failed")
                    End If
                Next nImageCount
            Catch ex As Exception
                'just a method to alert user
                'Info(Constants.msgUnableToConvert)
                Return ""
            End Try
            GDP.TiffCloseMultiPageFile(MultiPageID)
            GDP.ReleaseGdPictureImage(MultiPageID)
            Return ImagefileName
        End Function

[Loïc]

Hi Scott,

The rasterizer engine always generate color output image.

If you want to get a bitonal image you have just to use the ConvertTo1Bpp method. If you want to extract image from PDF in its native bitdepth you should use the PdfReaderRenderExtractImage method.

Kind regards,

Loïc

[sbarlow]

Hi Scott,

The rasterizer engine always generate color output image.

If you want to get a bitonal image you have just to use the ConvertTo1Bpp method. If you want to extract image from PDF in its native bitdepth you should use the PdfReaderRenderExtractImage method.

Kind regards,

Loïc

Thanks Loïc,

But that poses another problem , although the following snippet works, it won't work if the original PDF page was a combination of images and vector graphics or other content , and the image count on the page = 1 (if count > 1 then I just render it). What happens is that the rest of the content other than the image will be lost , meaning I should have rendered it instead. I have no way of knowing if the original pdf page was a mixture of different content to be able to make the decision

I guess what I would need is a way to determine if this a only a Image based PDF page (maybe with extracted text) , in which case I can use the PdfReaderExtractImage without a problem.

If GDP.PdfReaderGetImageCount(InputPDFID) = 1 Then
ImageID = GDP.PdfReaderExtractImage(InputPDFID, 1)
Else
ImageID = GDP.PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage(InputPDFID, 300, True)
End If

Thanks,
Scott

[Loïc]

Hi Scott,

I think I have a better idea: Use the IsGrayscale method on the generated image. If true, convert it to 1bpp, if false convert to 24bpp.

What do you mind ?

Kind regards,

Loïc

[sbarlow]

Do you mean from the output from the output of PdfReaderRenderPageToGdPictureImage ?

Scott