Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf - Converting PDF to bitmap with higher resolution - how?

[Ricardo Pedroso]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Bruno Ferreira
<address@hidden> wrote:
>    Hi!
>
>    First of all, many many many thanks for swftools, and particularly
> pdf2swf. It's an awesome tool.
>
>    Now, to the issue: I've been using pdf2swf to convert PDF files to
> single-page SWF files for flipbooks. For the most part, it's been working
> just fine, but I've come across something. Recently I started using the "-s
> bitmap" option to convert the pages to a single bitmap image, which comes
> quite handy for flipbooks (one can then use the original page for the
> zoomed-in version). However, the bitmap that comes out is relatively
> low-res, and no matter how much I fiddle with the "-s dpi", "-s subpixels",
> and all its other friends, I can never get a higher-resolution picture at
> the same zoom level. I tried using "-s zoom 200" (200 being a test value),
> and I did get a zoomed-in version, but it's the same bitmap as before,
> simply enlarged.
>    Is there any set of options that will net me a bitmap conversion at a
> specific resolution/size, or at least by a factor of X?
>

Did you try pdf2swf -s multiply=<times> ?
>From -s help: This will "Render everything at <times> the resolution"

Regards,
Ricardo Pedroso