JPG to PDF

[Jadriancz]

Question.. How can a jpg picture that has multiple panels for a model be broken and put into a pdf so it will print each panel as a page?

[eric_son]

If you're working in Windows, you can install a PDF printer (e.g. CutePDF, NitroPDF, etc.)
Then you can edit your JPG picture using your preferred image editor (e.g. Paint.net, GIMP, etc.).
Once you've broken down the source JPG into smaller images that would fit in a single sheet, you can print to PDF using the PDF printer.

If you're working in Linux, edit the source JPG as with windows. However, you won't need to install a PDF printer. Just use the "convert" command to create a multi-page PDF from the images you edited.

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by Jadriancz

Question.. How can a jpg picture that has multiple panels for a model be broken and put into a pdf so it will print each panel as a page?

You can do the same with LibreOffice - it will produce .pdfs from imported .jpgs - the advantage is that you can set margins, etc. You get a choice of using the document or drawing application.

If you can access a copy of Adobe Acrobat it's trivial to build .pdfs from imported .jpgs although you'd have to cut up the original .jpg first - Gimp could do this.

Many of the models on Landships II start out as a bunch of .jpgs and get bundled into a .pdf.

Regards.

Charlie

[Jadriancz]

Is there a tutorial on how to do this? total newb at photo editing...

[eric_son]

Good call on the Libre Office! I completely forgot about that one.

RE: Tutorial
If all you want to do is to cut a big JPG into smaller workable sections, then you probably don't need to dive into photo editing. You'll just need to use the select + cut + paste tool.

Anyway, here's a good place to start: https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/The_Basics/

[Vermin_King]

Originally Posted by Jadriancz

Is there a tutorial on how to do this? total newb at photo editing...

One thing I usually do in Gimp is figure out what will be the largest part and scale it to a new Gimp page (using the percent function on scaling). That gives me the percent enlargement for each of the other parts. That doesn't always give you the size you want, but for my purposes it works.

Currently, I'm working on the Narnia Dawn Treader at 140%. 140% is an odd number, but that's what it worked out to without having to turn a single part into multiples

[rockpaperscissor]

I use Zamzar.com. No fee, no account. Just upload the file you want converted, indicate what extension you want it converted to (.jpg, .pdf, etc), and in very short order the individual pages are ready to download with the new extension. If I remember correctly, you have 3 days to download the files before they expire.

[airdave]

Originally Posted by Jadriancz

Question.. How can a jpg picture that has multiple panels for a model be broken and put into a pdf so it will print each panel as a page?

Seems as though you need to edit the jpeg into separate jpegs/panels for printing?
Once you've done that, what do you need the PDF for?

(I would use Corel Photopaint to separate the jpeg elements and save them as individual images.
You could use any image editing software.)

You can print each jpeg (as a page).
Just make sure you print each one at: 100%, no scaling, no size alteration
and at the same dpi (if any of those options are available to you).

PDFs generally use jpeg compression for all images anyway.
So thats what you would be doing...printing individual jpegs.
But with that extra work of turning everything into a PDF.

[Jadriancz]

All,
Thanks for the input, however none of the suggested options worked due to the quality and size of the original jpg. When scaled as needed it got so blurry it was useless. Guess I will have to try to find another source for the model. I was the Valley Forge ship from silent running.

[Vermin_King]

Were you trying to use the preview image of uhu02's model to get a useable model? Those preview images are indeed too small