Batch Converting PDFs to GIFs

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I'm trying to batch convert the first page of a directory-full of PDFs into GIF files.

I'm using this command:

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mogrify -format pdf[0] *.gif

Unfortunately, this seems to do... nothing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[fmw42]

mogrify -format pdf[0] *.gif

You have the syntax backwards if you want to go from pdf to gif. Also you would be best to create a new directory and write to that directory rather than chance overwriting your original images.

This works:

# set up 3 test 3-page pdf images
convert rose: rose: rose: rose1.pdf
convert rose1.pdf rose2.pdf
convert rose2.pdf rose3.pdf
cd ROSE1
ls
rose1.pdf rose2.pdf rose3.pdf

mogrify -path /Users/fred/ROSE2 -format gif *.pdf[0]

The resulting gif images in directory ROSE2 are only 1 page.

OR you could try

mogrify -path /Users/fred/ROSE2 -format gif -scene 0 *.pdf

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fmw42! You are awesome, thank you!