Make it possible to output images - #1484
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A couple of quick issues that I've encountered:
Most importantly though, I'm not sure if this feature solves #629 adequately. As a user of this tool, what I've wanted in several cases was a way to preserve the original file type. That is:
I have a feeling that this behavior could also be a default, but I'd like to know what you think here. We could of course have an option that converts everything to PDF, for advanced users who want the original behavior back. Finally, I think we can rework this PR to make this behavior possible, if we both like it. Very roughly:
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Thanks for the feedback!
An interesting feature of being able to convert images to PDFs is the fact that it does OCR on them. We probably want to have an interface that makes it possible to select the output format. We could have a dropdown with these options: Format of the output document:
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I agree, if we want to be exhaustive we can offer three options. In that case though, if we know that something is an image, it's probably best to skip the How do you want to handle this for this PR then? Also, I guess we're not considering it for inclusion in 0.11.0, right? (Oh, btw, the option to convert to images could help with redactions btw, in the spirit of https://github.com/firstlookmedia/pdf-redact-tools) |
Fixes #629