Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/PDF conversion to SVG: Difference between revisions

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Before learning how to convert PDF images to SVG images it may be useful to learn how to extract images from PDF documents and create PNG, GIF, and JPG images. By using Adobe Reader many images in PDF documents can be right-clicked, copied, and then pasted into any image editor. A popular, free image editor good for beginners using [[Microsoft Windows]] is [[IrfanView]] (if you use [[GNU/Linux]] you may have [[GimpGIMP]] in your distribution). Launch it and paste the image into it. Then use the image editor to save the image in any format. You can also select almost any area of a PDF document with Adobe Reader's cropping and selection tools, and then copy that selected area by right-clicking it. Then paste it into any image editor for conversion to other image formats. The PrintScreen key on your keyboard is a good last resort, too. Click that key, and then open an image editor and click "paste" (usually in the edit menu). Finally, [[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Image workshop]] can create, extract, or edit almost any image. Just leave a request for help or advice there.

Now here is some info on how to convert PDF image to SVG images. This page covers conversion using free tools. To convert using [[Adobe Illustrator]] go to the following two pages: