Converting PDF pages into pictures (OS X Mac)

So one thing I wanted to do recently was to have all the pages of a 20 page pdf file as individual picture files. But how to do this?

Well, I found information on this forum. Half way down gr8tfly says to:

1. load up the pdf file (i loaded in Preview)
2. File > Print
3. Click on PDF at the bottom left of the print dialogue box

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4. Select "Save PDF to iPhoto"
5. Click "Print"
6. Open up iPhoto
7. Eventually it'll load the pages in as pictures. You can drag these out of iPhoto and do whatever you want with them.

In theory, Save PDF to ......... should work, but for some reason it wouldn't ask me which folder to save it all in. Easier to work out with iPhoto.

Joomla free Image Gallery and slideshows

So, thought I'd look into image galleries in Joomla.

Found a few free extensions. The one I ended up trying was "Simple Image Gallery" because I wanted to try the 'low' end first and see how easy it was.

So, also found this page which is the simple instructions:

1. download and install plugin
2. enable plugin (wasn't written in the instructions but I worked it out)
3. create a folder in "images" folder using Media Manager
4. Put your images in here
5. Make a new article
6. somewhere in the article put :
1. {gallery}name_of_your_folder{/gallery}
2. it has to be curly brackets!
7. done

Quite simple really.

I notice they do a pro version as well. Looks like the pro is better, having descriptions and different styles. I'll have to look into how to do this.

Phoco Gallery looks like a good alternative, and has slideshow capabilities

Just seen this site version of it which:

• Phoca templates
• Phoca extensions
• VirtueMart extensions
• Phoca Theme for VirtueMart (software extensions for CMS Joomla!)

 Looks amazing!!


As for slideshows, found DJ ImageSlider which looks and works brilliantly. It has its' own slide management system with slides and categories, but also includes a custom module!! Brilliant

JQuery sliders to control image sizes on a webpage

I'm currently making a web gallery and want users to be able to resize the gallery to their needs. I did a quick search on Google and found this:

http://webdesignledger.com/tutorials/create-a-resizable-image-grid-with-jquery which has this as a demo:

• http://demos.webdesignledger.com/jquery_image_grid/example2.htm

Looks quite good, although I noticed it also increases the gaps between the images which I would prefer to control. But might be worth tweaking!

I've had another look and also found this which looks remarkably similar:

http://agilepartners.com/blog/2005/12/07/iphoto-image-resizing-using-javascript/

It gives a nice little tutorial on what you have to do.