Will not check if the thumbnail exists already or not. create_thumbnail() First Argument, Absolute Path to PDF fileĪbsolute path to the pdf you want to make a thumbnail for.

The first argument must always be the pdf file you want to make a thumbnail of. The subroutine create_thumbnail() takes 1 required argument and optionally 4 arguments in any order. The second example is a lot of text but improves legibility in a lot of code.īy default this will make a normalized thumbnail with a 6 pixel light grey border, 125 pixel max height and 125 pixel max width png image, which in the above example returns '/abs/path/to-001.pdf'. My $abs_thumb = Image::Magick::Thumbnail::PDF::create_thumbnail('/abs/path/to.pdf') Or you can do this also: Image::Magick::Thumbnail::PDF My $abs_thumb = create_thumbnail('/abs/path/to.pdf') You must import as: use Image::Magick::Thumbnail::PDF 'create_thumbnail' If you think something can be better, please contact the AUTHOR. I took what seemed to make most sense from various suggestions/ideas, and slapped this together. There are a ton of ways to do this via ImageMagick and convert, etc. This module is a quick interface to a predetermined use of convert. They give the viewer an idea of what is inside the document, but is not meant as a replacement for the actual file. The goal of this module is to make a quick thumbnail of a page in a pdf. I wanted a quick sub to make a thumbnail of a pdf. My $out = create_thumbnail('/home/myself/mypdfile.pdf') Image::Magick::Thumbnail::PDF - make thumbnail of a page in a pdf document SYNOPSIS use Image::Magick::Thumbnail::PDF 'create_thumbnail' Second Argument, Absolute Path to Thumbnail destination.First Argument, Absolute Path to PDF file.

Create thumbnail from pdf