volumetric-regimes-book/command-line/tools/README.md

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# Tools used for Volumetric Regimes
Before you can run these scripts, they will need to be made executable.
chmod +x *.sh
## OSP-tools.pdfutils: `color_convert.sh`
**Convert PDF RGB to only-Black**
This will convert an RGB PDF (even if it appears only black) to `input-K.pdf`.
./color_convert.sh black input.pdf input-K.pdf
Link: <http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/>
## OSP-tools.pdfutils: `rgb2cmyk.sh`
**Convert PDF from RGB to CMYK**
Dependencies:
- `gs` (Ghostscript)
- `pdftops`
- `control.txt`
- `apple_to_jNP_photo.icc`
- `apple_to_jNP_neutral.icc`
This will convert a PDF to `input-cmyk.pdf`.
Usage:
./rgb2cmyk.sh input.pdf
Link: <http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/>
## OSP-tools: `resample.sh`
Dependencies:
- `gs` (Ghostscript)
This will change the resolution of a PDF.
Usage:
./resample input.pdf 150
## Custom VR tools: `make-images-bw.sh`
Dependencies:
- `imagemagick`
This will create a copy of an image folder, with all images converted to BW.
Usage:
./make-images-bw.sh ./images-folder/
## Custom VR tools: `convert-to-PDFX-3-2002.sh`
Dependencies:
- `texlive-xetex` (xelatex)
This will convert a PDF into the PDFX/3:2002 format + edit the PDF metadata.
Edit PDF metadata:
Open the xelatex template (`xelatex-PDFX-3-2002.template.tex`) and edit the metadata on line 7-12.
Usage:
convert-to-PDFX-3-2002.sh input.pdf output.pdf
## Other useful tools
- Check metadata of PDF: `pdfinfo filename.pdf`
- Check color space of PDF: `pdfimages -list filename.pdf`